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NYC Mayor’s Race: Speaker Adams goes live with first TV ad pitching her as the ‘no drama’ candidate

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NYC Mayor’s Race: AOC endorses Mamdani first in ranked-choice slate aimed at overcoming Cuomo

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Rivals rip into frontrunner Cuomo during first Democratic primary debate

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NYC’s largest housing voucher program expands, but lawmakers say it’s not enough

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mayor Adams accuses Cuomo of running on reversing problems he caused as governor

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NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates running for Kings County Civil Court justice

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Queens state senator and former Comptroller Liu endorses Mamdani despite disagreements on Israel

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‘Big and ugly’: Hochul and Jeffries sound alarm in Brooklyn over Medicare and Medicaid cuts in Trump spending bill

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NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates running for Council District 35

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Speaker Adams unlocks $2.4M in matching funds, as Cuomo gets another $675K withheld

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‘Money vs. democracy’: Hanif and supporters accuse Uber of election interference

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Comptroller debate spotlights split on Mayor Adams, unity on policy

Assembly Member and mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani denounced the Trump administration and ICE after arresting several immigrants and onlookers on Wednesday, May 29.

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani attacks Mayor Adams, Cuomo following ICE raids at Manhattan court

Mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani making gains on Cuomo in latest poll less than four weeks away from primary

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NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates in Central Brooklyn’s District 39 Council contest

By Gabriele Holtermann

Mayor Eric Adams speaks about ICE detaining student during Trump era

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Tell it to Trump: Mayor Adams insists report of ICE detaining NYC public school student at immigration hearing is federal matter

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NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates running for Brooklyn Borough President

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo, Lander both say they’ve maxed out fundraising as Dem primary looms

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Democrat Sam Sutton wins special election in right-leaning state Senate District 22

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Speaker Mike Johnson and President Trump discuss budget bill that cuts Medicaid, SNAP

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NY Democrats sound alarm on Medicaid, SNAP cuts in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that passed Republican-led House

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