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Endorsements in the 2025 NYC mayoral general election
Here’s who’s backing whom in a five-way race.
New York City Council
Politics
Who will be the next speaker of the New York City Council? Does Zohran care?
In a race already loaded with outside influence, candidates are gaming out how a Mamdani win could help or hinder.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Eric Adams targets quality of life crackdown message to conservative audience
The New York City mayor is pitching a new law for involuntary removals, though it has no sponsors in Albany or bill language yet.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
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Politics
Here’s who’s running for New York City mayor in 2025
Get to know the candidates in a wide, weird field.
Housing
Politics
‘Zohran’s Law,’ Cuomo’s very political housing proposal, would not apply to Zohran
The rule pitched by Cuomo’s campaign would means test incoming tenants in rent-stabilized units.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Pro-Eric Adams PAC gets $750k boost
Empower NYC has now raised more than $1 million to support the mayor’s reelection bid, including from the crypto industry.
News & Politics
Politics
The NYC Council is expected to let Bally’s casino bid proceed. Is it a blow to member deference?
A bid for a casino in the Bronx still faces additional hurdles that other land use decisions typically don’t.
Heard Around Town
Politics
NYC mayoral candidates debate public safety on campaign stops
Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a plan to attract and retain NYPD officers with salary bumps.
New York City
Politics
Can the New York City Council override Eric Adams to keep a casino out of the Bronx?
The council needs a two-thirds majority to override a mayoral veto. Scheduling is not on their side.
Policy
Policy
New York’s strong gun laws didn’t prevent Monday's mass shooting. Local leaders are looking at the feds
Gov. Kathy Hochul called for advancing gun control legislation in Congress, where Republican opposition has repeatedly doomed attempts at reviving a federal ban on assault weapons.
News & Politics
Politics
2025 is the year New York political campaigns embrace AI
From uncanny music videos to policies researched by ChatGPT, the AI revolution has come for the political campaign industry, for better or worse.
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Eric Adams
Policy
When has Eric Adams opposed Donald Trump?
The mayor has repeatedly said he wants to work with the Trump administration, not “war with” them. But he has still been at odds with the feds on multiple occasions since January.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Another week, another couple mayoral PACs
A new anti-Zohran Mamdani independent expenditure committee, and another IE in search of a candidate enter the campaign finance fray.
New York City
Politics
4 takeaways from the first fundraising haul of the NYC mayor general election
Real estate donors are flocking to Eric Adams, and Zohran Mamdani gets love from out of state.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Zohran Mamdani could leave his Assembly seat open next year. Mary Jobaida is preparing to run for it.
The former Queens Assembly candidate filed paperwork to run for Mamdani’s Assembly seat on Monday.
News & Politics
Politics
Former LG Betsy McCaughey and former NYPD Commish Ray Kelly launch anti-Mamdani IE
A website for a related nonprofit was selling hats and t-shirts telling New Yorkers to say “NYet” to “Mamdani-ism.” But there’s some confusion about where the nonprofit stops and the political fundraising committee begins.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Jim Walden talks his longshot bid for mayor
The attorney is running as an independent hoping to defeat Democrat Zohran Mamdani. He’s not the only one.
News & Politics
Politics
For Zohran Mamdani, Eric Adams is a different kind of rival
If Andrew Cuomo was more of a rarified cardboard box, Adams is a true street campaigner.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
4 takeaways from New York City’s ranked choice voting results
Andrew who? Also if you’re in the lead on election night, STAY IN THE LEAD!
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Politics
Zohran Mamdani’s Asian American coalition
The Assembly member who is well positioned to become New York City’s first Asian American mayor won with the support of the rapidly growing AAPI electorate.
