New York City Council
Politics
City Council, citywide officials could get 18% raise
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and council Speaker Julie Menin would decline their raises, perhaps sensing that the optics are bad.
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.
New York City
Policy
New York City is freezing the rent
The Rent Guidelines Board approved a one-year rent freeze for the city’s rent-stabilized housing stock.
News & Politics
Politics
As city budget deadline looms, Mamdani faces renewed calls to keep campaign promises
Outside City Hall, advocates rallied to curb NYPD spending and expand rental assistance.
News & Politics
Politics
Reformers clinch a majority of Brooklyn DL seats, threatening Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s power
The New Kings Democrats’ long political project may finally be over.
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.
Politics
Politics
Speaker Julie Menin is quite wealthy
And other insights from Zohran Mamdani and other NYC elected officials’ financial disclosures.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
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
New York City Council
Policy
Here’s what the City Council is pushing for in the NYC budget
Mamdani finds himself on the receiving end of lawmaker demands to expand spending on parks, consumer protection, rental vouchers and more.
Read First
Policy
Talk of open primaries dominates first COGE hearing
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first Charter Revision Commission meeting was haunted by Eric Adams’ last commission
City & Sports
Politics
Is Zohran Mamdani ready for the World Cup?
The international sporting event is yet another managerial test for the mayor.
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.
News & Politics
Politics
Council members want answers about last month’s courtroom birth
In a letter to the mayor and district attorneys, 29 council members called the incident “horrific and degrading” and demanded an investigation.
New York City
Politics
Mamdani’s Charter Revision Commission schedules a flurry of meetings
With three back-to-back rendezvous, the Committee on Government Efficiency is committing to govern efficiently.
Zohran Mamdani
Politics
Mamdani’s EDC, still leaderless, still stressing out the NYC business community
“It’s the type of thing where the longer you don’t hire for it, the narrative gets harder out in the world,” one person said.
Budget
Policy
Mamdani has placed DCWP front and center. Menin wants him to give it $32M more
The City Council will call for a big increase in the consumer and worker protection department’s budget at a hearing on Friday.
Zohran Mamdani
Politics
