Politics

Coming up on Sunday afternoon (August 15), there will be a block party at the Hester Street Fair/Hester Flea site to celebrate Christopher Marte's election in the Democratic Primary for City Council in District 1. While there's still a...

Photo: Marte 2021 Following New York City's democratic primary June 22, Chris Marte holds a sizable lead in the District 1 City Council contest. But since results from absentee ballots and ranked choice ballots for rounds 2-5 will trickle out...

New York City's primary election is June 22, but believe it or not, the voting actually begins in just a few days. There's early voting this year, from June 12 to June 20, although you still have the option...

Six Lower East Side settlement houses are cosponsoring a virtual District 1 City Council candidate forum this coming Thursday, June 3, 6:15-8pm. Beginning at 6:15pm there will be a presentation on Ranked Choice Voting and the forum will start...

https://youtu.be/MeCOi_36pPs The New York City mayoral election has been stealing all the headlines, but let's not forget that downtown residents will also be choosing a new City Council representative in District 1 next month. While the general election takes place...

Did you catch Andrew Yang on the Lower East Side last week, touring the Essex Street Market, checking in at The Pickle Guys or hanging out at Frank's Bike Shop on Grand Street?

When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris finally clinched Pennsylvania this morning and the Associated Press and the television networks declared the Democratic presidential ticket notorious, there were spontaneous celebrations across the city

Not known for sitting back, New Yorkers turned out in record numbers to vote this past weekend.

There are reports of long lines across New York City, the first day of early voting for the 2020 General Election. It's definitely the case on the Lower East Side. This was the scene Saturday afternoon at the only...

The Artists Alliance team is offering a 2-in-1 voter registration and census completion drive two days this month.  On Saturday, Sept. 12th and Sunday, Sept. 27th you can find them on the corner of Essex and Broome Streets (outside...