As ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo tries to reboot his mayoral campaign, promising to deploy a more expansive and effective ground game than he did in the primary, so far he’s largely pounding the pavement in neighborhoods that supported him in the primary. Cuomo vowed to switch up his approach to the race when he announced on … Read more
Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani, who faced fierce backlash after declining to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” told a group of business leaders this week he decided to discourage its use after a recent conversation with a Jewish woman who told him the phrase evoked memories of violence. Mamdani came under fire for not condemning … Read more
President Trump threatened on Tuesday to arrest Zohran Mamdani if he gets in the way of federal immigration enforcement efforts — and also falsely implied that the New York City Democratic mayoral nominee is not in the country legally. Asked during a press conference in Florida on Tuesday what his response was to Mamdani’s anti-ICE … Read more
State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal has long spoken out about the need for more units to address New York City’s affordable housing crisis — but has consolidated multiple homes in a pricey co-op to create a multimillion-dollar apartment for himself. Between 2006 and 2016, Hoylman-Sigal and his husband combined three Greenwich Village apartments to form their … Read more
A social worker for Rep. Jerrold Nadler is still “traumatized” after a Department of Homeland Security officer handcuffed and detained her in the congressman’s lower Manhattan office, an official in Nadler’s office said Sunday. The caught-on-video Wednesday clash drew outrage from Nadler (D-Manhattan). “If this can happen in a member of Congress’ office, it can … Read more
Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos joined immigration advocates on Thursday to demand federal authorities release Dylan, a Bronx high school student detained in an immigration courthouse. Dylan, 20, an asylum seeker from Venezuela and a student at ELLIS Preparatory Academy, was arrested at a routine court hearing last week after the government moved to dismiss his … Read more
Mayor Adams has sued the city’s Campaign Finance Board over its repeated denial of matching funds for his reelection campaign. The lawsuit, first reported by Politico on Tuesday, seeks $3.4 million that the mayor has been denied by the CFB, which has cited Adams’ five-count federal indictment in its decisions. “An indictment is not a … Read more
Mayor Adams said Monday that the feds intended to “humiliate” him with a plan to carry out a search warrant on him at the New York City Marathon finish line. Federal agents considered intercepting the mayor at the finish line of the marathon in 2023, a trove of documents released Friday as part of Adams’ … Read more
The top producer of “60 Minutes” quit Tuesday amid rising pressure stemming from a $20 billion lawsuit President Trump filed against CBS. Bill Owens, executive producer of the venerable Sunday night news magazine, suggested the show’s editorial independence has been whittled away as corporate parent Paramount seeks to make peace with Trump. “It has become … Read more
Mayor Adams’ first deputy mayor Randy Mastro can continue representing Madison Square Garden against a lawsuit brought by NBA legend Charles Oakley, a judge ruled Monday. The judge’s decision comes after Oakley tried to get the judge to disqualify the Adams administration official from defending the arena, arguing earlier this month Mastro’s continued representation of … Read more