Richard Steier

When city officials late last month settled for $2.1 million a lawsuit brought by three veteran educators alleging they were pushed from their jobs by ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio’s schools chancellor because they were white, it was a punctuation mark to the damage done by the two-term mayor’s penchant for racial politics rather than meaningful school reforms.

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City still paying big for ex-mayor’s shortcuts

May 15, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

When city officials late last month settled for $2.1 million a lawsuit brought by three veteran educators alleging they were pushed from their jobs by ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio’s schools...

Giuliani's dirty deeds that put him on the wrong end of a $148 million judgment for defaming two Georgia election workers, and remarks that in the kindest light can only be viewed as gross racial insensitivity, have their roots in those smears he engineered as mayor.

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Old bad habit does in Giuliani

December 19, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Giuliani's dirty deeds that put him on the wrong end of a $148 million judgment for defaming two Georgia election workers, and remarks that in the kindest light can only...

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How Rudy Giuliani went further than his buddy Bernie Kerik

September 1, 2023 at 3:46 p.m.

When the wheels came off for Bernie Kerik not quite 20 years ago, Rudy Giuliani used installments to explain how he had elevated his 1993 campaign bodyguard to police commissioner,...

Similar pasts and different paths: Eric Adams and Yusef Salaam and how they diverged politically

July 1, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

On the night in November 2021 when he was elected mayor, Eric Adams gave an impassioned speech calling his victory an affirmation for all those who had been scorned while...

Lynch cleaned up the PBA’s act: In 24 years atop the Police Benevolent Association, he has changed the union for the better

April 13, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

"Combative" and "firebrand" were the descriptions of Pat Lynch after the longtime Police Benevolent Association president announced that he would not seek a seventh four-year term in June. They were...

Progressive Democrats are their own worst enemy

February 20, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

During the past three election cycles, Democrats nationally have had a secret weapon: Donald Trump. Over that same period, while it's gotten less notoriety, Republicans have also received unexpected help...

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