New York's democratic socialist mayor proposes a 9.5 percent property tax increase as a "last resort" while demanding Albany raise taxes on the wealthy, but fiscal watchdogs say the city has a spending problem no tax hike can solve
New mayor revokes Adams-era directives, establishes five deputy mayors in first official acts
Majority of Democrats and Republicans favor redrawing congressional maps to benefit their own party in upcoming elections
The state signed contracts with two vendors in March 2020, ultimately paying them more than $44 million.
Critics, including Cuomo and Governor Kathy Hochul, call Mamdani's agenda unrealistic.
Pritzker stressed that “there literally is no federal law applicable to this situation,”
Lawler plans to introduce legislation in Congress banning mid-decade redistricting and partisan gerrymandering nationwide.