By one calculation, The Bronx’s 15th Congressional District is the most left-leaning in the country: A greater share of its voters cast ballots for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama than anywhere else in the nation. But is the district ready for the Democratic Socialists of America? The activist group that mobilized ultra-liberal voters in Brooklyn […]

City Councilmember Ritchie Torres’ bid to represent the South Bronx in Congress is raking in real estate cash, campaign finance records show. Torres leads a crowded pack of Democrats seeking to replace retiring Rep. José Serrano, pulling in a top $878,000 since declaring his candidacy in July. At least $110,000 of that came from people […]

Former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito is running for Congress — painting herself as the early leader of the progressive wave now sweeping Democratic politics in New York. “At a time when the norm was being pragmatic, I was being cutting-edge, ahead of the curve, and putting forward progressive policies that set us, as New […]