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Scott Stringer is ‘the adult in the room’ at campaign launch
The former City Comptroller made his mayoral campaign official at a packed party held at his old haunt Blondie Sports on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
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Senate Dems’ campaign arm names new director
Kaylee May will now lead the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.
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Takeaways from NYC mayoral candidates’ latest fundraising haul
Zohran Mamdani rakes it in, Brad Lander gets a public matching boost, and Brock Pierce is still all in on Eric Adams.
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Keith Powers brings in another $104k for Manhattan BP bid
The term-limited council member will face off against state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal.
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Hochul’s soft launch for reelection
The governor’s State of the State speech laid out a vision of affordability and safety that felt like it could be a stump speech.
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Zellnor Myrie brings in another $183k for mayoral run
The state senator’s campaign says they have now qualified for matching funds, after raising just shy of $200,000 in the past three months.
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‘I don't control that’: Eric Adams on Trump’s vow to end congestion pricing
“If he reverses it, it doesn’t matter if I support or don’t support (it),” Adams said of the week-old tolling program under threat from President-elect Donald Trump.
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Judge in Eric Adams corruption case orders both sides to keep press statements in line
Judge Dale Ho declined to weigh in on whether either side broke rules, but ordered them to recognize that they need to follow them.
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Suburban Republicans mostly quiet after meeting with Trump on taxes
Republicans still can't agree on how much to lift the SALT cap.
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Former BOE staffer initiates legal action over alleged harassment by agency head
The city Department of Investigation found that Executive Director Michael Ryan harassed two staffers. One of them is now looking to file a lawsuit.
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Hundreds of deaths in state prisons go unexplained
A City & State investigation found a lack of reporting on people who have died while in custody, as well as for those who were compassionately released, going back decades.
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New year, new committee chairs
Legislative leaders announced committee chairs for the new legislative session, with some notable new roles
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On State of the City day, revisiting some of Eric Adams’ promises from 2024
Remember the “Department of Sustainable Delivery”? No? How about cutting in half how long it takes to resolve police discipline cases? Not that either?
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State lawmakers await committee assignments as legislative session begins
New year, new committees.
Real Estate
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‘New Yorkers don’t care.’ Is the real estate pledge dead in NYC politics?
Not so long ago, Democrats were rushing to swear off landlord and developer campaign donations. A new YIMBY era seems to have made that pledge less relevant.
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Who’s who in Eric Adams’ administration
From deputy mayors to fixers to legal counsel, here are the insiders the mayor has appointed to run the city.
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Maya Kornberg pitches ‘pragmatic progressivism’ in Brooklyn council race
The Brennan Center fellow is taking on incumbent Council Member Shahana Hanif in what’s poised to be a competitive Democratic primary next year.
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Adriano Espaillat <3 Ydanis Rodríguez
Rumors of a Carmen De La Rosa challenge do not point to a rift between the two Dominican politicos.
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Former Manhattan BPs endorse Alvin Bragg
Bragg is rolling out endorsements ahead of the 2025 cycle, with Gale Brewer, Ruth Messinger and C. Virginia Fields as the latest to rally around his reelection.
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