2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Campaigns & Elections
Endorsements in the 2025 NYC mayoral general election
Here’s who’s backing whom in a five-way race.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
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Here’s who’s running for New York City mayor in 2025
Get to know the candidates in a wide, weird field.
News & Politics
Mamdani leads Cuomo by 19 points, while Stefanik is catching up to Hochul
The governor’s lead over Rep. Elise Stefanik in a hypothetical gubernatorial election next year has shrunk from 23 points to 14 points.
Housing
‘Zohran’s Law,’ Cuomo’s very political housing proposal, would not apply to Zohran
The rule pitched by Cuomo’s campaign would means test incoming tenants in rent-stabilized units.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Andrew Cuomo’s primary endorsers have been pretty quiet
More than a month after his primary loss to Zohran Mamdani, the former governor has no general election backers.
Heard Around Town
Pro-Eric Adams PAC gets $750k boost
Empower NYC has now raised more than $1 million to support the mayor’s reelection bid, including from the crypto industry.
Heard Around Town
NYC mayoral candidates debate public safety on campaign stops
Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a plan to attract and retain NYPD officers with salary bumps.
Politics
Mike Gianaris backs Zohran Mamdani for mayor
The state Senate deputy majority leader has worked with Mamdani on transportation issues.
Personality
The NYPD officers who support Zohran Mamdani for mayor
An interview with retired NYPD Lieutenant Commander Shamsul Haque, co-founder of the Bangladeshi American Police Association.
News & Politics
Zohran Mamdani, back from Uganda, insists he won’t defund the police
The mayoral candidate addressed his resurfaced tweets as the city processes a mass shooting that killed four people.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Eleonora Srugo wants to ‘Sell the City’ on Eric Adams
The real estate agent and Netflix reality star launched a new independent expenditure committee backing the mayor this week.
News & Politics
2025 is the year New York political campaigns embrace AI
From uncanny music videos to policies researched by ChatGPT, the AI revolution has come for the political campaign industry, for better or worse.
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Opinion
Opinion: Zohran Mamdani, socialist menace?
Nearly a century ago, another socialist was elected NYC mayor. He did a pretty good job.
Heard Around Town
Another week, another couple mayoral PACs
A new anti-Zohran Mamdani independent expenditure committee, and another IE in search of a candidate enter the campaign finance fray.
News & Politics
Andrew Cuomo dons a short-sleeved shirt, launches second NYC mayor campaign
After getting trounced in the Democratic primary, the former governor seems determined to shift his campaign style.
News & Politics
Former LG Betsy McCaughey and former NYPD Commish Ray Kelly launch anti-Mamdani IE
A website for a related nonprofit was selling hats and t-shirts telling New Yorkers to say “NYet” to “Mamdani-ism.” But there’s some confusion about where the nonprofit stops and the political fundraising committee begins.
Interviews & Profiles
Jim Walden talks his longshot bid for mayor
The attorney is running as an independent hoping to defeat Democrat Zohran Mamdani. He’s not the only one.
News & Politics
Mamdani promised to tax the rich. DSA is already mobilizing to make that happen.
In the People’s Republic of New York City, an empowered DSA is strategizing about how to convert electoral clout into state policy.
News & Politics
For Zohran Mamdani, Eric Adams is a different kind of rival
If Andrew Cuomo was more of a rarified cardboard box, Adams is a true street campaigner.
News & Politics
David Paterson weighs in on the NYC mayor’s race – again
The former governor has supported the majority of the major candidates at some point in this race.
