Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about 2021 Mayoral Campaign

Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley talks to supporters in Washington Square Park on Tuesday afternoon, in front of the large fountain.

The Closure of Washington Square Park is this Year’s Mayoral Campaign in a Microcosm

By Christopher Robbins | Jun 2, 2021 | No Comments

The NYPD enforces the 10 p.m weekend closure of Washington Square Park — and no one seems to even question it. Maya Wiley's new ad suggests she will.

The apparent demise of the Dianne Morales campaign leaves progressives feeling blown up. Can Maya Wiley restore their hope?

The Morales Implosion: What’s a NYC Progressive Supposed To Do Now?

By Christopher Robbins | May 31, 2021 | No Comments

With just three weeks left until the mayoral primary, how did New York progressives find themselves stuck with an ex-cop who used to be a Republican, a lobbyist-led neophyte, or the center-left Sanitation commissioner with a Times and Daily News endorsement?

Mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia talks to reporters outside Moynihan station.

Kathryn Garcia Doesn’t Know What To Do About The BQE

By Christopher Robbins | May 26, 2021 | No Comments

Kathryn Garcia will get things done as the next mayor of New York City — but she'll have to get back to you on how.

Mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia signed the petition on Saturday demanding a linear park on 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights.

Surging Candidate Garcia Supports 34th Ave. Linear Park

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 26, 2021 | No Comments

The former Sanitation commissioner is the first of this year's mayoral candidates to put her John Hancock on a petition calling for the creation of a linear park on 34th Avenue in Queens.

Yang on an elevated subway platform this past winter. Photo: Yang Campaign

Thursday’s Headlines: Yang’s Subway Stumble Edition

By Eve Kessler | May 20, 2021 | No Comments

A mayoral hopeful's unhelpful MTA presser. And all the other news.

Mayor Bill de Blasio wears a blue suit and baseball cap and rides the F Train from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Wednesday, May 12, 2021.

De Blasio Relents On MTA’s Insatiable Demand For Cops — But It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way

By Christopher Robbins | May 18, 2021 | No Comments

Mayor de Blasio caved to the demands from the state-controlled MTA to send even more cops into the subway system — a decision that underscored how easily this mayor is cowed, but also paves the way for a new approach by whoever is sworn in next year.