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Nicholas Fandos

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Hospitalizing the Homeless

New York City’s struggle to get severely mentally ill people off the streets. → Read More

Corruption Charges Dismissed Against Ex-Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that prosecutors failed to demonstrate an “explicit quid pro quo” that must underpin the bribery charges against Mr. Benjamin. → Read More

Zeldin Campaign Investigated Over Charge of Coordinating With Super PACs

A State Board of Elections investigation was stalled when two Republican board members were absent from a vote to request subpoena power. → Read More

Hey, New Yorkers: Meet Your Neighborhood’s New Congressional District

Congressional districts were redrawn this year, and the one you are living in now may be very different from the one you inhabited for the past decade. See how the district for your New York City neighborhood has changed. → Read More

New York Fights Back on Guns and Abortion After Supreme Court Rulings

Lawmakers passed measures that would prohibit concealed weapons in many public places, as well as an amendment that would initiate the process of enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution. → Read More

Carl Paladino Calls Hitler ‘the Kind of Leader We Need,’ Drawing Backlash

Carl Paladino, a Republican House candidate from New York, has been endorsed by Representative Elise Stefanik, a member of party leadership. → Read More

De Blasio Will Run for Congress in Newly Drawn District

Bill de Blasio, the ex-mayor of New York City, said on Friday that he would run for the House of Representatives in a new district that includes parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan. → Read More

Jeffries Fights New York District Maps: ‘Enough to Make Jim Crow Blush’

Hakeem Jeffries hopes to pressure New York’s court-appointed special master to change congressional maps that split historically Black communities. → Read More

Ex-New York Lt. Gov. Previews Bribery Defense: ‘No Personal Benefits’

The case against Brian Benjamin, who resigned as New York’s second-in-command last week, may hinge on whether political contributions in this case constituted a bribe. → Read More

Louis Molina, Las Vegas Public Safety Chief, Expected to Lead N.Y.C. Jail System

Mr. Molina, a former N.Y.P.D. officer and Correction Department official, will be tasked with restoring order at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex. → Read More

House Passes a Voting Rights Bill, but a G.O.P. Blockade Awaits in the Senate

Named for the civil rights icon John Lewis, the bill is narrower than the Democrats’ sweeping elections overhaul that has stalled in the Senate, but faces similar obstacles. → Read More

With Capitol Sit-In, Cori Bush Galvanized a Progressive Revolt Over Evictions

Refusing to move from the Capitol steps, the first-term congresswoman from St. Louis intensified pressure on the Biden administration and showed her tactics could yield results. → Read More

Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire Counternarrative

In the Republicans’ disinformation campaign, the arrested Capitol rioters are political prisoners and Speaker Nancy Pelosi is to blame for the attack. → Read More

The U.S. House of Representatives will once again require masks in the chamber.

The House dropped its previous mask mandate six weeks ago, but the Congress’s top doctor said masks were needed again. Republican lawmakers immediately protested. → Read More

An appeals court tosses a G.O.P. lawsuit against Pelosi over House proxy voting.

A three-judge panel ruled that courts did not have jurisdiction under the Constitution to wade into the House’s rules and procedures. → Read More

The Justice Department sued Georgia over its new voting law.

The lawsuit shows that the Biden administration intends to aggressively fight state actions that it sees as potentially disenfranchising minority voters. → Read More

‘Does Anybody Have a Plan?’ Senate Report Details Jan. 6 Security Failures.

A 127-page joint report is the most comprehensive and detailed account to date on the intelligence, communications and policing failures around the Capitol riot. → Read More

McGahn Breaks Little New Ground in Closed-Door Testimony

A transcript of the former White House counsel’s appearance, which ended a two-year dispute between the Justice Department and Congress over a subpoena, will be made public next week. → Read More

Harris Asked to Lead on Voting Rights. She Has Her Work Cut Out for Her.

Her new role comes as the Senate enters a crucial month in the Democratic drive to enact the most extensive elections overhaul in a generation. → Read More

Why the Capitol Riot Inquiries Leave Room for a Broader Commission

Republicans have argued that the existing Justice Department and congressional investigations will address the assault. But they have strict limits. → Read More