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<title><![CDATA[Errol Louis - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15806.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Errol Louis]]></description><category domain="15806">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[A Democratic 'Power Grab' in Brooklyn]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/a-democratic-power-grab-in-brooklyn/ar-AA2aTXKd</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tonight'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tussle for control of the Kings County Democratic Party, scheduled to be held at the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club, is the latest battle in a long-running war between the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s chair, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, and a group of insurgents that currently includes...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Touts Big Business Investments in New York]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/zohran-mamdani-means-business/ar-AA27NdjV</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a socialist who once opined that New York would be better off'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' without billionaires, Zohran Mamdani '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the mayor of a city with'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' more billionaires than any'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' other city on the globe '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' sure doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t mind basking in the investment boom that is currently sweeping through...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Housing Pitfall Mamdani Must Avoid]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-housing-crisis-pitfall-mamdani-must-avoid/ar-AA24TShB</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mayor Zohran Mamdani needs to make some big changes before moving forward with the City Council'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s well-intentioned but flawed effort to steer more distressed housing into the hands of nonprofit building managers. The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, part of a batch of bills...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Mamdani Plans To Solve New York's Housing Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/how-mamdani-plans-to-solve-new-york-s-most-pressing-problem/ar-AA24gdDi</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A smiling Mayor Mamdani was in full cheerful-salesman mode when he invited journalists to City Hall to discuss '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Block by Block,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' his administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 112-page housing plan, which he describes as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the most ambitious plan for affordable housing the city has ever...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Puts Off the Pain--for Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mamdani-puts-off-the-pain-for-now/ar-AA23JtIs</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t know for sure until the state budget is officially closed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in the next few days, but it seems clear Mayor Zohran Mamdani did an extraordinary job of persuading Governor Kathy Hochul to pony up an'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' extra $4 billion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in assistance to the city.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' But that doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t mean...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What I Saw and Felt Inside the WHCD Ballroom]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-i-saw-and-felt-inside-the-ballroom-during-the-whcd-shooting/ar-AA21MhQN</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Never for a moment did I think I was in danger when'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' shots rang out at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, although nearly every person I was sitting with '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and most of the diners near us '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' immediately ducked completely under the table, pulled the tablecloth...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Question Alvin Bragg's Methods, But Numbers Don't Lie]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/question-alvin-bragg-s-methods-but-the-numbers-don-t-lie/ar-AA20Wozw</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeffries Explains Dems' Strategy To Win the Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hakeem-jeffries-explains-his-strategy-to-win-the-midterms/ar-AA1ZiYlR</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Representative Hakeem Jeffries is so close to becoming Speaker of the House that he doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t even need to measure the drapes.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Problem With Mamdani and Trump's Big Housing Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-problem-with-mamdani-and-trump-s-big-housing-plan/ar-AA1Xvj6w</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t fault Mayor Mamdani for swinging for the fences and attempting to squeeze $21 billion out of President Trump to build 12,000 affordable apartments in Sunnyside, Queens. Slipping down to Washington, D.C., on an unannounced visit, the mayor flattered the president by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani May Be About To Pick the Wrong Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mamdani-may-be-about-to-pick-the-wrong-fight/ar-AA1VyVz9</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani, a quick learner, has joined a long list of New York mayors who took the oath of office and promptly began slamming their predecessor for leaving the city'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s finances in shambles.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani's Next Act--Could He Actually Succeed?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/zohran-mamdani-s-next-act/ar-AA1QWbBg</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The secret fear of the loudest die-hard critics of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is not that he will fail as the city'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leader but that he has a very good chance of succeeding. If the new administration demonstrates it can deliver on its promise to lower the cost of living while...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Eric Adams' Last Stand]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/eric-adams-s-last-stand/ar-AA1LHILW</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the curtain goes up on the post'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'Labor Day push to Election Day, Mayor Adams,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' tanking in the polls, is making unsubtle tribal appeals to the Black communities that powered him to victory four years ago, frequently reminding voters that he is second Black mayor in city history...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why New York Should Keep Its Elections Off-Year]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/why-new-york-should-keep-its-elections-off-year/ar-AA1L4HDl</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The upcoming vote for mayor and other municipal offices is the main event on Election Day, but New Yorkers will also weigh in on a ballot question that, if approved, would start the process of revising the City Charter and the State Constitution to move city elections from the current...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Is Pivoting. So Is Cuomo]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/zohran-mamdani-is-pivoting-so-is-andrew-cuomo/ar-AA1KrgQx</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Think you know where the candidates for New York mayor are coming from? Think again. With less than 90 days to go before Election Day, the candidates are all migrating toward the political center, dropping old positions and adopting new ones, freely copying one another'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s policies...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who's Afraid of Mamdani?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/who-s-afraid-of-zohran-mamdani/ar-AA1Ib3MN</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To win the nomination for mayor,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Zohran Mamdani'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' outwitted and outworked'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the city'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s lethargic Democratic political Establishment. And that seems to be driving the old guard mad.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Happens When the Status Quo Is Failing NYC]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-political-class-is-responsible-for-the-man-they-re-trying-to-stop/ar-AA1HeIy8</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The frantic, all-out effort to disqualify'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Zohran Mamdani'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in the closing days of the Democratic primary betrays a lack of serious planning by New York'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s political and economic elites when it comes to the very important matter of who runs our city. The same people dumping millions...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Which Andrew Cuomo Will New Yorkers Remember?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/which-andrew-cuomo-will-new-yorkers-remember/ar-AA1A56tx?ocid=BingNewsSerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By shouldering his way into the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' mayoral primary,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Andrew Cuomo'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is betting that what New York voters want at City Hall is deep government experience, competent execution, and a mayor ready and willing to do battle with the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trump White House. His entry tests the political axiom that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How NY&rsquo;s Black Leaders Are Trying To Move Past Eric Adams]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/how-new-york-s-black-leaders-are-trying-to-move-past-eric-adams/ar-AA1z82kZ?ocid=BingNewsSerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Normally, the annual three-day meeting of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian legislative caucus in Albany, known as Caucus Weekend, is where a big chunk of the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s political establishment celebrates the difficult, decades-long road that political outsiders traveled to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does New York City Even Have a Mayor Anymore?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/does-new-york-city-even-have-a-mayor-anymore/ar-AA1yaXF5</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If our city feels rudderless and out of control these days, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not your imagination: To a remarkable degree, the man New York elected to hold things together, Mayor Eric Adams, has been in steady retreat '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and in some cases, outright irrelevance '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' as his political and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Eric Adams Defend NYC From Trump&rsquo;s Mass Deportation?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/will-eric-adams-defend-the-city-from-trump-s-mass-deportation/ar-AA1uQyr6?ocid=BingNewsSerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s campaign promise to launch a mass-deportation program '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' complete with detention camps, large-scale raids, and use of the military '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' is one of the most urgent issues facing the crowd of politicians fighting for control of the city in next year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Harris Needs To Do To Win Over More Black Men]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-kamala-harris-needs-to-do-to-win-over-more-black-men/ar-AA1sM4kb</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With two weeks until Election Day, media pundits and worried Democratic strategists are agonizing over the notion that Black male voters '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' who will likely make up less than 7 percent of the total voting population this season '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' are turning their backs on Kamala Harris in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hey Democrats, Don't Panic--Here's Why]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hey-democrats-don-t-panic-here-s-why/ar-AA1ss7qC</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With less than three weeks to go before Election Day, and early voting already underway in dozens of states, a lot of Democrats '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' maybe you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re one of them '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' are in full freak-out mode, rattled by every dip in the polls and panicked over the possibility of Kamala Harris...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New York&rsquo;s Judicial Elections Are a Lot Like the Subway]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-york-s-judicial-elections-are-a-lot-like-the-subway/ar-BB1oIZRb?ocid=BingNewsSerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we head into Primary Day, thousands of New Yorkers in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan will encounter the frustrating ritual of being asked to choose between judicial candidates they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve never heard of.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Courage of Alvin Bragg&rsquo;s Conviction]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the end, it was Manhattan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s plodding and plainspoken district attorney, Alvin Bragg, who proved the pundits wrong and delivered what all the big-talking power brokers could not: the criminal conviction of ex-president Donald Trump for the corrupt and illegal business practices...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Biden Keep the Black Vote?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why Democrats may be losing their grip on a once-loyal constituency]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Street-Level View From NY&rsquo;s Most Dangerous Neighborhood]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[NY&rsquo;s Showy Crackdown on Subway Crime Is Wrong Approach]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Democrats Should Stop Freaking Out About Biden]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic supporters of President Biden should quit freaking out. Despite what a handful of recent polls suggest, there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s good reason to believe that the White House'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s policies and performance will be judged a success by the voting public, and that Biden will be elected to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Made the Santos Scandal Different]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York has seen lots of politicians go down in flames. Why does this one stand out?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Eric Adams Still Think It's Easy To Be Mayor?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Errol Louis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York's migrant crisis seems to be testing him to his limits.]]></description>
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