Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Black women leaders announce NYC priorities and back Zohran Mamdani
We are on the front lines of New York City’s affordability crisis. Zohran Mamdani is our pick for mayor.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Andrew Cuomo’s last stand
The former governor has never liked debating, but he’ll need to turn in a debate performance for the ages to have any hope of becoming mayor.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Politics
Get back in, nerds. We’re watching another NYC mayoral debate.
On Wednesday, just days before early voting begins, the three candidates will make their final pitch to voters.
News & Politics
Politics
Half a dozen congressional Democrats haven’t endorsed their party’s nominee for NYC mayor. It might not matter.
It’s not just Schumer and Jeffries who are staying quiet on New York City’s mayoral race.
Heard Around Town
Politics
5 things that defined the first NYC mayoral debate
Three very different men took the stage Thursday night with three weeks to go until Election Day.
Heard Around Town
Politics
On Fox News, Zohran Mamdani speaks directly to Donald Trump
Mamdani also offered his first broad public apology to police officers for past statements about the NYPD.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Politics
Get in, nerds. We’re watching the NYC mayoral debate
See it Thursday at 7 p.m., and witness how the tables have turned for Mamdani and Cuomo.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Policy
Eric Adams has landmarked fewer buildings than his predecessors. During a push for new development, will the next mayor change course?
As the city continues its pro-housing track, advocates say the way the city approaches historic preservation may change.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
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Curtis Sliwa on the assumption that his policies are closer to Cuomo’s than Mamdani’s: ‘hopelessly wrong’
The Republican mayoral nominee also said a racist young Republicans group chat caused “horrible, horrible harm.”
Heard Around Town
Policy
Cuomo’s housing pitch: ‘Creative’ financing, not a rent freeze
The mayoral candidate and former governor says financing actions in his first 100 days would add 80,000 new or returned units to city housing stock.
Personality
Personality
How Elle Bisgaard-Church became Zohran Mamdani’s most trusted adviser
The first-time campaign manager steered him to victory in June. Now she’s focused on the likely next administration.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Politics
What brings Adrienne and Zohran together? Defending Tish James
The Democratic mayoral nominee organized a press conference to condemn the indictment of the state attorney general, where he was joined by his former rival.
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Mamdani makes his pitch to New York’s business elite
‘Have you ever talked about democratic socialism at an ABNY event before?’ the mayoral front-runner joked.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
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Politics
Here’s who’s running for New York City mayor in 2025
This race is nothing if not action-packed.
Personality
Personality
The rise and fall of Mayor Eric Adams: a timeline
Tracking the mayor’s four years in City Hall, from his ambitious achievements to his federal indictment to ending his reelection campaign.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Curtis Sliwa reports his best fundraising period yet
The Republican nominee’s campaign is trying to make the mayoral race “Mamdani vs. Sliwa” though Sliwa is still far behind Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and behind independent candidate Andrew Cuomo in polls.
Interviews & Profiles
Politics
Eric Adams: the flawed, unforgettable, one-term mayor
“There was something really compelling and inspiring about what he was trying to do,” one former Adams administration official said. “A lot of that was realized … and then a lot of it was squandered.”
Labor
Policy
Elected officials and activists launch new coalition to raise minimum wage
Zohran Mamdani has called for a $30 minimum wage, and the “Living Wage for All Coalition” wants to make that a reality.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Patrick Gaspard, informal but crucial Mamdani adviser, believes the ‘entire machinery’ of NYC politics was ‘exposed in this campaign’
The former aide to Barack Obama is always watching New York politics, and in Mamdani he sees unique potential.
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