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 »
Jun. 30, 2025 By Adam Daly The Rent Guidelines Board voted Monday evening to increase the rent for the city’s nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments, a decision that appeased neither smaller landlords nor tenant activists. Stabilized renters with one-year leases can expect a 3% hike in their rents, while those with two-year leases will…
Jun. 27, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not withdraw his independent ballot line in the mayoral general election by the Friday deadline following his sizable Democratic primary defeat at the hands of democratic socialist Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani earlier this week, a source close to his campaign confirmed to amNewYork.…
Jun. 27, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The New York City mayor’s race “didn’t stop on June 24, it started on June 24.” That was the message a defiant Mayor Eric Adams delivered during a chaotic kick-off event for his independent general election bid on the steps of City Hall Thursday, just two days after…
Jun. 23, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team With just days left before the Democratic primary, NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani joined more than 200 working-class New Yorkers at a get-out-the-vote rally Saturday afternoon in Jackson Heights. Held at Diversity Plaza and backed by longtime supporters including CAAAV Voice, DRUM Beats, and…
Jun. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force launched a probe into multiple death threats made against Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani after his district office at 24-08 32nd St. in Astoria received four expletive-filled phone voicemails, on various dates, making threatening anti-Muslim statements by an unknown individual, including a threat…
Jun. 12, 2025 By Adam Daly In a fiery and combative final Democratic mayoral debate Thursday night, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani were the main sparring partners. However, Cuomo took more attacks from rivals who zeroed in on his past governance, labor issues, and legal scandals in an effort…
Jun. 11, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas is condemning President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marine Corps to Los Angeles, calling him a “fascist” and describing the move as a response to growing public outrage over his administration’s immigration policies. González-Rojas said the ongoing anti-ICE protests in Los…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Progressive standard-bearer Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced her long-anticipated endorsements in the Democratic primary for NYC mayor on Thursday morning — ranking Democratic socialist Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani first on a slate of five candidates. In making her June 24 primary picks, Ocasio-Cortez, who revealed them via The New…