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Zohran Mamdani
Policy
What’s NOT in the New York City budget?
From extra cops to 1% for parks, $126 billion and still not everything gets funded.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s Note: DAC déjà vu
The closing days division in the Harlem congressional race felt like last year’s mayoral race.
New York City
Policy
Menin delays budget handshake, pressing Mamdani on rental voucher expansion
The City Council is serious about dropping this lawsuit and putting hundreds of millions more toward an already expensive program.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Here’s how to avoid a DSA challenge
A Q&A with DSA Co-chair Gustavo Gordillo, who’s relishing this year’s victory even more than 2025.
News & Politics
Politics
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.
Politics
Politics
Darializa Avila Chevalier upsets Rep. Adriano Espaillat
The democratic socialist won the upper Manhattan congressional seat with Mamdani’s backing.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Brad Lander clinches early victory in NY-10
The former comptroller and mayoral candidate easily unseated Rep. Dan Goldman.
2026 congressional midterm elections
Politics
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.
Interviews & Profiles
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.
City & Sports
Opinion
Commentary: All New York politicians love the Liberty
With a progressive team in a progressive city, there’s no downside to sporting the seafoam green.
Zohran Mamdani
Policy
What Mamdani got – and didn’t get – from Albany this year
Some of the New York City mayor’s biggest wins and losses after his first session lobbying for City Hall.
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Personality
Personality
The family members of NYC congressional candidates are getting oppo’d
No one is safe leading up to the midterms!
NYPD
Policy
Mamdani’s Office of Community Safety wasn’t at his community safety announcement
Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined a group of officials to set the agenda for summer safety and gun violence prevention in the Bronx.
News & Politics
Politics
NYC Council will not override Mamdani’s first veto
The council doesn’t have the votes to pass the bill over Mamdani’s objections, but they plan to introduce a new version with tweaks.
News & Politics
Politics
Julie Su: deputy mayor for economic justice – and damage control
A self-described “new New Yorker,” Mamdani’s partner in job creation and worker protection is setting up meetings with the oligarchs, and they’re going well!
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Goldman trails Lander by 5 points in supportive super PAC poll
The incumbent held a rally with unions and Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday.
Personality
20th Anniversary
Who’s going to be the next mayor of New York City?
Whether 2029 or more likely 2033, the Mamdani era can’t last forever.
New York City
Politics
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
Politics
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.
Events
Personality
At NYC Power 100 event, Tisch commends Mamdani for leading with ‘SRG’
The police commissioner joked that the mayor has the core principle of “Support, Reinforce and Grow.”
