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April 9, 2007 | Feature
Hook ’Em, Horns

In the studio with the Fountains of Wayne and their hired brass.

April 2, 2007 | The City Politic
Mike’s Managerial Missteps

On issues like homeless families and school busing, the mayor’s vaunted CEO expertise hasn’t been much use. Can he turn around his second term?

February 26, 2007 | The City Politic
Spitzer on a Rampage

The governor’s tactics are more improvised than premeditated, but he has state legislators right where he wants them�running for cover.

January 22, 2007 | The City Politic
Uncool New York

This city is behind several others�even Chicago!�in its efforts to combat global warming. Mayor Bloomberg can do much better.

December 25, 2006 | Intelligencer
Mansion on the Hill

The Telecaster-rockin’ five-term Queens congressman who’s suddenly the newest player in Washington.

December 25, 2006 |
Because at Long Last, There’s Someone in the Governor’s Mansion Who Understands Us

Most of the mornings of his adult life, Eliot Spitzer has risen before dawn, left his Fifth Avenue apartment, and run around the Central Park Reservoir.

December 11, 2006 | The City Politic
Eliot Versus the Sloths

His predecessor didn’t do him any favors. And the new governor will need all his wiles to defeat the two-headed monster currently ruling Albany.

November 20, 2006 | The City Politic
The Chutzpah Mandate

How Chuck Schumer and Eliot Spitzer, both grating, obsessive perfectionists who don’t much like each other, finally gave Dems a victory.

November 13, 2006 |
The Woman in the Bubble

After years of public trauma, Hillary Clinton is secure, triumphant, joyous even. Is it worth giving up all that for the White House?

September 25, 2006 | The City Politic
Landslide Surfing

There’s power in the huge majority Eliot Spitzer is liable to run up in November. But riding it to greatness is far from simple.