Politics
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Updated
Here’s who’s running for New York City mayor in 2025
Get to know the candidates in a wide, weird and unsettled field.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Updated
Endorsements in the 2025 New York City mayoral race
Labor unions, political clubs and power brokers. Stay up to date on which mayoral candidates are getting the coveted endorsements for 2025.
New York City Council
Airbnb to up its spending in NY races to $10 million
The short-term rental giant is literally doubling down on seeking political influence in New York, despite being spurned by the city in 2023.
2026 New York gubernatorial election
Stefanik dominates Lawler and Blakeman in new poll
Nearly half of GOP primary voters favor Rep. Elise Stefanik, while Rep. Mike Lawler and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman can’t break single digits.
News & Politics
Inside the split between Kathy Hochul and Antonio Delgado
Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado finally had enough of being on Team Hochul.
News & Politics
Lawler booed at raucous Rockland County town hall
The crowd appeared less interested in listening to Rep. Mike Lawler’s answers than in expressing anger about looming cuts to Medicaid and Social Security.
News & Politics
Forget the budget, get ready for Trump Station
Gov. Hochul didn’t shoot down the prospect of renaming Penn Station after the president while providing an update on the nearly month-late budget.
Heard Around Town
More Labor Strong 2025 endorsements in NYC Council races
The five-union coalition has now picked a candidate in 27 races.
Immigration
House GOP targets NY nonprofit over Know Your Rights training
Republicans in Congress are investigating the Chinese-American Planning Council for sponsoring a seminar to educate immigrants about their rights when dealing with ICE.
Politics
DC 37, Tish James rebuke Cuomo in backing Adrienne Adams for mayor
The endorsements give the City Council speaker’s campaign a much-needed jolt of momentum.
News & Politics
Ritchie Torres endorses Keith Powers in Manhattan BP race
The term-limited council member is coalescing support among Latino elected officials in his bid against state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
With Adams ditching the primary and Cuomo absent, mayoral ire turns toward little-known Tilson
The private sector candidate for New York City mayor with outside odds became something of a heel at Monday night’s mayoral forum.
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Immigration
Civil rights attorneys raise the alarm about 3 NY asylum-seekers currently held in a Texas detention facility
Their New York City-based lawyers said they have been denied due process and are in danger of being sent to an El Salvador prison camp.
Budget
Despite what Hochul says, New Yorkers do care the budget is late
But a new poll from Siena College also shows that voters are fine with the governor delaying the spending plan over her policy priorities.
News & Politics
Hochul up and Schumer down in new poll
While the governor has her best polling in over a year, the state’s senior senator is at a 20-year low.
New York City
NYC Veterans’ office gets ‘C’ grade in first City Council agency report card
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams first announced plans to grade city agencies in 2024.
Energy & Environment
New York’s offshore wind industry is under assault from the Trump administration
Executive orders, construction pauses and permitting headwinds threaten the state’s clean energy goals.
New York City Council
Everything you need to know about the Council District 51 special election
The race to fill former City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli’s Staten Island seat will be one to watch.
News & Politics
Mayor Cuomo and Gov. Hochul? It would be weird.
There’s still a lot of uncertainty in the New York City mayor race, but one thing is for sure: the mayor will have less power than his or her counterpart in Albany.
Heard Around Town
Mark Levine nets building trades’ backing in comptroller bid
The Manhattan borough president is also backed by CWA and RWDSU, while Justin Brannan boasts 32BJ SEIU and the Hotel Trades Council.
