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2026 New York state elections
Lefties didn’t just win state legislative races – incumbents lost big
With Trump in office, Democrats are demanding that someone – anyone – just do something.
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As city budget deadline looms, Mamdani faces renewed calls to keep campaign promises
Outside City Hall, advocates rallied to curb NYPD spending and expand rental assistance.
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Diana Ayala: The OTHER Uptown insurgent
The former City Council Member unseated Assembly Member Eddie Gibbs – and wants to work with DAC.
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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.
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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.
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Micah takes Manhattan
Rep. Jerry Nadler’s chosen successor, Micah Lasher, kept the coveted seat for the West Side.
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Cait Conley wins NY-17 primary to take on Lawler
The candidate with national backing hopes to flip the Hudson Valley swing seat.
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Live blog: 2026 primary day in New York
A nice and humid referendum on the power of the left and the clout of Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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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.
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Speaker Julie Menin is quite wealthy
And other insights from Zohran Mamdani and other NYC elected officials’ financial disclosures.
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Reformers are trying – again – to take over the Brooklyn Dems
The results of district leader races will determine whether Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn remains party leader
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The 2026 NYC congressional primaries to watch
Six races that could transform the delegation.
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Espaillat, Avila Chevalier spar over gentrification in Harlem church
The Rev. Al Sharpton invited the rival congressional candidates to make their cases to the National Action Network on the last weekend before the primary.
2026 congressional midterm elections
AIPAC is helping boost Espaillat against DSA challenge
But who’s funding outside spending in the final week of the election isn’t always clear.
2026 congressional midterm elections
The bitter NY-21 primary highlights a fractured GOP
Republican voters in the North Country must decide between backing establishment Assembly Member Robert Smullen and President Donald Trump’s pick, Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino.
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JD Vance stumps for Long Island Republicans
The vice president campaigned for Mike LiPetri ahead of the midterms.
2026 New York state comptroller election
Who is running for New York comptroller?
Drew Warshaw and Raj Goyle are battling it out to unseat incumbent Tom DiNapoli.
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.”
