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. 30, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The city Campaign Finance Board voted during a Friday meeting to award City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’ mayoral campaign with $2.4 million in public matching funds — money that will give her bid the ability to air TV ads in the final weeks before the June 24 primary.…
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. 19, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller One mayoral candidate took the unusual step on Sunday of asking his supporters to donate to an opponent in a bid to block the front-runner, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, from winning the June 24 Democratic primary. Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, who is placing second to Cuomo in…
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…
May. 1, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Two top City Hall officials said on Thursday that Mayor Eric Adams’ newly released executive budget does not put additional funds into reserves ahead of President Trump’s tariffs and broad funding cuts because they do not anticipate that it would spark a “doomsday scenario” for the city’s economy. First Deputy…
May. 1, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams unveiled his $115 billion Executive Budget for the coming fiscal year on Thursday, a plan is flush with new spending as he faces a steep uphill re-election battle this year. Hizzoner rolled out his balanced Fiscal Year 2026 executive budget during a May 1 press…
Apr. 28, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Amid a 2025 NYC mayor’s race in which several Democratic candidates have shown interest in freezing rent increases for stabilized tenants, Mayor Eric Adams not only declined on Monday to do the same but also challenged his rivals to pair their proposals with plans to protect small landlords…
Apr. 15, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) on Tuesday declined to reward 2025 NYC mayor’s race front-runner Andrew Cuomo millions of dollars he expected to receive in public matching funds. The CFB voted to deny Cuomo the funds because at least 20% of the paperwork his campaign…
Apr. 2, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Several candidates running to oust Mayor Eric Adams in this year’s Democratic primary argued that a federal judge’s decision to dismiss his corruption charges on Wednesday does not repair the incumbent’s damaged credibility or the appearance that he is beholden to President Trump. City Council Speaker and mayoral…