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Amid ballot proposals fight, City Council spends $2 million on mail
The council declined to specify how much of that went toward mailers criticizing the charter changes that would diminish their power in some land-use housing decisions, but indications are that it was a lot.
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Migrant vendors fear returning after Canal Street ICE raid
Multiple people who witnessed the raid talked about the relative emptiness that has followed.
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The real City Council race in Brooklyn’s purplest district
George Sarantopoulos, a Republican operative and landlord, faces a Democratic Arabic-speaking attorney, Kayla Santosuosso, in Council District 47.
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Key moments in the final NYC mayoral debate of 2025
Andrew Cuomo gets his night to shine – then bolts to Madison Square Garden.
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Assembly Member Deborah Glick, first out gay NY state legislator, won’t seek reelection
After 35 years in office, Glick announced that she would retire at the end of her current term next year.
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In final stretch of mayoral race, Andrew Cuomo pivots to tech
Eric Adams promised to be a crypto mayor back in 2021. Andrew Cuomo’s new proposal could be taking a shot at that title.
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Get back in, nerds. We’re watching another NYC mayoral debate.
On Wednesday, just days before early voting begins, the three candidates will make their final pitch to voters.
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Elise Stefanik says Hochul is raising the commuter tax. She’s wrong (for now)
Stefanik falsely accused Gov. Kathy Hochul of expanding the MTA payroll tax to the Capital Region after Hochul announced a Metro-North train to Albany.
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At closed-door meeting, about 30 NYC Council members discussed the next speaker
Some members who attended the meeting said they are not keen to “give their votes away to outside actors.”
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What’s next for Keith Powers? The Assembly, he hopes
The term-limited Manhattan City Council Member is running for Albany’s lower chamber.
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Half a dozen congressional Democrats haven’t endorsed their party’s nominee for NYC mayor. It might not matter.
It’s not just Schumer and Jeffries who are staying quiet on New York City’s mayoral race.
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5 things that defined the first NYC mayoral debate
Three very different men took the stage Thursday night with three weeks to go until Election Day.
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Private poll shows Hakeem Jeffries with 50-point lead over Chi Ossé in hypothetical congressional primary
The poll found that Jeffries would soundly defeat Ossé, state Sen. Jabari Brisport and Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman.
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He’s baaaack: Eon Huntley files to challenge Stefani Zinerman again
Brace yourselves for another battle in the ongoing DSA-Jeffries proxy war in central Brooklyn.
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On Fox News, Zohran Mamdani speaks directly to Donald Trump
Mamdani also offered his first broad public apology to police officers for past statements about the NYPD.
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5 things to know about Peter Oberacker
Who’s the Republican state senator challenging swing district Democratic Rep. Josh Riley next year?
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Get in, nerds. We’re watching the NYC mayoral debate
See it Thursday at 7 p.m., and witness how the tables have turned for Mamdani and Cuomo.
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Curtis Sliwa on the assumption that his policies are closer to Cuomo’s than Mamdani’s: ‘hopelessly wrong’
The Republican mayoral nominee also said a racist young Republicans group chat caused “horrible, horrible harm.”
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Clarke challenger raises over $100,000 in first 48 hours
Michael Goldfarb raised almost as much money in two days as Rep. Yvette Clarke had in her campaign account in June.
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