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Chi Ossé files paperwork to challenge Hakeem Jeffries from the left The NYC City Council member said in a statement that Democratic leadership is "failing to effectively fight back against Donald Trump."

NEW: Chi Ossé, an ally of Mamdani, has filed paperwork to challenge Jeffries from the left.

Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.

Updated records show Mike Bloomberg gave more than $13 million to efforts to boost Cuomo and attack Mamdani, including the group that tried to link Mamdani to 9/11.

“He should take notes from successful mayors” including no current or former New York mayors

HELL GATE HAS SEEN ENOUGH ZOHRAN MAMDANI 111TH MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY

NBC, The New York Times, and most importantly @hellgatenyc.com call the NYC mayoral race for Zohran Mamdani.

Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do.

Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...

Regular reminder that the best work covering this city is done by local outlets - @wnyc.org @thecity.nyc @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social @hellgatenyc.com and others. You don’t have to rely tonight on the newspaper you are constantly annoyed at!

Predicting Every Block of the 2025 NYC Mayoral Election Spoiler Alert: Zohran Mamdani is going to win

NEW: I predicted the results of the New York City mayoral election BLOCK by BLOCK.

🚨Spoiler Alert🚨 Zohran Mamdani is going to win

2,000,000+ Votes, 120,000+ Blocks, 350 Neighborhoods, 5 Boroughs, 3 Candidates

ONLY 1 PREDICTION:
www.michaellange.nyc/p/predicting...

New Yorkers Flock to the Polls as Combative Mayoral Race Concludes It’s Election Day in the greatest city in the world. New Yorkers are deciding on the city’s next mayor and a host of other races and ballot questions. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

By noon, with nine hours left of voting, we've already surpassed the number of New Yorkers voting in a mayoral election going back two decades.

Here's @thecity.nyc's first pass from the polls.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/n...

Ahead of Mayor Race, Noncitizen New Yorkers Grapple with a Voting Policy Failure to Launch - Bolts For a brief moment, it seemed some noncitizen New Yorkers may gain the right to vote locally. But with the law struck down earlier this year, they remain at the margins.

As we see indicia of big turnout in today's NYC mayoral election, worth keeping in mind that roughly one in seven adult NYC residents are categorically barred from voting. If you're on the fence about turning out, remember that this is a privilege many of your neighbors do not have

Ahead of Mayor Race, Noncitizen New Yorkers Grapple with a Voting Policy Failure to Launch - Bolts For a brief moment, it seemed some noncitizen New Yorkers may gain the right to vote locally. But with the law struck down earlier this year, they remain at the margins.

"I think had [the reform] actually been implemented, we would have seen tens of thousands of New Yorkers who have been locked out of participating within civic life really pumped to vote, regardless of the election." Read my dispatch in @boltsmag.org on the failed promise of NYC noncitizen voting

Alexa Avilés exploring challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10 The DSA-backed City Council member has been talking to allies about potentially challenging the incumbent representative.

Rep. Dan Goldman, a relative moderate and staunch Israel supporter who represents some of the most progressive neighborhoods in Brooklyn, has long been a target for the left.

Now City Council Member Alexa Avilés is looking to challenge him. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’ Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government’s human rights abuses

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’

'Treated and Streeted': How The City's Safety Net Fails Homeless People in the Subway - Streetsblog New York City The Big Apple’s $30-billion social safety net cannot reliably get a homeless person in psychiatric crisis out of the subway and into a hospital bed, a Streetsblog investigation has found.

The Big Apple’s $30-billion social safety net amounts to a badly frayed patchwork of systems that still cannot reliably get New Yorkers in psychiatric crisis from subway platforms to hospital beds, a Streetsblog investigation has found.

“Surprised?” is the new “vaxxed?”

Polls Didn’t Expect Mamdani’s Win. Will They Be Right in the General? Recent polls have the Democratic nominee way up over his competitors. Here’s how to smartly read local polling.

good one to read as more and more polls come out this fall

Isn’t that in Westchester?

Worth noting that more than half of NYPD officers live outside the city so they can’t even vote for mayor

To Boost Turnout, Ballot Measure Proposes Moving New York City Elections to Even Years - Bolts When cities hold their local elections on off years, they tend to see terrible turnout. Many are rescheduling their contests when many more people go to the polls. Will New York be next?

New York City mayors are limited to serving two terms, 8 years total.

But it Mamdani wins, there’s a very plausible scenario where he gets to actually serve a total of 11 years.

And that reason is on the ballot this fall, so I explained it here: boltsmag.org/new-york-cit...

Mayor Eric Adams insists he's not quitting reelection campaign The New York City mayor has discussed potential jobs in the Trump administration, part of an effort to deny Zohran Mamdani a November victory.

“I want to be clear: Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar. I am in this race. And I’m the only one who can beat Mamdani,” Adams said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

What Happens if Eric Adams Drops Out of the Mayor’s Race? Depending on the timing, his name could remain on the ballot even if he stops campaigning.

Can Adams drop out now, and what happens if he does? Here’s what to know:

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Adams Considers Dropping Out of Race After Secret Meeting in Florida

BREAKING: Despite public denials earlier today, NYC Mayor Eric Adams has told a small group of friends and advisers that he is seriously considering job opportunities that could prompt him to suspend his re-election campaign, according to people familiar with the conversations.

Inspector General

Zohran Mamdani scores 17-point lead with Jewish voters in NYC mayoral race Mamdani's support among Jewish voters comes after accusations from opponents and some community leaders that his criticism of Israel represents antisemitism.

it’s almost like all the attacks calling Mamdani antisemitic were vapid bad faith bullshit created by politicians with no policy plan other than smashing the “scary muslim” button

Are More Working-Class Residents Leaving New York City Than Wealthy… Affordability concerns — especially housing and the cost of raising a family — are major drivers of population loss in New York state.

Yes, working-class New Yorkers are leaving New York City at significantly higher rates than wealthy residents.
nysfocus.com/2025/07/29/a...

Same energy

Mamdani’s Campaign ‘Taking Steps’ in Case He Gets Hassled Reentering U.S. The mayoral candidate will be arriving at JFK airport after a trip to Uganda.

Probably smart for him to be thinking about this possibility, but truly a tragic sign of our times that he has to: nymag.com/intelligence...

Trump Administration Sues NYC to Upend ‘Sanctuary City’ Protections Local laws prohibit most cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. A weekend shooting of a customs officer appears to have prompted the federal case.

Trump admin goes after NYC in new federal suit: