Working Families Party
It’s been two years since the chairman of the New York State Independence Party, Frank MacKay, cut his hair and removed his earrings. At the time, he was traveling around the country, trying to lay the groundwork for a potential presidential campaign, and he realized that he’d be taken more seriously if he looked less like the nightclub owner he had been on Long Island, and more like a political... READ MORE»
Add Lynn Schulman to the list of people who have received subpoenas as part of the federal probe of the Working Families Party, according to her... READ MORE»
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York subpoenaed the Working Families Party in connection with work done during the 2009 elections, Liz reported earlier tonight... READ MORE»
Michelle Obama was sent a letter by city lawmakers inviting her to testify here in favor of requiring paid sick days for workers. The first lady recently embraced paid sick days in a talk with the business leaders, according to the... READ MORE»
The Working Families Party announced they’ve hired Skadden Arps and former Chief Judge Judith Kaye to review their business structure in hopes of clarifying what critics have said are questionable arrangements designed to skirt the city’s campaign spending... READ MORE»
The person who got the most votes in yesterday’s election? No, not Michael Bloomberg. It’s Comptroller-elect John Liu. According to unofficial results, Liu got 696,330 votes, with 652,511 on the Democratic line, and 43,819 on the WFP line. The second-highest total belonged to Bill de Blasio, in the public advocate’s race. He got 672,383 votes. 627,390 came on the Democratic line and 44,993 from the WFP... READ MORE»
What an elected official does immediately after losing a primary is frequently a valuable clue as to what they plan to do in the... READ MORE»
On Oct. 1, the labor-backed, ascendant Working Families Party helped organize a rally in Foley Square, ostensibly to urge city lawmakers to pass a law requiring employees to get paid when they call out sick to work. It was also a show of brute force: the party’s first high-profile rally since the Sept.... READ MORE»
The Working Families Party’s growing dominance in city elections has been, for the most part, an inside game, as Michael Oliva explained last week.... READ MORE»
It’s easy to lump Bill de Blasio and John Liu into the same category: they’re both progressive Democrats who won their primaries with support from the Working Families... READ MORE»
Dan Cantor was standing in the lobby of 80 Pine Street behind a giant statue of Sampson, looking supremely relaxed. It was 1 p.m.—eight hours before the polls closed in the poorly attended citywide run-offs for public advocate and comptroller. But he already knew his guys were going to... READ MORE»
The polls for the run-offs are now closed. Earlier, a few readers offered their predictions. Most expect Bill de Blasio and John Liu to win, on an expected turnout of fewer than 200,000, with Working Families Party organizational support overwhelming endorsements and earned-media buzz (such as it... READ MORE»
Bill de Blasio was endorsed by the five City Council candidates who won their Democratic primaries with strong help from the Working Families Party. The run-off for Democratic public advocate nomination next week is expected to be low, giving him that much more of an organizational advantage over Mark Green, in... READ MORE»
The biggest winner in last night’s primary was the Working Families Party, whose candidates lead the pack in the public advocate and comptroller races, while nearly their entire slate of City Council candidates was swept into... READ MORE»
