http://nymag.com Daily coverage of New York's restaurants, nightlife, shopping, politics, and culture. en Copyright 2006, New York Magazine Holdings, LLC Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:29:41 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/45987/ Aides like Darren Dopp would have walked through fire for Eliot Spitzer. And in a sense, Dopp has.]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/45987/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:20:53 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/39591/ Eliot Spitzer and Joe Bruno are fighting each other. But they’re beating up everyone else.]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/39591/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:05:08 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/30336/ Memo to Rudy: Get a strategist and handler before you start talking about ferrets again.]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/30336/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:47:15 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/29725/ On issues like homeless families and school busing, the mayor’s vaunted CEO expertise hasn’t been much use. Can he turn around his second term?]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/29725/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:46:09 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/28156/ The governor’s tactics are more improvised than premeditated, but he has state legislators right where he wants them—running for cover.]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/28156/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:43:55 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/26567/ This city is behind several others—even Chicago!—in its efforts to combat global warming. Mayor Bloomberg can do much better.]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/26567/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:39:50 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/25011/ His predecessor didn’t do him any favors. And the new governor will need all his wiles to defeat the two-headed monster currently ruling Albany.]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/25011/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:35:51 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/24076/ How Chuck Schumer and Eliot Spitzer, both grating, obsessive perfectionists who don’t much like each other, finally gave Dems a victory.]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/24076/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:33:30 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/21349/ There’s power in the huge majority Eliot Spitzer is liable to run up in November. But riding it to greatness is far from simple. http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/21349/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:28:24 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/17660/ The fight over David Yassky’s entry into the congressional race in a heavily black district obscures a crucial fact: The GOP loves minority-majority districts.]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/17660/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:25:29 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/17399/ Love her position on the war or hate it, you can’t argue that she’s waffled. And isn’t that what we want in a politician? ]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/17399/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:24:47 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/17272/ It’s a nasty race, of course, and the bully (Andrew Cuomo) is winning. But don’t count Mark Green out yet. ]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/17272/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:24:16 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/16724/ Michael Bloomberg is the blueprint for a great purple candidate. And his top political adviser is pushing him to run.]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/16724/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:21:44 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/16572/ With immigration and Dubai, Senator Clinton is triangulating a foreign policy, one issue at a time. Too bad Iraq is part of the triangle.]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/16572/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:21:03 -0400 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/16465/ Spitzer the crusader, Spitzer the schmoozer, Spitzer the populist, Spitzer the insider. Which one is running? Which one will govern? ]]> http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/16465/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:20:37 -0400