Politics

Harvey Epstein is the Democratic nominee in the upcoming special election to fill Brian Kavanagh's seat in the state assembly.

Here's something to put on your calendar. On Sunday, Jan. 28, State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou will be hosting a town hall meeting on the Lower East Side. Niou, who represents the 65th Assembly District, is looking for feedback on legislative...

The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected former New York State Assemblyman Sheldon Silver's request for an appeal. The decision means his retrial on federal corruption charges will likely go ahead as scheduled this coming spring.

City Council member Margaret Chin was sworn in last Tuesday evening, 55 years to the day that she arrived in New York City as an immigrant from Hong Kong.

On Thursday evening, a local political club is holding a town hall meeting on the continuing traffic problems in the area around Grand and Clinton streets. See the flyer for details. The back story is here.

Change is in the air at City Hall, where the new City Council is expected to elect Corey Johnson as the next council speaker tomorrow.

The New York City Council yesterday approved a bill sponsored by local Council member Margaret Chin to require the city to notify communities when urban renewal areas are set to expire.

Lower Manhattan and neighborhoods on the Brooklyn waterfront once again have representation in the State Senate

Thanks to Jenny Ye from WNYC's data news team, we have a map showing where City Council member Margaret Chin and challenger Christopher Marte performed best in the recent District 1 Council election. In the Nov. 7 general election, Chin...

The Grand Street Democrats sent along these photos from the new political club's first public meeting, which was held last night.