There's not much like a fight over horses to get New Yorkers out to City Hall. At the start of a Council hearing on a proposed bill to ban the carriage horse industry, a collection of about 20 people stood outside the gates in consternation. They had been told that the hearing room was full. "We're all in ...

Democratic City Councilman Tony Avella of Queens doesn’t think he’ll have a primary when he runs for mayor next year. “I’m not so sure the other two actually run,” said Avella, referring to his known rivals, City Comptroller Bill Thompson and Representative Anthony Weiner. Talking to me as he looked through some papers before a hearing of ...

Some undecided people have announced they’re going to vote for the term-limits extension. Alan Gerson, whose amendment with David Yassky to create a charter revision commissioin was defeated, said “New Yorkers deserve to have a debate about continuity” and that he has to vote yes in order to support that bill. Jimmy Vacca, who initially opposed the bill, said ...