Walden’s Unity Poll Idea: More Symbolic Than Impactful Even As Cuomo Vows Active Indie Bid Long-shot mayoral candidate Jim Walden has recently proposed a so-called “unity poll,” in the five-candidate race in order... Voices 14 Jul 2025 | 04:20
Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral primary based in large part on campaign promises tied to the cost of living, which voters say is their top issue even ahead of public safety. ( Photo: Madison Stewart, Zohran for New York City ) Mamdani Tops First Poll in Five-Person Sprint to November Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani officially won the Democratic primary as of July 1 after the third round of ranked-choice voting,... News 07 Jul 2025 | 02:01
Protesters gather outside the RGB meeting at El Museo del Barrio, advocating for a rent freeze on June 30. ( Photo: @housingjustice4all on Instagram) Rent Board okays hikes by 3% on one-year stabilized leases and 4.5% for two-year leases Just a week after the NYC primary, a race largely dictated by the issue of affordable living, the Rent Guidelines Board voted... News 01 Jul 2025 | 04:54
Zohran Mamdani Speaking at a Democratic Socialists of America meeting at the Church of the Village in NYC in November 2024. ( Photo: Bingjiefu He/Wikimedia Commons) Opinion: Zohran Mamdani Being Unfairly Branded For those who’ve been on a media blackout, New York City’s Democrats last week overwhelmingly nominated a candidate who just... Voices 30 Jun 2025 | 01:19
WNBC streamed the first major New York City Democratic mayoral debate, June 4, 2025. ( Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY) NYC Mayoral Candidates Battle Each Other — and Trump — in Chaotic Nine-Way Debate The nine Democratic candidates for mayor squared off Wednesday in the first televised debate of a long campaign season, with... News 05 Jun 2025 | 05:33
At a press conference after a federal judge reluctantly dismissed the federal corruption charges against him, Mayor Eric Adams urged all New Yorkers to read the book Government Gangsters, by Kash Patel, the current FBI director, who posits there is a Deep State cabal in government trying to undermine Donald Trump. A day later, Adams said he was ditching the Dem primary to run as an independent. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) Adams Ditches Dems, Plans to Run as an Independent The race for mayor is growing more convoluted by the day. On the deadline day to submit petitions to get on the ballot to... News 07 Apr 2025 | 11:48
On Sunday, the long-awaited pedestrian path improvements across the Queensboro Bridge were once again delayed, this time due Mayor Adams needing to be “briefed” on the project. ( Photo: Garrett Owen) Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path Delayed by Mayor Adams “Briefing” Long-awaited pedestrian path additions and improvements across the Queensboro Bridge have been put on hold just before it... News 17 Mar 2025 | 04:25
City Council speaker Adrienne Adams, from Queens, became the 11th candidate to enter the Democratic race for mayor with less than four months to go before the June 24 primary. ( Photo: Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit) Wild Week as Adrienne Adams Enters Race and Eric Adams Gets Grilled–by ‘fellow’ Dems Even on its best days the campaign for mayor of New York is chaotic, and in recent days it grew even more tumultuous as City... News 10 Mar 2025 | 04:41
Comptroller Brad Lander, who racked up five endorsements from West Side Democratic clubs, took his campaign for mayor to Zabar’s on Broadway and West 80th Street on the first day of gathering petitions on Feb. 25. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Brad Lander Racks Up Endorsements from Five West Side Democratic Clubs Five of the West Side’s influential Democratic clubs have endorsed City Comptroller Brad Lander in his race to unseat Mayor... Voices 05 Mar 2025 | 10:43
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