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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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Politics

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.

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Politics

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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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

Politics

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.

2026 New York state comptroller election

Politics

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

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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

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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.

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Personality

Like AOC, but to the left

Darializa Avila Chevalier, a pro-Palestinian activist and self-described “millennial with an internet connection” is actually giving Rep. Adriano Espaillat a run for his money.