Sep. 17, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, one of the three key Albany leaders, said he is “wholy supportive” of Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s affordability agenda on Tuesday, adding he’s “not concerned” that moderate Gov. Kathy Hochul will prevent it from being passed. Heastie made the remarks after endorsing the…
Sep. 16, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared on Tuesday to attribute Gov. Kathy Hochul’s endorsement, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s expected backing, of Zohran Mamdani to a growing “socialist faction” within the Democratic Party. Cuomo, a Democrat running as an independent after losing the primary to the democratic socialist Mamdani, seemed…
Sep. 15, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Sunday night — a major stamp of approval from the state’s party leader that could push other establishment figures to get on board as the democratic socialist vies against a crowded general election field. However, as of Monday…
Sep. 14, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The four leading candidates in the 2025 NYC mayor’s race spent Sunday greeting constituents, visiting businesses and churches, and discussing local issues that are important to New Yorkers. Adams goes block by block in the outer boroughs Mayor Eric Adams visited with small business owners, voters, and community…
Sep. 12, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani will apologize for a 2020 social media post in which he called the NYPD “racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety,” his campaign confirmed to amNewYork. Mamdani’s apparent shift on his past comments — he first revealed this in a…
Sep. 11, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign continued to insist Thursday that Hizzoner would stay in the mayoral general election, even while saying that it would conduct its own “independent poll” to make a decision on whether or not he will drop out. Adams’ campaign spokesperson, Todd Shapiro, said in a…
Sep. 10, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Yet another new public poll shows Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani dominating the current four-way race for City Hall and defeating leading rival Andrew Cuomo in a one-on-one matchup — the second in two days to reveal as much. The Emerson College/PIX11/The Hill survey of 600 active city…
Sep. 10, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams declared last Friday that he is staying in the New York City mayor’s race because he is the only candidate who can defeat Democratic nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. “I am running, and I’m going to beat Mamdani, and I’m going to continue the success…
Sep. 9, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani would still lead in the November general election, albeit by a far slimmer margin, if the field shrank to a one-on-one bout between himself and rival former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a new Siena College and New York Times poll released Tuesday…
Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller After days of denial, Mayor Eric Adams seemed to admit Friday that he is entertaining offers for other job opportunities, though he maintained that he continues to campaign robustly for re-election. The admission came as questions continued to swirl around whether Adams would abandon his reelection bid for…