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The top tweets in New York politics from 2025
These posts were featured in City & State’s First Read Tonight newsletter.
The top tweets of 2025 Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images
2025 was a year filled with change. New York City will have a new mayor and a new speaker in January. Syracuse and Albany elected Black women for the first time as mayor. But other things haven’t changed, like Eric Adams’ busy travel schedule and billionaires trying to meddle in politics. Here are a few highlights from City & State’s Top Tweet feature from the First Read Tonight newsletter.
Top Tweeters
Katie Honan may have been the recipient of an attempted bribe in 2025, but she didn’t bribe us to feature her tweets in a runaway victory – her third year in a row atop the standings of New York reporters featured in First Read Tonight. Her on-the-ground reporting and humor has proved to be an unstoppable combination.
1. Katie Honan, Reporter, The City – 20
2. Jeff Coltin, Reporter, Politico New York – 14
3. Jon Campbell, Reporter, WNYC and Gothamist – 12
4. Dave Colon, Senior Reporter, Streetsblog New York City – 5
5. Chris Sommerfeldt, City Hall reporter, Daily News – 4
Government Excellence in Tweeting
04.02.25
The state’s account was featured in Top Tweet five times this year, which rivaled some of the most frequently cited accounts. The unhinged messages, like “trout time,” and reflected in an image the following day, have increased the engagement with the state’s official Twitter account.
Bard of Brooklyn
07.18.25
hater: new york is dead
whale: don’t listen to them, eric
Battle for the Republic
05.19.25
Planet Albany is apparently in a galaxy far, far away
Just send it
04.14.25
During the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, Andrew Cuomo’s campaign thought victory was inevitable – until it wasn’t. That may have contributed to errors that could’ve been avoided with minimal effort.
Seeing white smoke
05.08.25
No one ever said state government moves quickly!
Just circling back on this
07.24.25
Eric Adams said he couldn’t leave the city because he needs to “keep things under control” here at home. Someone should tell that to the Eric Adams who has traveled in the past few months to Albania, Israel, Uzbekistan and Mexico.
