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Congress 2022

Congress 2022

  • ‘I'm an Issue Person’: Jo Anne Simon Runs for Congress in the New NY-10

    Jo Anne Simon (photo: Simon's office)


    Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, who represents Brooklyn’s 52nd district, said her experience working with the communities in her district and the surrounding neighborhoods will be herpath to victory in the crowded race to represent the new 10th congressional district of New York encompassing Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.

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  • ‘The Same Old Playbook Has Not Worked’: Dan Goldman Runs for Congress in the New NY-10

    Dan Goldman at a candidate forum (photo: Ben Max)


    Dan Goldman, the lead counsel for the first impeachment trial of then-President Donald Trump and former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, is among the Democratic candidates running to represent the new 10th congressional district, which includes parts of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.

    Goldman is focusing his campaign on his resume and, he says, the fight for democracy and fair elections amid Republican assaults on both, including the January 6, 2021

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  • Max Politics Podcast: Elizabeth Holtzman on Running for Congress in the New NY-10

     

    Elizabeth Holtzman (photo: Holtzman campaign)


    July 20, 2022 - Max Politics Podcast: Liz Holtzman on Running for Congress in the New NY-10

    Elizabeth Holtzman -- former member of Congress, Brooklyn District Attorney, and NYC Comptroller -- joined the show to discuss her campaign for Congress in the new 10th District of New York, which includes much of Lower Manhattan and a large stretch of Brooklyn.

    Listen to the conversation and let us know what you think, on Twitter @TweetBenMax. You can listen to the show through the embedded

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  • NY-10 Candidates Talk Climate Action at Environment-Focused Forum

    Candidates Niou, Rivera, Simon at Tuesday's forum (photo: The Cooper Union/Marget Long)


    Several Democratic candidates running to represent New York’s new 10th congressional district answered questions related to climate and sustainability challenges facing the district and New York City during a forum held at The Great Hall in Cooper Union Tuesday evening. Such issues are especially relevant in the district given that much of it is along the waterfront, whether its Manhattan or Brooklyn side.

    The panel, hosted by the New York League of

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  • Max Politics Podcast: Yuh-Line Niou on Running for Congress in the New NY-10

    Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou (photo: Wikimedia Commons)


    July 19, 2022 - Max Politics Podcast: Yuh-Line Niou on Running for Congress in the New NY-10

    Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou, a Manhattan Democrat, joined the show to discuss her campaign in the new 10th Congressional District of New York, which includes a large section of Lower Manhattan and a wide swathe of Brooklyn.

    Listen to the conversation and let us know what you think, on Twitter @TweetBenMax. You can listen to the show through the embedded audio below or download the episode

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  • NY-10 Candidates Pitch Brooklyn Political Clubs

    5 of the NY-10 candidates at Monday's forum (photo: Ben Max)


    Nine Democratic candidates running inthe crowded race to represent New York’s new 10th congressional district appeared before several Brooklyn politics clubs on Monday evening, answering questions about pressing issues in the district, their policy platforms, and more.

    The forum —

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  • Max Politics Podcast: Jo Anne Simon on Running for Congress in the New NY-10

    Jo Anne Simon at an abortion rights rally


    July 12, 2022 - Max Politics Podcast: Jo Anne Simon on Running for Congress in the New NY-10

    Jo Anne Simon, Assembly member representing Brooklyn's 52nd district, joined the show to discuss her campaign for Congress in the new 10th Congressional District of New York, which includes parts of Lower Manhattan and a significant chunk of Brooklyn. 

    Listen to the conversation and let us know what you think, on Twitter @TweetBenMax. You can listen to the show through the embedded

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  • Max Politics Podcast: Dan Goldman on Running for Congress in the New NY-10

    Dan Goldman (photo: @dangoldmanforny)


    July 8, 2022 - Max Politics Podcast: Dan Goldman on Running for Congress in the New NY-10

    Daniel Goldman, lead counsel for the first impeachment of President Donald Trump and former Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, joined the show to discuss his campaign in the Democratic primary for the new 10th Congressional District of New York. ...

  • ‘A City Everyone Can See Themselves In’: Carlina Rivera Launches Bid for New York's New 10th Congressional District

    City Council Member Carlina Rivera (photo: John McCarten/City Council)


    City Council Member Carlina Rivera is running for Congress in New York’s newly-drawn 10th congressional district, jumping into what is looking like a crowded August Democratic primary that is all but certain to determine who winds up with the seat in the heavily-Democratic district spanning parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn.

    Rivera, who was raised on the Lower East Side and represents that neighborhood and others in City Council District 2 in Manhattan, announced her congressional candidacy June 1 and ...

  • 'A Clear Option to Bring the Party in a Different Direction': Alessandra Biaggi on Her Run for Congress in NY-17

    State Senator Alessandra Biaggi


    State Senator Alessandra Biaggi, a progressive Democrat, garnered national attention after announcing her run in the new 17th Congressional District of New York against Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and currently represents the 18th district. Both districts are north of New York City in the Hudson Valley.

    All of New York’s congressional and state legislative districts were just redrawn in a mandatory decennial process based on new Census information. It got particularly messy in New York, which is

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  • Crowded Field Forms for Democratic Primary in New Manhattan-Brooklyn 10th Congressional District

    Bill de Blasio, Yuh-Line Niou, Carlina Rivera, Jo Anne Simon, Mondaire Jones, Daniel S Goldman, Elizabeth Holtzman, Maud Maron


    More than a dozen New York City Democrats are vying to represent the newly redrawn 10th congressional district, which will span much of Lower Manhattan and a large swathe of Brooklyn. The candidate who wins the August primary is expected to win the general election in November given the district is heavily Democratic.

    The reconfigured New York congressional map, approved by a New York Supreme Court judge last month, has shifted district boundaries and political aspirations. Given

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  • Max Politics Podcast: Carlina Rivera on Running for Congress in the New NY-10

    Carlina Rivera (photo: John McCarten/City Council)


    June 1, 2022 - Max Politics Podcast: Carlina Rivera on Running for Congress in the New NY-10

    City Council Member Carlina Rivera, a Manhattan Democrat, joined the show to discuss the launch of her campaign for Congress in the new 10th Congressional District of New York. Rivera discussed her vision for representing the district that now includes much of Downtown Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, her priority issues, and what separates her from the rest of the crowded

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  • Max Politics Podcast: Alessandra Biaggi on Running for Congress and Taking on Sean Patrick Maloney

    State Senator Alessandra Biaggi (photo: NYS Senate Media Services)


    May 24, 2022 - Max Politics Podcast: Alessandra Biaggi Takes on Sean Patrick Maloney

    State Senator Alessandra Biaggi joined the show to discuss her decision to run in New York's new 17th Congressional District, where she is set to compete in the Democratic primary against Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who currently represents the 18th Congressional District.

    Listen to the conversation and let us know what you think, on Twitter @TweetBenMax. You can listen to

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