World & Nation
As New York prepares to choose a new mayor Tuesday, the latest issue in a race short on drama and long on lopsided polls is none other than the candidates’ sleep patterns, with Republican Joe Lhota taking swipes at Democrat Bill de Blasio for acknowledging he’s “not a morning person.”
Nov. 4, 2013
NEW YORK -- New York City’s mayoral campaign drew to a close Tuesday as voters began choosing between two main candidates who portrayed themselves as far different from outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but who each offered starkly opposing views on key issues such as policing and taxes.
Nov. 5, 2013
Policing, taxes at issue as New Yorkers choose a new mayor
Sleep habits latest issue to rouse snoozy New York mayoral race
With Democrat far ahead, New York mayoral race turns nasty
Oct. 18, 2013
NEW YORK – With violent crime at historic lows but rents and homelessness at record highs, New Yorkers elected Democrat Bill de Blasio as their next mayor Tuesday after embracing his vow to bridge the gap between rich and poor and to end police tactics that critics call racist.
Television
By now, Stephen Colbert’s dislike of bears is well known.
Sept. 6, 2013
Stephen Colbert sides with ‘pro-dead kitten’ N.Y. mayoral candidate
“Die Kitties Die!”
July 1, 2017
NEW YORK -- To the cheers of hundreds of supporters, New York’s next mayor, Bill de Blasio, promised Tuesday to lead the city down a path that would tackle racial inequality and undo income gaps that he said were “decades in the making.”