Effective city government is a team sport. If you have elected leaders of different branches of government feuding or trying to out-do each other, the biggest losers are the citizens of New York and of our country.

Think Bill de Blasio vs. Andrew Cuomo. Newt Gingrich vs. Bill Clinton. Adrienne Adams vs. Eric Adams.

The New York City Council – the legislative branch of local government – made a swift decision just before Thanksgiving, when a supermajority (36 of 51) of members announced they planned to elevate East Side Council Member Julie Menin to speaker, making her the body’s leader for the next four years. The official speaker vote isn’t till early January, but Menin’s main rival for the speakership, Brooklyn Council Member Crystal Hudson, has effectively conceded the race , so t

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