David Freedlander is a veteran New York City-based journalist. He writes long-form features about politics and the arts, people and ideas, and has appeared in New York Magazine, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, ArtNews, The Daily Beast, Newsweek and a host of other publications.
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It is one of Donald Trump’s chief foreign-policy credentials: that morning a dozen years ago when he marched down Fifth Avenue with the words grand marshal across his chest.
Most expect Clinton to win, but the margin (10, eight, less?) will be a measure of how left New York is—and how much Cuomo should worry.
Forget the brokered convention: A cabal of establishment Republicans is working on the ultimate firewall that could keep Trump from the White House.
A deep-pocketed real-estate executive is laying the groundwork to mount a challenge to Bill de Blasio in next year’s mayoral elect
"I remember him suiting up for the team picture, but that is about it," says a former Rubio college teammate
He’s paying attention to the concerns of black America now, as a presidential candidate. Back when he represented Vermont? Not so much, local activists say.
A militant gun-rights group calls out the Republican frontrunner for banning firearms on his own properties even as he calls for ending gun free zones.
For now, Donald Trump is the riddle the Republican Party cannot solve. His stratospheric popularity shows no signs of abating. The situation has become so dire that some top Republicans in New York mused aloud about kicking Trump out of the party altogether
Millennial, Hispanic, bipartisan: The candidate’s son embodies Jeb’s theory of how the GOP can win the White House. But 2016 may be much, much too early.
With Jeb Bush dropping in the polls, the Clinton machine is starting to worry that Rubio could prove to be a formidable opponent in the general election.
The organized left is atwitter with talk of the Vermont senator's candidacy. Much of it is negative.
His battle with Ed Koch over Wollman Rink in Central Park still forms the core of his political identity.
The burgeoning industry has votes and money. But it wants some answers first.
Meet Dennis Cheng, the longtime Clinton aide in charge of raising hundreds of millions for Hillary’s presidential run.
The ultra-quotable, far-left Representative Alan Grayson is running for Senate—and that’s making Clinton supporters very, very nervous.
How Terry McAuliffe’s campaign for governor of Virginia was a dummy run for 2016.
After nearly five years in prison, the Prince of Providence, Rhode Island announced Wednesday he would run for mayor as an independent. If he wins, it wouldn’t be the first time voters rewarded his bad behavior.
Buddy Cianci is the poster boy of U.S. political scandals. But that may be ancient history in Providence, where the still-beloved figure may seek one more go of it in City Hall.
After a surprising, meteoric rise in the polls, Bill de Blasio is suddenly on the brink of becoming New York’s next mayor. What does he really believe?
