On the surface, Zohran Mamdani has little in common with Robert F. Wagner Jr., New York City’s mayor from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. Kathy Hochul bears even less resemblance to her equally ...

With New York about to embark on a dangerous voyage piloted by Zohran Mamdani, a singularly radical mayor hell-bent on shredding the policies that have kept Gotham afloat, now is a good time to ...

Editor’s Note: This speech was originally delivered by the author at “The Catholic Bill Buckley Conference,” hosted by the Portsmith Institute at Portsmith Abbey School on June 6, 2009. At this ...

In the view of some of its despairing critics, New York City is just too large and complex for any one man to govern properly—and Mayor Robert Ferdinand Wagner has certainly done much to confirm that ...

Abraham D. Beame, who ran for Mayor on the Democratic ticket, and who would have become New York’s first Jewish mayor if elected, was defeated in yesterday’s elections in which John V. Lindsay, ...

THE UNMAKING OF A MAYOR by William F. Buckley Jr. 341 pages. Viking. $6.95. The unmaking had its unbeginning when elegantly eloquent Conservative William F. Buckley Jr. got to thinking seriously about ...

The prospect that New York City may have its first Jewish mayor emerged today from the victory of Abraham Beame as the Democratic nominee for Mayor in the November elections. Mr. Beame, now New York ...

Born in 1970, I’m a child of the decade of disco music. Despite those who might wish disco as a music genre would disappear forever, I’m a firm believer it’s around to stay. Disco has been on my mind ...

It is a little sad, yet also somewhat inspiring, and in any event altogether fitting, that New York City is marking its 400th birthday this year and almost no one gives a damn. Last New Year’s Eve the ...

The contest for Knoxville City Council between Nathan Honeycutt and Melody Watts shows a real disparity in where donations come from. Only 9% of Watts' donors are from the District 2 while 71% of ...

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, speaks on stage with fellow candidate Comptroller Brad Lander at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. [AP Photo/Heather ...