Heard Around Town
Policy
Stated meeting: Veto overrides and new legislation to create the Department of Community Safety
One of Mamdani’s major campaign promises will get the New York City Council treatment.
Budget
Politics
Mamdani promises no budget games – but he has a budget narrative
Ahead of his preliminary budget release, Mayor Zohran Mamdani pointed his finger back at the last guy.
Rikers Island
Updated
Politics
A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island
Nicholas Deml will oversee New York City jails as remediation manager
Energy & Environment
Policy
Climate change is eating away at NYC bridges
Meanwhile, the cost of preventing a disaster continues to rise.
Eric Adams
Policy
The City Council will let three of Eric Adams’ vetoes stand – while overriding 17 others.
A bill opposed by the real estate industry known as COPA and a police accountability bill are among the pieces of legislation that won’t become law under new Council Speaker Julie Menin.
News & Politics
Politics
DSA’s membership nearly doubled since start of Mamdani campaign
After years of declining membership, the socialist organization now has over 90,000 members.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Good government watchdogs want COIB to restrict electioneering
After two recent rounds of ballot proposals, the advocates are yelling at the refs.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: A turning point for our communities in 2026
A message to the new mayor of New York City.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Here are the NYC seats DSA is eyeing in 2026
Nepo babies, Eric Adams allies, representatives of lefty districts, beware.
Personality
Personality
Zohran Mamdani needs a winter hat. We have some ideas.
The mayor had moms everywhere concerned.
News & Politics
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.
DSA
Politics
DSA for Dummies
Your guide to the organization that – for better or for worse – is trying to take over New York City politics.
DSA
Politics
DSA members in their own words
“There’s what you see on the outside, and there’s what happens on the inside.”
DSA
Personality
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
Personality
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
Politics
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
Politics
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
Personality
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.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics