Reposted by Tim BalkDana Rubinstein @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Now comes the hard part. Or what Bill Bratton called, “the agony of governing" New York City. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...nytimes.comFor Mamdani, Winning Is One Thing. Governing Will Be Quite Another. 8212
Tim Balk @timbalk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025"It's better to wear out than rust out." www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/10/s...nydailynews.comSister Jean Schmidt, Loyola chaplain of Final Four fame, dies at 106Sister Jean became a nationwide celebrity during Loyola’s 2018 Final Four run. 010
Tim Balk @timbalk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Mamdani acknowledged he did not expect his campaign to take off so fast. And he said he was surprised by the “quality of campaign that Andrew Cuomo has run.” He described Cuomo as “someone who seems deeply uninterested in actually leading this city.” 0122
Tim Balk @timbalk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Zohran Mamdani started his Primary Day with a brief speech at 5:40 a.m. at the Astoria Park in Queens. “It’s only fitting that I begin the final day of this primary the way that so many New Yorkers do: up early and hungry for a better future for this city,” he said. 140
Reposted by Tim BalkDana Rubinstein @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Adams Team Works Behind Scenes to Try to Sway Rabbis Against Cuomo, with Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/n...nytimes.comAdams Team Works Behind Scenes to Try to Sway Rabbis Against CuomoAn aide to Mayor Eric Adams is pushing Orthodox Jewish leaders to withhold endorsements in the New York City mayoral primary. 286
Reposted by Tim BalkPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Booker, his voice booming after more than a day spent on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration, surpasses Strom Thurmond for the longest Senate speech on record, in an act of astonishing stamina that he framed as a call to action. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...nytimes.comCory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on RecordThe New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957. 1141961
Tim Balk @timbalk.bsky.social · 21/03/2025"Extraordinary and dangerous powers": the history of the law invoked by Trump to summarily deport Venezuelans www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...nytimes.comThe Alien Enemies Act, Used by Trump to Deport Venezuelans, Has Long Been ContentiousBefore the current Trump administration, the law had been invoked just three times. 040
