Debra Cooper has been around the political block, and now she’s ready to start down the road of a City Council candidacy. Cooper is the latest to jump into the race to represent the Upper West Side district in 2014, when current Council Member Gale Brewer will be out due to term limits. Cooper has 
Candidates running for civil court are put in the unique position of convincing voters that they’d be perfect for a certain job without knowing what the specifics of that job will be. That’s because there are several different areas of civil court, and a new judge will be placed wherever the need is greatest. The 
Tony Danza speaks of his new book and the rumor he’s running for mayor By Angela Barbuti Tony Danza went back to being the boss—but this time it was in front of a classroom. In 2009, the then almost 60-year-old actor decided to pursue his dream of becoming a teacher, taking on a high school 
When state Sen. Tom Duane announced, to many people’s surprise, that he would retire after his current term ended, it opened an unexpected path for several hopeful candidates. There is now a three-way primary race under way for Duane’s seat representing the 27th Senate District, which covers a chunk of the Upper West Side as 
The Race for Surrogate Court Judge and Why It Matters The only certain things in life, the saying goes, are death and taxes. Manhattan residents might add Surrogate’s Court to that list. The little-known but immensely important court is headed by two judges in New York County, and one of those seats will be vacated 
Infamous former lobbyist Jack Abramoff claims to be a changed man. After making millions of dollars manipulating the system, Abramoff, who was once chairman of the College Republican National Committee and close friends with ex–House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, is now working with liberal lions like Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig and good-government groups to reform 
A realistic way to disarm the electoral college, so every voter has a voice New Yorkers just don’t thank the one percenters enough. Of course the wealthiest seldom get thanked at all. It’s not at all surprising given their not-so-flattering name was coined by their opponents, Occupy Wall Street But regardless of whether you think 
To understand what he did and why he did it, you have to understand the realities of elections. Since about half the eligible people don’t bother to vote in presidential elections, the name of the game is to get your voters to turn out. When Romney chose Ryan he was offering a huge incentive for 
Why Cuomo, Bloomberg and even Christie should be talking that day The plan for this year’s 9/11 commemoration sounds an awful lot like last year’s, especially since word came down that no public officials will deliver remarks. No speeches, especially anything deemed “political,” shall mar the reading of the names of those lost on that 
by Alan Chartock Conservative predictions about gay marriage haven’t come true What was all the fuss about? Gays and lesbians wanted to marry. You’d have thought the world was going to explode. Nothing made for better news copy. Some evangelicals literally raised hell; we were Sodom and Gomorrah. God would punish us. Leviticus in the 
