Communist Propaganda or Capitalist Commercial? A 1930s WNYC Broadcast is...
Moscow's Park of Culture and Rest was one of the topics in a controversial series of travelogues aired by WNYC in late 1937 and early 1938. Critics of the station charged the broadcasts were Soviet...
View ArticleCommission Begins Balancing Act of Redrawing Council Lines
Lines for the 51 City Council districts are expected to change more than they did a decade ago to reflect the newest census data.Benito Romano, chair of the Districting Commission, said the panel is...
View ArticleScandal Pushes Back Final Council District Maps
In mid-November, news broke that the map-drawing commission was making some eleventh hour moves. There was a change to the final draft map, which moved a single block in Brooklyn. It happened to...
View ArticleIn Early Push, Left-Leaning Group Courts City Council Hopefuls
A left-leaning group of City Council members is early and aggressively courting Council hopefuls months before the election in which nearly half the Council’s seats will be up for grabs.The Council’s...
View ArticleSen. Smith and Councilman Halloran Arrested in Plot to Rig Mayor's Race
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says that NY State Senator Malcolm Smith "tried to bribe his way" into a shot at the New York City mayoral race. Both Sen. Smith and New York City Councilman Dan Halloran...
View ArticleLongtime NYC Councilman Herbert Berman Dies
A former New York City councilman who later served as Gov. George Pataki's ambassador to the city's Jewish community has died. Herbert Berman was 80.He died Sunday at his Manhattan home after a long...
View ArticleA City Council Race In a District Pummeled by COVID
During the height of the ongoing global pandemic Corona, Queens was the epicenter of the epicenter. The community has many unmet needs. In terms of who can help, it’s a mix of volunteers, churches, and...
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