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Who’s going to be the next senator from New York?
With Chuck Schumer’s popularity waning, the door is opening for AOC – and others.
2026 congressional midterm elections
Politics
UFT backs Alex Bores in NY-12
The city teachers union chose Bores over Micah Lasher, who worked for the charter school movement in the past.
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Politics
A rent freeze is officially on the table
The city’s Rent Guidelines Board set a range of possible allowable rent hikes for stabilized units that starts at 0% for both one- and two-year leases.
Albany Agenda
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Budget deal or no budget deal? Depends who you ask.
Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a “general agreement” with lawmakers on the state budget – but Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said that was “premature.”
Zohran Mamdani
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Who’s who in Zohran Mamdani’s administration?
Meet the folks who are running New York City.
Immigration
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After a confrontation outside a BK hospital, many electeds are asking: What constitutes NYPD collaboration with ICE?
In Brooklyn, a standoff between ICE and protesters. The NYPD got in the middle.
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In Albany, Democrats get serious about redistricting – without admitting they’ll gerrymander
Rep. Joe Morelle and state leaders want to respond to partisan Republican redistricting in kind, but insist it will all be above board.
Kathy Hochul
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Voters want more budget spending, but sour on Hochul
The governor has her lowest favorability in a year, but still leads Republican Bruce Blakeman
2026 New York state elections
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Will the real progressive please stand up in the race for state comptroller?
The candidates running against incumbent Tom DiNapoli in his first-ever primary are each jockeying to position themselves as the true progressive choice in the contest.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Zohran Mamdani: Muslim, Hindu, African, South Asian, New Yorker
How the mayor is navigating his identity - and how fellow desi New Yorkers feel about it.
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Progressive wars: Raj Goyle claims support from trans activist who endorsed Drew Warshaw
The state comptroller candidate posted, unposted, reposted and unposted a video of himself with trans activist Evanna Vasquez.
Heard Around Town
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Hello from the other side: CM Lincoln Restler’s wife Anna Poe-Kest works at OMB
COIB is cool with it, but a political power couple across the table of a contentious budget process has raised some eyebrows.
Heard Around Town
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WFP doesn’t want Schlossberg
The New York Working Families Party may reopen its endorsement process in NY-12.
New York City
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More New Yorkers voted last year than in any mayoral election since 1969
The NYCCFB’s annual Voter Analysis Report unpacks the massive surge in participation.
Heard Around Town
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How Mamdani was convinced to back Boylan
The mayor’s closest political adviser Morris Katz was a proponent of getting involved with the tricky special election.
Policy
Policy
A limit on informal ICE collusion is nixed from budget talks
Lawmakers and the governor had been at odds over informal local cooperation with immigration agents in civil and criminal matters
Heard Around Town
Politics
Boylan apologizes if coworkers ‘had a bad experience with me’
Lindsey Boylan is a leading candidate in Tuesday’s New York City Council special election, endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Budget
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Mamdani and Menin join forces to call for Hochul to send more $$$ to NYC
And Gov. Kathy Hochul is not having it.
Campaigns & Elections
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Dems kick off statewide anti-Blakeman tour
Democrats are spending millions to push back on Blakeman’s record as he’s made gains in recent polls.
Campaigns & Elections
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