New York City
Personality
Christian Celeste Tate’s notifications are going crazy after his Assembly win
A Q&A with one of the DSA-backed challengers who unseated an incumbent in New York City.
News & Politics
Reformers clinch a majority of Brooklyn DL seats, threatening Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s power
The New Kings Democrats’ long political project may finally be over.
News & Politics
Who is Frank Carone, the former Eric Adams official who allegedly accepted $120K in bribes?
Mayor Eric Adams’ former chief of staff was arrested Wednesday in an alleged bribery scheme connected to a 2022 migrant shelter contract.
Politics
Darializa Avila Chevalier upsets Rep. Adriano Espaillat
The democratic socialist won the upper Manhattan congressional seat with Mamdani’s backing.
2026 congressional midterm elections
Mamdani ally Claire Valdez captures congressional seat
The DSA Assembly member will succeed Rep. Nydia Velázquez – not her pick, Antonio Reynoso.
Campaigns & Elections
Espaillat senior adviser made racist and Islamophobic comments about congressional challenger
The Congress member condemned the comments from Rusking Pimentel, who said that Darializa Avila Chevalier wants to replace Dominican New Yorkers with Muslims and Haitians.
2026 congressional midterm elections
Endorsement wars: Rep. Nydia Velázquez takes on Mamdani and the DSA
The member of Congress has endorsed against a bevy of DSA-backed candidates.
Politics
Speaker Julie Menin is quite wealthy
And other insights from Zohran Mamdani and other NYC elected officials’ financial disclosures.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: The view from the top of ‘The Dink’
It’s great for New York City to have a free municipal observation deck.
NYN Media
Opinion: Asian immigrant communities need to be protected, too
New York City has an obligation to support Asian-serving legal services organizations
News & Politics
The 2026 NYC congressional primaries to watch
Six races that could transform the delegation.
New York City Council
NYC Council intern fired after launching campaign to pay interns
Mina Farahmand was working for Manhattan Council Member Harvey Epstein – until she wasn’t.
MagazineShow All
Personality
These elected officials were pinching themselves at the Knicks parade
We talked with forever fans about their ferch, their favorite players and whose signatures they got.
City & Sports
Wear New York political gear to celebrate the Knicks championship
Taylor Swift’s custom T-shirt from Game 4 served as our inspiration.
News & Politics
JD Vance stumps for Long Island Republicans
The vice president campaigned for Mike LiPetri ahead of the midterms.
Events
The World Cup is in New Jersey, so the city fixed the Brooklyn Bridge bike lane
But DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said it’s all to make New York better even after the tourists leave.
2026 congressional midterm elections
Mysterious pro-Reynoso super PAC is funded by teachers union, not AIPAC
Real Fight NYC has the American Federation of Teachers as one of its donors – and Randi Weingarten does “not play with AIPAC.”
2026 congressional midterm elections
Super PACs have spent millions boosting Adriano Espaillat and Darializa Avila Chevalier. Both candidates think that’s super hypocritical!
Espaillat has benefited from more than $4 million in outside spending. Some $1 million has been spent on Avila Chevalier. Both traded barbs about that during a forthcoming BronxNet debate.
New York City
‘Now, everyone talks about housing’
A Q&A with New York Building Congress President and CEO Carlo Scissura on the city’s construction boom.
