#How the next NYC mayor can guarantee affordable housing

#How the next NYC mayor can guarantee affordable housing

“#How the next NYC mayor can guarantee affordable housing” New York City mayoral candidates often make extravagant promises on affordable housing, and underproduce on results.  Back in 2013, for example, then-candidate Bill de Blasio banked on solving the city’s crisis of housing affordability with Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, a policy that required developers to build affordable…

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#Curtis Sliwa to officially launch campaign for NYC mayor

#Curtis Sliwa to officially launch campaign for NYC mayor

“#Curtis Sliwa to officially launch campaign for NYC mayor” Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa will officially launch his long-anticipated bid for the Republican nomination for mayor on Monday morning, his campaign said. Sliwa plans to use the appearance outside Penn Station on Monday to call on all other mayoral candidates to sign onto a letter…

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#NYC mayoral longshots dropping big cash to move polls

#NYC mayoral longshots dropping big cash to move polls

“#NYC mayoral longshots dropping big cash to move polls” New York City’s mayoral longshots are dropping hundreds of thousands of dollars on television and radio ads in an effort to build name recognition and revive their struggling campaigns. Between January and March of this year, the campaign of banker Ray McGuire has pumped $786,552 into…

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#NYC’s largest city workers’ union backs Eric Adams for mayor

#NYC’s largest city workers’ union backs Eric Adams for mayor

“#NYC’s largest city workers’ union backs Eric Adams for mayor” The city’s largest municipal workers’ union, District Council 37, announced Wednesday it’s backing Eric Adams for mayor and Corey Johnson for comptroller. It’s the second major labor endorsement picked up by Adams, the Brooklyn borough president and ex-cop. Last week, he won the support of…

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#Manhattan GOP endorses Fernando Mateo for NYC mayor

#Manhattan GOP endorses Fernando Mateo for NYC mayor

“#Manhattan GOP endorses Fernando Mateo for NYC mayor” The Manhattan Republican Party has endorsed taxi drivers and bodegas advocate Fernando Mateo for mayor. The New York County GOP Committee selected Mateo over Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa during a meeting Thursday night. “The city is in desperate need of new leadership bringing the city back…

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