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Campaign Finance Board - Legislative updates, press releases and anything you need to know about public funding, funds raised by candidates. Features the yearly voters guide as well as a searchable contribution database.

Gotham Gazette's Searchlight - Gotham Gazette's coverage of news from City Hall. Includes a daily roundup of news in the press and articles on City Council meetings, including summaries of laws passed and how council members voted. Also a directory of neighborhoods provides information on each City Council district, featuring an article by the council member, demographic information, maps, and more.

NYC Link - The official City "one-stop government site." The first place to go to learn about NYC policy and politics. Links to ALL agencies, boards, and other NYC gov't bodies. The site boasts more than 30,000 pages of content and 100 online transactional services.

NYC Office of the Mayor - Hear, watch and/or e-mail the Mayor. News briefings, info on press conferences and all the latest press releases.

Public Advocate - Official website of the Public Advocate, who is responsible for reporting the failure of any City agency or official to comply with the New York City Charter. The office also monitors the effectiveness of the City's public information and education efforts about citywide initiatives.

BIDs


125th Street - Located in the heart of Harlem on 125th Street, between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd and Frederick Douglass Blvd.

Alliance for Downtown New York - Lower Manhattan between Battery Park, South Street Seaport, West Street and Chambers Street.

Columbus Avenue - Manhattan's Upper West Side, between 67th and 82nd Street, Broadway and Central Park West.

Grand Central Partnership - Midtown area around Grand Central Station, 35th to 54th Street, between Avenue of the Americas and First Avenue.

Lower East Side - Serves the area between FDR Drive and Houston Street, and 6th Avenue and Avenue C.

Pelham Parkway Mall - District for the north Bronx area.

Times Square - Serves Times Square/Broadway area, between 42nd and 47th Street.

Civics


Citizens Union - This century-old civic organization monitors the City Council, has provided a voters guide to every Primary and Election in New York since 1910. Its research and education arm, Citizens Union Foundation, founded in 1948, publishes Gotham Gazette.

City Project - City budgets. CP's Big Apple Budget School runs workshops on major NYC budget and policy issues. CP's advocacy arm -- Alterbudget -- targets specific policy proposals.

Industrial Technology Assistance Corporation - A non-profit that helps small manufacturing firms stay competitive in the digital age.

NY Democrats - All the info on elected Dems.

NY Historical Society - The regularly updated homepage of New York Historical Society includes a daily "This Day in New York History," as well as illustrated descriptions of past, present and future exhibitions. Also available is information about the group programs and an online store.

NY League of Conservation Voters - This statewide nonprofit endorses candidates for local, state and federal offices; lobbies elected officials on environmental issues, and keeps the environment in the public dialogue.

NYC League of Women Voters - Elections and voter info.

NYCivic - Founded in 2002 by former Parks Commissioner Henry Stern, this one-man good-government group offers regular opinion pieces about an eclectic mix of public policy issues, and invites reader response.

SoHo Alliance - The SoHo alliance is run by the umbrella group for all SoHo block associations, and reports on news and development in SoHo.

The American Institute of Architects, NY Chapter - NYC architects weigh in on NYC planning, building and preservation issues.

The Independence Party of New York - All the info on the state's third largest party.

The Political itCH - The political itCH (the CH is for City Hall), is a report on what's being written about NYC politics in the city's papers. Bob Hardt of NY1 squeezes it all into a narrative and throws in a bit of his own color each weekday.

United Way of New York City - A non-profit that works to pinpoint and help solve problems for the city's neediest residents by collaborating with other NYC organizations and agencies and doing plenty of community outreach.



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