Zohran Mamdani
Politics
Menin conspicuously absent from Mamdani’s 9/11 health announcement
The already strained relationship between the two leaders is being tested by the tense 25th anniversary commemorations.
Somos
Politics
With Puerto Rico’s drought, activists urge Somos to reconsider
The political conference in San Juan draws thousands of New Yorkers.
Heard Around Town
Opinion
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Heard Around Town
Politics
Meng challenger Chuck Park four months late on financial disclosure
The former council staffer is making a rare challenge to the Queens Democrat.
Heard Around Town
Politics
RGB member’s broken campaign promise
Mamdani ally Brandon Mancilla said union leaders should get a pay cut. Instead he got a raise.
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Politics
Two Brooklyn legislators got in a tussle. Now they’re running against each other.
“I’m gonna beat her up – at the poll,” Mercedes Narcisse says of Monique Chandler-Waterman
Heard Around Town
Personality
Here’s what was said about Mamdani at the Met Gala
And a rundown of all the New York politicos who went and what they wore.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Hello from the other side: CM Lincoln Restler’s wife Anna Poe-Kest works at OMB
COIB is cool with it, but a political power couple across the table of a contentious budget process has raised some eyebrows.
Heard Around Town
Politics
WFP doesn’t want Schlossberg
The New York Working Families Party may reopen its endorsement process in NY-12.
Heard Around Town
Politics
How Mamdani was convinced to back Boylan
The mayor’s closest political adviser Morris Katz was a proponent of getting involved with the tricky special election.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Boylan apologizes if coworkers ‘had a bad experience with me’
Lindsey Boylan is a leading candidate in Tuesday’s New York City Council special election, endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Heard Around Town
Politics
DiNapoli gets a super PAC
Labor unions for government employees are spending more than $1 million to back the incumbent through the New York Accountability Coalition.
Heard Around Town
Policy
And just like that, Eric Adams’ last PMMR is out
The Preliminary Mayor’s Management Report evaluates city agency performance.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Frank Carone’s lobbying firm isn’t a lobbying firm anymore
Oaktree has fallen, after Eric Adams left office
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Politics
Brian Benjamin is still waiting for the state to cover his legal costs
New York is supposed to pay the former lieutenant governor’s lawyers since his federal corruption case got dropped.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Chi Ossé arrested after protesting deed theft
After the New York City Council member was forced to the ground and handcuffed by several officers, he called for state and city action to prevent real estate speculators from preying on his constituents.
New York City Council
Politics
Farah Louis kicked off secretive NYC Council Budget Negotiating Team
The task force is made up of 20 members who negotiate with the mayoral administration over the city budget.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Eric Adams’ Charter Revision Commission kicks things off at Randy Mastro’s office
A short and sweet meeting for a commission Mayor Zohran Mamdani certainly didn’t ask for.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Zohran Mamdani releases his first mayoral tax returns
The mayor actually overpaid his taxes last year. Meanwhile, Council Speaker Julie Menin refused to share her tax return.
Heard Around Town
Politics