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We accept interns on a rolling basis, though we mostly put together cohorts along a three-season calendar of fall (Sept-Dec), spring (Jan-May), and summer (Jun-Aug). To apply, email editor Ben Max ...

New York City voters will be using the new ranked-choice voting system for the June party primary elections for Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate, Borough President, and City Council. Voters will be ...

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (photo: governor's office) Friday brought sad but unsurprising news in Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s decision to call off impeaching Governor ...

(l-r) top: Mark Levine; Elizabeth Caputo; Brad Hoylman; bottom: Kim Watkins; Ben Kallos; Lindsey Boylan The six Democratic candidates for Manhattan Borough President competing in this June's primary — ...

This past week, amidst flooded streets, blackouts, overheated jails, and subway failures, New Yorkers saw the consequences that result from a failure to engage in strategic long-term planning for the ...

Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, the author (photo: Rodneyse Bichotte/Facebook) Abortion is a matter of life and death for a woman. Those who are pro-choice like me know that access to safe ...

Ten percent of the country’s elevators exist in New York State, and of that ten percent, a majority operates in New York City, where the many millions of us rely on elevators and other mechanical ...

As congressional representatives seek re-election this year, there is one member of Congress who doesn’t need to worry about having an opponent: Rep. Ritchie Torres. At the time of this writing, there ...

(photo: imagery ©2019 Bluesky, Maxar Technologies, Sanborn, USDA Farm Service Agency, Map data ©2019 via Google Maps fair use policy) As an organizer directly impacted by incarceration, I often ask ...

The 2019 New York City Charter Revision Commission is deliberating whether to propose to voters in November that a requirement for a comprehensive city plan be added to the charter. Should New York ...

Every October, roughly one-third of the eligible eighth-graders in New York City -- between 25,000 and 30,000 students -- take the Standardized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) for a chance to ...