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Nyc Mayoral Race 2013

Weiner Whatever

Newsday | Emily Ngo | Posted 05.21.2013 | New York

New York City mayoral candidates tried their best Monday to downplay the possible candidacy of former Rep. Anthony Weiner and the effect his well-fund...

POLL: Weiner In Second Place To Quinn

| Posted 04.17.2013 | New York

By Jill Colvin, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer NEW YORK CITY — It looks like Weiner is on the rise. Ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner, who was forced to...

Two Prominent Pols Arrested For Trying To Rig NYC Mayoral Election

| Posted 04.02.2013 | New York

By Aidan Gardiner, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer QUEENS — Prominent Queens politicians Malcolm Smith and Dan Halloran were arrested early ...

Ed Today: NYC Teachers' Free Pass? Charter School Lobbying Changes

Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.19.2013 | Politics
Joy Resmovits

NYC Teachers' Free Pass? The Wall Street Journal crunched eight years worth of data, and found that more than 10 percent of principals did not flunk one teacher on their evaluations. "The findings give ammunition to Department of Education officials who say the teacher-rating system should be changed," WSJ's Lisa Fleisher writes. "New York City is one of a handful of school districts statewide that hasn't adopted a new, more nuanced system of grading teachers. ... Under the current system, teachers are either rated unsatisfactory or satisfactory. Annually, less than 3% of teachers citywide are marked "unsatisfactory."

Lhota Warns Of Return To Dark Days If Dem Elected Mayor

DNAinfo | Posted 01.28.2013 | New York

NEW YORK CITY — A return to crime, high taxes and quality-of-life complaints. Welcome to former MTA Chairman Joe Lhota's vision of New York City if...

Does De Blasio Have What It Takes To Be New York City's Mayor?

By Colin Campbell The year: 1980. At stake: the presidency of NYU’s Weinstein Hall dorm. “It was a hotly, hotly contested race,” Public Advo...

Who Will Replace Michael Bloomberg As Mayor?

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 09.30.2012 | New York

NEW YORK -- New York City's 2013 mayoral race doesn't fully kick off until after voters are done picking a president. But some of the city's top polit...