Campaigns & Elections
Heard Around Town
City Council special election petitioning kicks off – a little too early
Candidates: Put down your petition forms. Mamdani’s office messed up.
2026 New York gubernatorial election
Socialists not thrilled with Mamdani’s guv endorsement: ‘Even Zohran gets it wrong sometimes’
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is now at odds with some of his fellow DSA electeds after throwing his support behind Gov. Kathy Hochul for reelection
Kathy Hochul
Brooklyn Dems pull Hochul endorsement after LG pick
County leader Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is outraged that the governor tapped former NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her number two.
Campaigns & Elections
DiNapoli to fundraise from Republicans day before Dem convention
Three primary challengers blasted the state comptroller for leaning on a GOP donor
DSA
Diana Moreno’s Assembly win marks first electoral victory for Mamdani as mayor
Erik Bottcher, Jeremy Zellner and Keith Powers also won legislative seats in special elections.
Campaigns & Elections
Brian Kavanagh won’t seek reelection to state Senate
The Manhattan Democrat’s retirement could set up another race between Grace Lee and Yuh-Line Niou for the open seat.
2026 New York gubernatorial election
Hochul’s LG pick is… still a mystery
Gov. Kathy Hochul has chosen a running mate. Just don’t ask her who it is yet.
Opinion
Editor’s note: Campaign donors are power for Letitia James
The state attorney general is a national figure, thanks to the president.
2026 New York gubernatorial election
Blakeman courts right-wing voters at state Conservative Party conference
Likely GOP gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman addressed members of the third party at their annual conference in Albany.
News & Politics
Vivian Cook won’t seek reelection to the Assembly
The Queens Dems are backing Meeks aide Nathaniel Hezekiah to succeed the 88-year-old Cook.
News & Politics
Julie Won files to run in NY-7
The New York City Council member is poised to jump in an already hotly contested primary for one of the city’s most progressive districts.
New York State
Hochul campaign quickly weaponizes immigrant announcement against Blakeman
Within hours of proposing a ban on local agreements with federal immigration officials, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s campaign was using it to attack her likely Republican opponent’s’s support of ICE
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2026 New York state elections
Assembly candidate Aber Kawas says she didn’t move into wrong district
Concerns about the DSA parachuting candidates into races sparked a false rumor that Kawas moved to Queens in order to run for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s seat but accidentally moved into a neighboring district.
Campaigns & Elections
WFP backs Jibreel Jalloh in challenge to Jaime Williams
The WFP heads to southern Brooklyn.
2026 New York gubernatorial election
Who will Hochul pick as her running mate?
Assembly Member Brian Cunningham, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and Secretary of State Walter Mosley are all being vetted.
Campaigns & Elections
Alex Bores vs. AI in NY-12
The Assembly member and congressional candidate says he’s ready to battle AI Goliaths. He’s getting plenty of practice already.
Campaigns & Elections
Here are the NYC seats DSA is eyeing in 2026
Nepo babies, Eric Adams allies, representatives of lefty districts, beware.
DSA
The NYC-DSA’s biggest elections since 2017
From Khader El-Yateem to AOC to Zohran Mamdani.
DSA
DSA for Dummies
Your guide to the organization that – for better or for worse – is trying to take over New York City politics.
Immigration
Micah in Minneapolis
Manhattan Assembly member and congressional candidate Micah Lasher managed to fly out Sunday despite the blizzard to join protesters in the Twin Cities.
