New York City
Heard Around Town
Good government watchdogs want COIB to restrict electioneering
After two recent rounds of ballot proposals, the advocates are yelling at the refs.
Opinion
Opinion: A turning point for our communities in 2026
A message to the new mayor of New York City.
Personality
Zohran Mamdani needs a winter hat. We have some ideas.
The mayor had moms everywhere concerned.
News & Politics
Get to know DSA’s internal caucuses
From Socialist Majority Caucus to Marxist Unity Group, these are the groups within the group that are driving its policies and priorities.
Heard Around Town
OK Zohran, so you aced the storm.
Many New Yorkers were impressed.
DSA
DSA for Dummies
Your guide to the organization that – for better or for worse – is trying to take over New York City politics.
DSA
DSA members in their own words
“There’s what you see on the outside, and there’s what happens on the inside.”
DSA
Bernie Sanders spawned unnumbered socialists. NYC-DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo was one of them.
A class on “radical Latin American cinema,” climate change concerns and a populist presidential campaign were the recipe that formed the influential New York City leftist.
DSA
NYC-DSA co-Chair Grace Mausser: This is the most important moment for U.S. socialists in a century
The woman who led the DSA to new heights of power is now working on building alliances.
Campaigns & Elections
The Frozen Four: a guide to the special elections
February’s legislative races could be an icy preview of some spicy June primaries.
Zohran Mamdani
Mamdani vs. the vortex
The new mayor faces a January crucible. Will he fare better than Bill de Blasio? Worse than Eric Adams?
Interviews & Profiles
Here’s why you keep seeing Mamdani’s consumer protection commissioner everywhere
Sam Levine, who moved to the city in June, has had a particularly active start in the Mamdani administration.
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Campaigns & Elections
DSA votes to endorse Espaillat challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier
Unsurprisingly, the group also voted to endorse Assembly Member Claire Valdez for Congress.
Heard Around Town
Opening youth clinics, navigating primary politics
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso celebrated a new health care facility together-ish at Woodhull Hospital on Thursday.
Interviews & Profiles
Everyone’s against Rana Abdelhamid. She’s running anyway.
A Q&A with the Assembly candidate running in a special election against the new “establishment.”
New York City
Who’s going to pay for AC in New York City?
Air conditioning could soon be required, but questions remain about how it’ll be implemented.
Heard Around Town
Bores zeros in on Lasher
The first candidate forum in NY-12 was a bit spicy.
Heard Around Town
Latoya LeGrand files to run for Vivian Cook’s Assembly seat
The 88-year-old Cook insists she is running for reelection in Southeast Queens.
Energy & Environment
Gowanus faces a hidden threat beneath its neighborhood boom
With 141 residential buildings on the way and an increased risk of flooding, residents worry about contaminants underground.
New York City Council
Meet the new, bigger City Council Progressive Caucus
With 24 members – now including Gale Brewer – the caucus is two short of a City Council majority.
