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Mike Gianaris backs Zohran Mamdani for mayor

The state Senate deputy majority leader has worked with Mamdani on transportation issues.

Personality

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Zohran Mamdani, socialist menace?

Nearly a century ago, another socialist was elected NYC mayor. He did a pretty good job.

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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.

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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.

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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

Personality

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Politics

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

Archive: 2025 NYC Democratic mayoral primary candidates who fell short

The comptroller, the former comptroller and the City Council speaker were among those who vied to be the Democratic nominee.

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

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Exit poll: Public safety tops voter concerns, but NYC Dems reject policing-first approach

Despite safety concerns, criticisms that Zohran Mamdani would be soft on crime didn’t land, according to a poll from the Vera Institute’s political arm.

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New York Immigration Coalition Action backs Mamdani for mayor

Murad Awawdeh, the head of the affiliated immigrant rights advocacy group said: “We’re ready for a new city and a new future.”

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Politics

These state lawmakers just won city primaries. Who could replace them in Albany?

By January, state Sens. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Sean Ryan and Assembly Members Zohran Mamdani and Harvey Epstein could all be serving in city government, triggering special elections to replace them in the state Legislature.