New: City Hall has hired an AI and privacy expert in a senior tech role. Rashida Richardson will support DM for Operations Julia Kerson and CTO Lisa Gelobter on AI – which, like it or not, was never going to begin and end with that one failed chatbot. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes is drafting legislation that would ban the sale of AI chabot-enabled toys for kids – a real thing that currently exists, but which he likened to an episode of "The Twilight Zone" www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...

Hearing @mayor.nyc.gov will be announcing Lisa Gelobter, a technologist with a national profile (including serving in the Obama admin), as the city's next Chief Technology Officer this afternoon. Last CTO, Matt Fraser, resigned at end of last year. Ruby Choi has been acting CTO since.

🚨 SCOOP🚨: NYC Mayor Mamdani appoints Phylisa Wisdom, progressive Jewish leader, to run the Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism. forward.com/fast-forward...

NEW: Gov. Hochul announces former NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her running mate to form a historic all-female majority party ticket in NY. Rare city and state joint byline with @anniemcdonough.bsky.social www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Kamar Samuels is Mamdani's pick to lead the DOE, three sources with knowledge of the plan tell City & State. Big city team scoop by @hollypret.bsky.social, @anniemcdonough.bsky.social and @sahalied.bsky.social www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...

New: Last summer, the New York City Council accidentally paid former staffers who didn't work for the body at the time. The council now says the former staffers have to pay them back. The former staffers are pissed. More here: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Scoop from @anniemcdonough.bsky.social: City Council Member Carmen De La Rosa is dropping her own bid to be City Council Speaker and instead backing her colleague Crystal Hudson for the position. It's a sign that progressives are consolidating behind Hudson: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Cuomo just clarified that he meant ONLY the last four years because of Hochul, a person he only minutes ago said he could work well with because he had picked her as his LG (though tried to ditch her at least twice)

More video of the tank on Lafayette a short while ago outside 26 Federal Plaza, and federal agents making arrests of counter protesters.

SCOOP: DSA-backed City Council Member @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social is exploring a primary challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10. Avilés is meeting with @socialists.nyc's Electoral Working Group next week to discuss her potential congressional run. Read more at @cityandstateny.bsky.social:

Curtis Sliwa wants all four major mayoral candidates to stand on the City Hall steps to jointly call for a ban on horse-drawn carriages. On the very off chance that that doesn't come to fruition, we rounded up where the candidates stand on the issue. www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...

Albany’s ‘3 people in a room’ are all with Zohran Mamdani. The Democratic mayoral nominee is set to drive that point home with an appearance alongside state Senate Majority Leader (and early endorser) Andrea Stewart-Cousins tomorrow. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

TB control, building bus lanes, cleaning parks - the MMR shows how staffing shortages hindered city services. It also showed how new hires can improve them. DVS reached more veterans and some ACS specialists' case loads declined thanks to increased hiring www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...

Andrew Cuomo's "Zohran's Law" would 1) require new rent-stabilized tenants to be rent burdened to live in those units and 2) not apply to Zohran Mamdani. More w/ @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social here www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Eric Adams is trying to thread an independent mayoral bid through the eye of a needle. Zohran Mamdani has the wind at his back But if there's a time for Adams to shine, it’s on the campaign trail More on the 2 candidates' retail chops w/@sahalied.bsky.social www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Zohran Mamdani aimed to assemble a new coalition of South Asian and Muslim voters to pull off a longshot victory in the Democratic primary. He accomplished much more than that. Took a look at his strong performance with Asian American voters here ⬇️ www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

He’s taking in donations again. His campaign website is live. His scandal-scarred advisers are back in public view. And most importantly, he’s got an opponent he thinks he can beat. More on Mayor Eric Adams' reelection kickoff w/ @sahalied.bsky.social here. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Zohran Mamdani stuns New York City. Andrew Cuomo calls to congratulate him on his victory. More here with @sahalied.bsky.social, in a story that will be updated. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Read the story that had my editors saying "you wrote 3,000 words about this? that's way too much" www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Had a great time talking with Frank Festa @ballotpedia.org this morning about the non-stop thrill ride that is the 2025 mayoral race! Catch the episode here before the next unexpected twist in the race makes it out of date. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wCi...

NY Governor Kathy Hochul inside 26 Federal Plaza now, seeking answers from DHS/ICE about the arrest of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, who is still being detained. @thecity.nyc "How long is this going to take, I don't think he has a long rap sheet," Hochul says to agents.

The mayor refused to answer questions on this as he walked out of the briefing room

Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.

We're back! 7 candidates onstage for the second and final NYC mayoral Democratic primary debate

"At least four of Ramos’ endorsers had rescinded their endorsements by the time she finished speaking on stage at a Cuomo campaign event on Friday morning" www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

He's leading Democratic Primary contenders in all the polls, but former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is also petitioning to run on an independent ballot line in November called the "Fight and Deliver" line. Their symbol? A pair of boxing gloves. Read more in our upcoming newsletter, The Sprint for City Hall

Endorsements in the New York City mayoral race are getting increasingly convoluted, but we're still tracking them here! www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Both at make-or-break moments in their political careers, Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul aren’t at each other’s throats yet. But few believe that Cuomo, if elected mayor, will sink comfortably into the role of second fiddle. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

An assistant commissioner in the NYPD with "substantial policy discretion" was fined $5,000 for soliciting and collecting $4,100 in donations for Mayor Eric Adams' reelection campaign last summer, per @nyccoib.bsky.social

Per @nyccoib.bsky.social, city Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez was fined $1,750 for promoting presidential candidate Kamala Harris during an official city event last August.

In his first bid for public matching funds, Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign is denied. The campaign blames the denial on a technical/software issue, and says they expect to receive the payment next month. More here w/ @sahalied.bsky.social www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Does anyone want to be New York City’s tech mayor? In 2021, Eric Adams ran on government modernization, but few candidates running to replace him are talking about picking up that work. (Note: Using ChatGPT in your policy proposals doesn't count) www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...

The “deal,” as some participants call the City Council speaker selection process, is a yearslong conversation that involves political influencers across the city, and it plucks all the strings that connect them to one another. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

All eyes are on the mayor's race, but another race is starting to take shape behind the scenes for leadership of the New York City Council in 2026. @hollypret.bsky.social has all the details on how the powerful speaker of the New York City Council is chosen www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

In a perfectly tidy and ethical world, elected officials running for office would do their campaigning in a remote, vacuum-sealed bubble, far out of reach of the levers of power of their government offices. In reality, shit’s a lot messier than that. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Scoop from @anniemcdonough.bsky.social and @hollypret.bsky.social 👀👀 www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

New: Council Members Selvena Brooks-Powers and Lynn Schulman were booted from the City Council's powerful budget negotiating team after endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for mayor over City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. (With @hollypret.bsky.social) www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Open New York's PAC will spend at least half a million on candidates in 6 competitive City Council races this year – and on 6 incumbents in safer seats. More on the races the pro-development group is wading into here www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Mayor Eric Adams bounded into the 2025 mayoral race this week, with a renewed swagger. More on his survival strategy w/ @sahalied.bsky.social www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: The WFP said the likelihood it would endorse Andrew Cuomo in the general election (even if he wins the Democratic primary) is "close to none." In fact, the party doesn't need to have anyone on the ballot in November at all. w/ @hollypret.bsky.social www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

The D.R.E.A.M. PAC has a new motto now that (not) ranking Eric Adams in the Democratic primary isn’t an option anymore: “Don’t Rank Evil Andrew For Mayor.”

We have our second state budget extender which will pass today, keeping the government funded until April 7

New: A federal judge dropped Mayor Adams federal corruption case with prejudice today. Now it’s time to see whether Adams backs up his claims that he's indeed still running for reelection. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

The corruption charges brought against Mayor Eric Adams last fall are dismissed with prejudice, meaning they can't be brought back. Read Judge Dale Ho's ruling from today here. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

We spoke to the organizers behind progressives' Democratic mayoral primary dream – that is D.R.E.A.M. (Don't Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor). www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

And Brooklyn's game of musical chairs continues. State Sen. Simcha Felder is heading to the City Council, per landslide performance in special election tonight. That opens up a race for his state Senate seat. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

The mayor's race is taking up all the oxygen in the city these days, but we checked in on the comptroller race – where parts of the leading candidates' platforms might make you think they're running for mayor More here on the coalitions they're building www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

The middle two here are also priorities for Mayor Eric Adams