Brigid Bergin
Reporter Politics at Gothamist
Senior Politics Reporter and Fill-in Host at NY Public Radio
Sr. politics reporter & host for @wnyc @gothamist covering power, institutions and democracy. I like to talk and ❤️ to listen. Tips: DM or bbergin@wnyc-dot-org
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1 week ago |
gothamist.com | Brigid Bergin |Elizabeth Kim |Maia Hibbett
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers will vote in the Democratic mayoral primary this month, but one name won’t be on the ballot: Mayor Eric Adams. Adams’ decision to run as an independent is just one of the many developments in this consequential – and at times bizarre – election. Adams’ corruption scandal created a literal and figurative opening for challengers who want to make him the first incumbent mayor to lose re-election since David Dinkins.
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1 week ago |
gothamist.com | Brigid Bergin
This column originally appeared in The Politics Brief, our weekly newsletter on the people, power and policies that shape New Yorkers' lives. Sign up to get the full version where you can ask questions, share news tips and weigh in on the conversation. Hits inboxes on Wednesdays. Attention Mets fans: Primary Day in New York City is June 24 — not June 23.
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1 week ago |
gothamist.com | Brigid Bergin
Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign is suing the New York City Campaign Finance Board to overturn its decision to deny him more than $3.4 million in public matching funds. In a complaint filed Tuesday in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, Adams’ campaign argues the board improperly relied on a criminal indictment that has since been dismissed.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Brigid Bergin
City Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams delivered an emotional speech on Thursday at Elmhurst Hospital to mark the fifth anniversary of her father’s death from COVID-19, linking one of the darkest moments in her life to then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s leadership during the pandemic. Adams spoke beside a framed photo of her father, Irvin, as she unleashed her most direct and personal attack on Cuomo, the front-runner in the Democratic primary less than five weeks away.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Brigid Bergin
This column originally appeared in The Politics Brief, our weekly newsletter on the people, power and policies that shape New Yorkers' lives. Sign up to get the full version where you can ask questions, share news tips and weigh in on the conversation. Hits inboxes on Wednesdays. Andrew Cuomo has never been shy about talking up his roots. He rarely misses an opportunity to remind voters he’s a “Queens boy,” raised in Holliswood.
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