Lincoln Restler joined his field director Chris McCreight on the stage Friday night at Spike Hill for a fundraiser. In the September primary, Restler beat back the Brooklyn Democrats’ candidate for an unpaid party position known as district leader. Now he’s Brooklyn’s bespectacled political wunderkind. more

If New York City had its own currency, Ed Koch would surely be on one of the bills. He left office in 1989 but still stays in the public eye any way he can, from being a pundit and author to a TV judge and movie columnist. But Koch was more than a folksy catchphrase (“How’m I doin’?”) or a brash personality. He came into office as the city faced bankruptcy and put in policies that reinvented New York physically and financially. more

Eliot Spitzer, before his stunning downfall as governor, was the white knight of Wall Street as attorney general. Before him, Robert Abrams put the attorney general office’s focus on consumer rights. Each attorney general puts their stamp on an office that commands more than 650 lawyers. This September, five candidates are running in the Democratic primary for the state's top law job, a position held by Andrew Cuomo, the front-runner to be the state’s next governor. more

Alexander Zaitchik didn’t want to write a book about Glenn Beck. To him, Beck is just the blubbering pundit whose crying fits are archived for posterity on YouTube. But he was tempted by a good (paying) gig. more

"IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, you have nowhere to complain,” says Anna, a 38-year-old West-African nanny. “It makes me worried.” For most of her seven-year career as a nanny, Anna has been fortunate to work for two families that have paid her a decent wage for roughly nine hours of work a day. Her duties usually include taking the children for a stroll or to play dates, cooking dinner in the evening and cleaning. more