Sep. 5, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki & Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams forcefully said Friday he will continue his uphill re-election campaign all the way to the end, rebuffing reports of an impending dropout in favor of a lucrative job offer from the Trump administration. “I am staying in this race, I am the…
Sep. 3, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Democratic Mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday called new reports that Republican President Donald Trump has offered Mayor Eric Adams a job — in an apparent gambit to clear the mayoral general election field and strengthen Andrew Cuomo’s chances of defeating him — an “affront to democracy.” The…
Aug. 19, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani remains comfortably ahead in the five-way general election race for mayor — and across several scenarios in which one or more of his rivals drop out, a Gotham Polling and AARP survey released Tuesday revealed. The poll of 1,376 likely New…
Aug. 17, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann and Barbara Russo-Lennon NYC mayoral candidates reacted with anger and frustration following a mass shooting at a Brooklyn restaurant and club early on Sunday morning that left three people dead and multiple other victims injured. The tragic incident at Taste of the City, located near Prospect Park in…
Aug. 7, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Democrat mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani on Thursday seized on a report that his independent rival Andrew Cuomo recently spoke to President Trump about the race over the phone, charging the pair have been “conspiring about the fate of this city.” Mamdani made the accusations standing side-by-side…
Jul. 25, 2025 By Robert Pearl Chaos and confrontation erupted on July 21 outside the Astoria office of Assemblymember and mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani, where dueling protests exposed deep political and cultural divides in one of New York City’s most contentious election cycles. Dozens of demonstrators waving American, Italian and Israeli flags gathered at…
Jul. 16, 2025 By Robert Pearl The July 9 meeting of the Whitestone Republican Club was not just a political gathering, but also a resolute call to action. The podium at the American Legion Hall was adorned by two life-size posters of mayoral candidate and Gurdian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa dressed as a superhero,…
Jul. 14, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who got pummeled in the Democratic primary last month, announced Monday that he will actively run in the mayoral general election as an independent against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. Cuomo made the revelation in a one-and-a-half-minute video posted online Monday afternoon. The…
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…
July 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez and representatives from the office of Assembly Member and Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani toured the Queensboro Plaza subway station Tuesday to view new accessibility features installed by the MTA at the Long Island City station. The upgrades, which included installing elevators on both sides… Read more »