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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani takes lead over Cuomo for first time in new poll; separate survey still has former governor up big

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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…

NYC Mayor’s Race: Rivals rip into frontrunner Cuomo during first Democratic primary debate

Democratic mayoral candidates spar with Andrew Cuomo on debate stage

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…

NY Democrats sound alarm on Medicaid, SNAP cuts in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that passed Republican-led House

Speaker Mike Johnson and President Trump discuss budget bill that cuts Medicaid, SNAP

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…

NYC Mayor’s Race: Rivals pounce on reported Trump DOJ probe into front-runner Cuomo

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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…