Forecasting New York Politics in 2016

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo clashed when the mayor secured only a one-year extension of his control over the city schools

Ben Max, executive editor of Gotham Gazette, has 40 questions for the (not-so-distant) future of New York City and state politics, looking ahead to 2016.

We discussed just a few, including:

  • Will Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo ever just get along?
  • Who'll be elected to fill the seats of Senator Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver?
  • Who'll win the presidential primaries in New York state?