“Restore American Freedom and Liberty” is a super PAC that claims to support conservative candidates for office, but most of its donations end up going to a consulting firm run out of an East Village apartment. The PAC has raised $181,666 during the 2016 election cycle, according to its Federal Election Commission filings. But it […]
A year after lavishing attention on the city, New York’s governor spent majority of summer upstate
Good-government groups side with City Council in quest to curb Campaign Finance Board’s reach
In a big upheaval for the New York political calendar, this year’s congressional primaries will take place on June 26, following a court order that rolled back federal elections from their previous September spot. Incumbents who usually spend their spring months focused on business in Washington are now looking over their shoulders at this year’s crop of challengers, […]
The polls are open today for New York state’s Republican presidential primary and this year’s contest is set to be as much of a non-event in this blue state as most years before. Turnout is expected to be light especially since Rick Santorum dropped out of the race — he officially suspended his campaign but […]
New York City will require groups seeking to influence elections to disclose detailed information about their spending
City officials are reviewing voting machine data this morning as both candidates in the 27th District State Senate seat race — Democrat Lewis Fidler and Republican David Storobin — have declared victory
Among the judicial candidates on the ballot today is Carl Landicino, attorney for the Kings County Democratic Party
