Ben Adler
City & State
New York, United States
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How AOC and the left reinvented NY politics
The young, diverse progressives she inspired are winning races and pushing out longtime incumbents. → Read More
Accusation of sexual harassment against Stringer throws mayoral left lane into disarray
Lagging Andrew Yang and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in the polls, but flush with campaign cash and progressive endorsements, New York City C → Read More
Every Cabinet job is about climate change now
How Biden can direct every part of the government to attack the problem → Read More
NY Republicans surprised rioters believed their lies
They say they opposed the violent coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol, but their actions brought it about. → Read More
NY Republicans surprised rioters believed their lies
For two months, New York Republicans have lied to the American people: Without evidence that would hold up in any court of law, not even one with a partisan → Read More
Rep. Max Rose’s unusual election night speech
Election night concession speeches tend to follow a fairly straightforward formula: The losing candidate congratulates his or her opponent, thanks the assembled supporters and staffers, reiterates a commitment to pursuing the agenda he or she ran on and, if applicable, pledges to work with the winner for the greater good. When a result remains unknown, the standard statement is a brief… → Read More
No, Democrats won’t ‘destroy’ the suburbs. But they will remake them.
Why do we think single-family homes form the most desirable neighborhoods? → Read More
Trump’s campaign lures donors with absurd financial promises — and insults
Its fundraising efforts take a bizarre, aggressive tone. → Read More
Bill Barr is the anarchist
President Donald Trump may not be right about most matters of fact, but he is on to something when he complains that law and order have been destroyed in New York City. Unfortunately, he’s right for the wrong reasons. Trump contends that a handful of broken store windows and an uptick in violent crime, which he claims are deliberately tolerated by Mayor Bill de Blasio, have → Read More
Revisiting Geraldine Ferraro on the eve of Biden’s big choice
Joe Biden, this year’s Democratic presidential nominee, is expected to announce his running mate in the coming days, and it will likely mark the first → Read More
Jamaal Bowman’s big agenda for 2021
When it comes to beating an incumbent member of Congress in a primary, many have tried and many have failed. But Jamaal Bowman is an exception. In his first campaign for office this year, the principal at a middle school in the Eastchester section of the Bronx knocked off veteran Rep. Eliot Engel. With a progressive platform and the backing of several left-wing groups, the → Read More
Hot competition for open state Legislature seats in Brooklyn
State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery’s retirement has set off an intense open primary competition to replace her, with a chain reaction filtering down to an Assembly race. In both Montgomery’s 25th Senate District and the partially overlapping 56th Assembly District in Brooklyn, the establishment-backed candidates are facing at least one challenge from the left. And, in a year in → Read More
The most New York films about New York
Here’s what to watch during the endless bummer of COVID-19. → Read More
Meet the men who scared de Blasio away from police reform
The chant was hard to decipher through a bullhorn on a Tribeca street Sunday night, all the more so because the message was a bit unfamiliar. But, listen to the video posted online enough times, and you can make out what the protester was yelling: “Fuck the PBA!” → Read More
New York City’s non-strategy to furloughing workers
Every weekday, I pass crossing guards on both corners adjacent to the public middle school one block from my home in Brooklyn. Once I asked if they had any kids to help cross the street, since the schools were shut down to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. They said no. → Read More
Andrew Yang risks New York lives for a symbolic primary
Some politicians and government officials approach politics and policymaking with a focus on making tangible improvements in the lives of their constituents. → Read More
Need something to love about Trump? Watch him humiliate his most loyal hacks.
The joys of political schadenfreude. → Read More
Everyone’s mad at de Blasio’s ‘Jewish community’ comment for the wrong reason
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio came under an onslaught of criticism on Tuesday night when he tweeted his reaction to the overcrowded funeral procession for a rabbi from the Satmar Hasidic sect of ultra-Orthodox Jews. → Read More
The Republican plot to kill New Yorkers
After returning from his meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a press conference with an oddly divergent message. The governor proudly announced that he had secured a commitment from Trump to provide federal assistance in setting up the international component of a supply chain needed to double New York’s testing for → Read More
Governors who reject stay-at-home orders place ‘small government’ above lives
"Personal responsibility" alone can’t combat a pandemic. → Read More