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Politics

Darializa Avila Chevalier upsets Rep. Adriano Espaillat

The democratic socialist won the upper Manhattan congressional seat with Mamdani’s backing.

Politics

DiNapoli easily wins his first primary challenge in nearly two decades

After a doozy of campaign, the insurgent comptroller candidates didn’t totally flounder, but it still wasn’t that close.

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Cait Conley wins NY-17 primary to take on Lawler

The candidate with national backing hopes to flip the Hudson Valley swing seat.

2026 congressional midterm elections

Mamdani ally Claire Valdez captures congressional seat

The DSA Assembly member will succeed Rep. Nydia Velázquez – not her pick, Antonio Reynoso.

Campaigns & Elections

Brad Lander clinches early victory in NY-10

The former comptroller and mayoral candidate easily unseated Rep. Dan Goldman.

News & Politics

Live blog: 2026 primary day in New York

A nice and humid referendum on the power of the left and the clout of Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Campaigns & Elections

Espaillat senior adviser made racist and Islamophobic comments about congressional challenger

The Congress member condemned the comments from Rusking Pimentel, who said that Darializa Avila Chevalier wants to replace Dominican New Yorkers with Muslims and Haitians.

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Speaker Julie Menin is quite wealthy

And other insights from Zohran Mamdani and other NYC elected officials’ financial disclosures.

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Campaigns & Elections

Reformers are trying – again – to take over the Brooklyn Dems

The results of district leader races will determine whether Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn remains party leader

News & Politics

Espaillat, Avila Chevalier spar over gentrification in Harlem church

The Rev. Al Sharpton invited the rival congressional candidates to make their cases to the National Action Network on the last weekend before the primary.

2026 congressional midterm elections

AIPAC is helping boost Espaillat against DSA challenge

But who’s funding outside spending in the final week of the election isn’t always clear.

New York City Council

NYC Council intern fired after launching campaign to pay interns

Mina Farahmand was working for Manhattan Council Member Harvey Epstein – until she wasn’t.

2026 congressional midterm elections

The bitter NY-21 primary highlights a fractured GOP

Republican voters in the North Country must decide between backing establishment Assembly Member Robert Smullen and President Donald Trump’s pick, Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino.

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JD Vance stumps for Long Island Republicans

The vice president campaigned for Mike LiPetri ahead of the midterms.