Jun. 12, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Progressive city Comptroller Brad Lander on Thursday declared that he is now in a three-way battle for the Democratic mayoral nomination with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani after a panel convened by the New York Times Editorial Board dubbed him the “best overall pick”…
Jun. 12, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller A new poll of the June 24 mayoral Democratic primary released Wednesday night shows Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani leading moderate Andrew Cuomo by four points. This marks the first time any survey in the race has had a candidate eclipse Cuomo’s consistent lead. At the same time, however, Team Cuomo pointed…
Jun. 9, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The race to replace Mayor Eric Adams has swallowed much of the oxygen in the lead-up to this year’s June 24 Democratic primary. But as New Yorkers begin heading to the polls for early voting in a couple of weeks, there will be several other races on their…
Jun. 4, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller For the first time this election cycle, all of the major Democratic mayoral candidates appeared on the same stage as frontrunner Andrew Cuomo Wednesday night. What resulted was a messy two-hour brawl in which Cuomo’s rivals hit him on all sides, and the former governor launched his own…
May. 28, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani appears to be gaining ground on former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the crowded Democratic primary to replace Mayor Eric Adams, a new Emerson College/Pix11/The Hill poll revealed on Wednesday. The survey of 606 Democratic primary voters, conducted during May 23-26, has Cuomo nabbing…
May. 23, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Two leading candidates in the 2025 NYC mayor’s race — former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and city Comptroller Brad Lander — both say they have reached the city’s $8.3 million spending cap when including public matching funds with a little over four weeks until the Democratic primary. Cuomo’s campaign…
May. 22, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller New York Democratic leaders issued dire warnings over dramatic cuts to social safety net programs included in Congressional Republicans’ massive spending plan — which sponsors have dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” to honor President Trump — that passed the House of Representatives early on Thursday morning. The multi-trillion-dollar…
May. 21, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s rivals in this year’s Democratic mayoral primary wasted no time in lambasting the frontrunner over reports that President Trump’s Justice Department opened a new investigation into him following Congressional Republicans’ accusations that he lied to them last year. The contours of the investigation, revealed…
May. 7, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller City Comptroller Brad Lander on Wednesday became the latest Democratic mayoral candidate to hit the airwaves with a TV ad portraying himself as a “crusher” of corruption, he says, epitomized by leading rival Andrew Cuomo and President Trump. With the release of Lander’s 30-second spot, the race has fully…
May. 6, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller With roughly seven weeks to go in this year’s Democratic mayoral primary, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to lead the field by a wide margin, while Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani is the only other candidate who has gained significant momentum. But will candidates’ expected big spending on…