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Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams was thisclose to becoming the Lieutenant Governor Andrew Cuomo dreaded. He fell short, but his political stock has never been higher. He talked with the FAQ crew about the change coming to Albany, the state of New York City and what’s next for him — including the friendship that might keep […]

Scott STRINGER or STRINGER Bell? (The youngsters?) Look, I’m going to empower this generation.… learning how to work the system. I had to learn it when I was 30; and they will learn it as well.* You have any idea what I had to do to get where I am today? When I say I’m […]

New York’s Democrats came out in force, to punish local incumbents even as they stood behind Cuomo and helped Tish James, his pick for attorney general, make some history. We stayed up all night to break down what’s changed—and what hasn’t.

A week before primary day — the moment of truth in most New York elections — we pull back the curtain on the voice of the papers in a conversation with editorial board members Mara Gay of the New York Times and Alyssa Katz of the Daily News about how they decide who gets the […]

Aspiring Attorneys General Zephyr Teachout, Tish James, Sean Patrick Maloney and Leecia Eve tell us whether or not Donald Trump and his crew are emblematic of the New York real estate world, and what would change if each of them gets to be the new sheriff in town. Plus, we sit down in producer Alex […]

Are you listening, Cynthia Nixon? Want to flash back to your 2002 denacle, Andy Cuomo? Tom Suozzi, original Democratic underdog, looks back on his 2006 primary challenge to steamrolling sheriff Eliot Spitzer and reflects on what it’s like to run against the party powers-that-be for New York’s top office.

Mayor Bill de Blasio sat down with Azi, Christina and Harry at Gracie Mansion to talk about his Murdoch-oriented media critique, how progressive Democrats have already won the fight for the soul of the party, and why — hey, Cynthia Nixon! — he still he isn’t ready to endorse some of those progressives.

New York City is the center of the universe, at least we think so. But what if it turned out that the universe didn’t revolve around us but in fact we revolved around… Albany? If the Democrats finally retake the state Senate and the Empire State turns deep blue, everything changes for Mayor de Blasio. […]

John Liu thought 2013 would be the year he was elected New York City’s next mayor. He ran, but a federal investigation overshadowed his campaign and he came in a distant fourth. This year he’s running again, for a smaller seat. And he says the political winds have changed. Liu is trying to get back in the […]