NYC’s new mayor tapped into the highly charged dream of a strong Black father figure. The reality of governing, however, is turning out to be messier than the dream and may require an intervention by some of his most ardent supporters.
We Went to Court for Climate, but Albany is the Real Culprit
Photo: Climate activists from New York City DSA rally near City Hall last June to demand that the state…
Women, trans and nonbinary people are being taken off Rikers only to be moved upstate to bad conditions.
Socialism Returns to the Lower East Side
DSA candidate Illapa Sairitupac vows to “take risks” and fight for his community’s working-class residents.
Good-Cause Eviction Tops Tenants’ 2022 Agenda
Proposed law that would give protections to more than 1.6 million NY households gains momentum in Albany.
Vox Pop: Taxi Drivers Celebrate Major Debt Relief, End Hunger Strike
We hear from six New York Taxi Workers Alliance drivers who part took in months-long action to lessen their medallion debts.
Cathy Rojas Offers Working-Class New Yorkers an Alternative
Queens public school teacher and PSL member Cathy Rojas is running at the left alternative in the Nov. 2 general election for mayor.
Incarcerated people and staffers describe how the penal colony became a site of unimaginable horrors in the past year.
Taxi Drivers Launch Hunger Strike Outside of City Hall
Cabbies seek relief from crushing debts.
Eric Adams Embraces Big Real Estate. What’s In It for the Rest of Us?
In recent months, many of the biggest names in Manhattan real estate have joined the multi-million dollar fundraising bandwagon that brought Adams, the would-be “blue-collar mayor,” to Martha’s Vineyard and the Hamptons.