Jul. 11, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller As Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani charges into the general election, allies and opponents are mobilizing behind new super PACs—one to propel him to City Hall, the other to stop him from getting there—amid growing unease in the city’s business circles. A pro-Mamdani PAC named “OneNYC” was filed…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller On the heels of endorsing Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral general election, U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-Manhattan/Bronx) on Thursday urged fellow Democrats who have been hesitant to back the democratic socialist to get on board with his campaign for City Hall. Espaillat, during a Thursday afternoon…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Julie Won and her husband, Eugene Noh, are denouncing what they call “sexist” and “misogynistic” scrutiny of their relationship following Noh’s appointment as campaign manager for Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election bid. Noh, a longtime political strategist and consultant, was officially announced as Adams’ campaign manager in…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani received the support of US Rep. Adriano Espaillat on Thursday, a sign that the socialist Democratic nominee is beginning to win over the party establishment that has so far been hesitant to embrace him. Espaillat, who represents Upper Manhattan and a swath of the…
Jul. 9, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller & Lloyd Mitchell Nearly all of the city’s most powerful unions have now consolidated behind Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani as he vies to topple Mayor Eric Adams in the November general election, with the latest nod of support coming from the United Federation of Teachers on Tuesday…
Jul. 8, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday boldly pledged to register one million new voters for the general election as part of his independent bid to overcome Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani — who won the primary in part by registering tens of thousands of new voters. Adams said he can…
Jul. 7, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams on Monday urged former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who just suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral primary, to drop out of the general election in order to give him a better shot at overtaking the democratic socialist…
Jul. 3, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is throwing his support behind Mayor Eric Adams’ uphill independent reelection effort and urging former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to step aside so Hizzoner can have a better shot at besting Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. Ackman, who donated $500,000 to Cuomo’s failed Democratic…
Jul. 2, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani made a show of force in a Wednesday rally with powerful labor unions that now support his campaign after some of them backed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s failed primary bid. Leaders and members of the unions — The Hotel and Gaming Trades Council…
Jul. 1, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller President Donald Trump sought to put his thumb on the scale of the NYC Mayor’s Race Tuesday — threatening to lock up newly minted Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani if he dares to interfere with ICE operations while appearing to throw his support behind incumbent Mayor Eric Adams’…