Did ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ inspire a New York voting law?
The so-called ‘Larry David Law’ will allow people to hand out water to thirsty voters
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Culture Bagels, challah or hamentaschen? Jerry or George? We ranked choice-voted our favorite Jewish and New York things.
Beyond the usual candidate drama — including but not limited to issues of residency and alleged union-busting and sexual harassment allegations — the big story in this year’s New York City mayoral race is ranked choice voting. For a people with 1.5 opinions per person, Jewish voters, unsurprisingly, have plenty to say. Many may appreciate…
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News From HUD secretary to NYC mayor? Shaun Donovan’s path infused with Jewish ethos
One summer in the early 1980s, Shaun Donovan and his sister Justine – both high school students at the time – traveled to Eastern Europe to visit the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps. For Donovan, now a candidate for mayor of New York in the June 22 Democratic primaries, visiting the historic sites had a…
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Opinion Andrew Yang’s $1000-a-month stipend reminds me of a time-honored Jewish tradition
Read this article in Yiddish. Imagine a world in the not-so-distant future when most jobs in our economy will be replaced by machines; not just blue-collar workers like truck drivers and garbage collectors, but also accountants, bookkeepers, teachers, even doctors and lawyers. Let’s face it, the rapid transition to automation is going to happen because…
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Fast Forward Max Rose, Staten Island Democrat who lost House seat, exploring run for NYC mayor
Congressman Max Rose, the Staten Island Democrat who lost his bid for reelection last month, is considering a run for New York mayor. In November, Rose lost his seat as U.S. representative for New York’s 11th congressional district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, to Republican Nicole Malliotakis. The race was closely watched…
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Fast Forward The unlikely story of Ethan Berkowitz: restauranteur and Anchorage mayor, felled by sexting
Anchorage’s Jewish Mayor Ethan Avram Berkowitz announced his resignation Tuesday evening a day after a tumultuous weekend that started with anti-Semitic death threat and ended with admitting to a “consensual, inappropriate text message relationship” with a local TV reporter. That relationship turned hostile on Friday when the reporter, Maureen “Maria” Athens, posted a video to…
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Fast Forward Vera Katz, Jewish Mayor Of Portland Who Made It A Hipster Heaven, Dies At 84
Vera Katz, the dynamic, three-term mayor of Portland, Oregon who helped give the city its reputation as a haven for hipsters, died this week at 84, the Oregonian reported. The cause was leukemia, her third cancer diagnosis since 2000. Katz was remembered in Portland as a warm yet outspoken political force who often advocated for…
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Fast Forward Emails Detail Hasidic Power Broker’s Direct Line To De Blasio’s Office
A new trove of emails shows how a Hasidic rabbi and power broker from Brooklyn received five-star treatment from New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and his staff after hosting a fundraiser for them, the New York Post reported. Moishe Indig, a Brooklyn landlord and member of the Satmar Hasidic sect, had direct access…
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