2025 New York City Mayoral Election

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Endorsements in the 2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary

Labor unions, political clubs and power brokers. Stay up to date on which mayoral candidates are getting the coveted endorsements for 2025.

News & Politics

Politics

WFP’s absence felt in Rochester mayoral race

Why is the progressive third party staying out of a competitive upstate mayoral primary?

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Live blog: NYC primary day

It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can follow along with our copious election updates.

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

Politics

Many expect Zohran Mamdani to take the WFP line if he loses to Cuomo. That’s far from a sure thing

Mamdani could run in the general election as the candidate of the Working Families Party, but he and the Democratic Socialists of America don’t bother with unwinnable races.

New York City

Personality

How Dutch settlers got their start in the New York Harbor

A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the English.

Personality

Personality

Foreword: Answering the questions in New York City’s history

The New Netherland Institute is making the records of the New Netherland colony more accessible.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Gazing into the primary day crystal ball

What looked to be a coronation is now a dead heat. Here’s what to look out for as you watch tonight’s Democratic mayoral primary results.

Energy & Environment

Policy

Environmentalists are not on board with Hochul’s new nuclear plant

Green energy advocates were quick to denounce the governor’s plan to build a nuclear facility to provide zero-emission energy as a distraction from real clean solutions

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Could heat-related power outages in NYC impact poll sites?

The BOE said they have back-up plans, but we could potentially see some delayed vote counts.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Council president and top mayoral aide vie to become Syracuse’s next mayor

Incumbent Mayor Ben Walsh isn’t on the ballot in the Democratic primary, but the fight between his deputy Sharon Ownes and Common Council President Pro Tempore at Hogan could serve as a referendum on his mayoralty.

New York City

Personality

Book excerpt: How the Dutch and English reached a deal for the peaceful transfer of New Netherland

Author Russell Shorto, in his book “Taking Manhattan,” described the negotiations between Dutch Director General Peter Stuyvesant and English military officer Richard Nicolls.

New York City

Policy

What does the future hold for Hart Island?

Journalists were given a tour of the potter’s field, and upcoming plans will outline potential improvements to the island.

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

Politics

5 things to watch on election night in NYC

Tuesday will be so hot – and the election results will be so slow.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: The Club World Cup should celebrate immigrants, not criminalize them

New York is a sanctuary city, and that means we must protect the dignity of all people – residents and visitors alike.

Heard Around Town

Politics

Pro-Cuomo PAC responsible for nearly half of all outside spending across all NYC primary elections this year

Fix the City has spent more than $16 million (and counting) in just one race, amounting to just under half of all outside spending on mayoral, City Council and borough president primary races across the city.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: NYC deserves more tenant champions serving on the City Council

REBNY and the LeFrak Organization are spending big to drown out the voices of working-class voters.