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A roundtable discussion with reporters from across New York City on Mayor Bloomberg's State of the City address, with analysis from:  

• Tom Wrobleski, political editor at the Staten Island Advance;
• Peter Mastrosimone, editor-in-chief of the Queens Chronicle; 
• Elaine Rivera, full-time faculty member at Lehman College's journalism communications and theater department and former WNYC political reporter;
• Ron Geberer, managing editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle;
• Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall.

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Many of the questions State Sen. Eric Schneiderman will have to answer as he emerges from the Democratic attorney general primary are ones that were put to him by his fellow Democratic candidates, and have now been taken up Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, the Republican nominee. He dismissed them as issues so far, but whether the New York general electorate—which is much larger and more diverse than the interest-group driven base Schneiderman successfully mobilized in an ultra-low turn-out primary—will let him may decide who becomes the next attorney general of the state.

Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, a website and monthly publication focused on New York politics and policy, talks about the problems some voters experienced yesterday at the polls and addresses criticism of the Board of Elections.

Juan Manuel Benitez, reporter for NY1 Noticias and host of Pura Política, and Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, a website and monthly publication focused on New York politics and policy, discuss the key races in tomorrow's primary.

Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, a monthly publication focused on New York politics and policy, discusses the many different candidates running for State Senate in the 31st district.

Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, a monthly publication focused on New York politics and policy, discusses why the unemployment extension bill doesn't include the FMAP funding New York and other states were counting on.

Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, a monthly publication focused on New York politics and policy, goes through the details of the handshake deal on the city budget and NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio weighs in.

→ Read WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly's take on the city budget.

Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, a monthly publication focused on New York politics and policy, discusses how the Working Families Party is courting Andrew Cuomo and trying to get on the ballot for this fall's New York State elections.  Then, Bob Hennelly, WNYC  Reporter, talks about the Cuomo campaign and previews tomorrow's congressional primaries in New Jersey.

ACORN is reorganizing. Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of the monthly publication focused on New York politics and policy City Hall, and Ben Smith, senior political writer for Politico.com, discuss the reorganization of the beleaguered anti-poverty group ACORN.

Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, a monthly publication focused on New York politics and policy, discusses its ongoing investigation into the Working Family Party's influence in local and national politics.

Is eight years enough? Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall previews tomorrow's city wide election and offers analysis on the race for mayor and other local elections including Nassau County, Westchester and the 23rd Congressional District.

Gerson Borrero, columnist at El Diario La Prensa and at borreroreport.com, and Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, preview tonight's debate between Mayor Bloomberg and his challenger Comptroller Bill Thompson.

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Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, a monthly publication focused on New York politics and policy, talks about his investigative report on the finances of the Working Families Party, followed by Kevin Finnegan, political director for 1199 SEIU and former general counsel of the Working Families Party, responding to ...

New York Senators Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) Frank Padavan (R - Queens Village, Flushing, Bayside, Whitestone) discuss the turmoil in the New York State Senate. Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, a monthly publication focused on New York politics and policy, gives an update on Albany news. Help ...

Daily News columnist Liz Benjamin and Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, round up the latest from Albany and City Hall, including the MTA deal, budget woes, and some gay marriage polling.

Ellen Tumposky, London-based reporter for the Daily News and Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, a monthly "trade journal" for New York City elected officials, recap the mayor's trip to Paris and London.