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Executive Editor, @THECITYNY. Soon: Editor-in-Chief,
@forward.com
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Charles Ornstein
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelans-cecot-el-salvador-trump-families-video
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One day after being appointed as Zohran Mamdani's City Hall director of appointments, Cat Almonte Da Costa has tendered her resignation in response to her offensive tweets about Jewish people surfacing. Statement from her and Mamdani:
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A find from my files: Andrew Cuomo (then governor) asking Eric Schneiderman (then attorney general) to investigate the Manhattan DA and NYPD’s handling of sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Schneiderman resigned two weeks later following his own assault allegations.
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"I'm telling you reality, all right? In my opinion." The NY Editorial Board interviewed a leading local conservative media, business and politics player and by the end of the hour my fact-focused nerves were worn ragged.
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John Catsimatidis on Donald Trump, Immigration, and New York Republicans
The New York Editorial Board's interview with businessman John Catsimatidis.
https://nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/john-catsimatidis-on-donald-trump
8 days ago
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The Forward
10 days ago
Please welcome
@forward.com
's incoming editor-in-chief,
@alykatzz.bsky.social
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Alyssa Katz Named Next Editor-in-Chief of the Forward
Alyssa Katz has been named Editor-in-Chief of the Forward, the nation’s most influential and widely-read Jewish publication. The appointment was announced today by Forward Publisher & CEO Rachel Fishm...
https://forward.com/communications/789964/alyssa-katz-named-next-editor-in-chief-of-the-forward/
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Making news, my next chapter: I'm going to be the next editor-in-chief of
@forward.com
. Thrilled and inspired to be joining the incredible folks there to lead great Jewish journalism at this critical moment.
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Alyssa Katz Named Next Editor-in-Chief of the Forward
Alyssa Katz has been named Editor-in-Chief of the Forward, the nation’s most influential and widely-read Jewish publication. The appointment was announced today by Forward Publisher & CEO Rachel Fishm...
https://forward.com/communications/789964/alyssa-katz-named-next-editor-in-chief-of-the-forward/
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I hope the world we’re in keeps making Arthur L. Carters: people driven to achieve economic success and then spend the dividends on journalism that elevates community and collective responsibility to make a better world. He lost millions publishing The Nation! RIP.
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Arthur L. Carter, 93, Dies; Investment Banker Founded a Cheeky Newspaper
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/business/media/arthur-carter-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U8.tjuI.CZhB51YrvO98&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Dana Rubinstein
14 days ago
Adams says it wasn't the indictment or the Trump admin's abandonment of his corruption charges that doomed his re-election bid. Rather, "We were not receiving the support we needed from our media in this city.” He describes the case, inaccurately, as a "leg-room case."
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Mayor Adams weighs in on his legacy, achievements
He will leave as New York City’s second Black mayor, and the first one-term mayor in more than three decades.
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2025/12/10/mayor-adams-weighs-in-on-his-legacy--achievements
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New from the NY Editorial Board, an ad hoc council of journalists (including me) who grill local candidates and power players: An interview with Patrick Gaspard on Mamdani, Obama and the art of balancing outsiderness and the inside game.
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Patrick Gaspard on Barack Obama, Zohran Mamdani, & Political Capital
The New York Editorial Board's interview with political strategist Patrick Gaspard, an advisor to Barack Obama, Bill de Blasio, and Zohran Mamdani.
https://nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/patrick-gaspard-on-barack-obama-zohran
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Are the AI platforms not trained to read music notation and repertoire? A screengrab of a sheet music PDF I found on my computer drew a blank from ChatGPT, Google and Perplexity, which all returned variations on this. (I Googled the filename; it's a Bach piano sonata.)
18 days ago
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Fresh data on ICE deportations of New Yorkers as they accelerate, by
@haidee.bsky.social
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NYC Deportations Ramped Up While Immigration Arrests Slowed, Latest Data Shows
The number of deportations exceeded the number of arrests in August and again in September — the first time that’s happened in the two years for which data is available.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/ice-deportations-arrests-immigration-data/
20 days ago
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The saga continues.
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City Investigators Haven't Given Up on Probing Eric Adams’ Conduct, Judge’s Order Reveals
Judge Dale Ho, forced by the Trump Justice Department to dismiss corruption charges against the mayor, opens the door for the Department of Investigation or Campaign Finance Board to use sealed materi...
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/03/eric-adams-doi-probe-judge-dale-ho/
22 days ago
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Until a few weeks ago, most immigration arrests in NYC were happening at appointments in the Manhattan federal building or immigration offices. That's over: we're now in the randomly-grabbed-while-out-getting-coffee stage of lawless enforcement. From
@gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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Sidewalk Arrests Seize New Yorkers in ICE’s Latest Surge
Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/ice-arrests-streets-sidewalks-detention-immigrants/
29 days ago
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Latest newsletter from a leading NYC housing market commentator begins: "Despite 'wealth flight' headlines about the next NYC Mayor Mamdani, current data show no evidence of a high-end exodus, and NYC’s luxury segment remains active."
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Mamdani Team to Terminate 179 Adams City Hall Staffers
Mayor’s Office shakeup in store “as is standard practice for a mayoral transition.”
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/25/mamdani-adams-city-hall-terminated-employees/
30 days ago
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As if they stepped out of a tabloid headline: cops take over a former subway station newsstand at West Fourth Street.
@jmartineznyc.bsky.social
on the NYPD's latest underground outpost.
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Old Newsstand With a New Beat: Police Set Up Shop at West Fourth
NYPD officers are now stationed at the former kiosk on the northbound platform on the A, C, E lines.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/25/newsstand-nypd-west-fourth-subway-police/
30 days ago
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One notable consequence of Zohran Mamdani appointing some 400 people to his mayoral transition committee is that those individuals have been directed not to speak to media and it is making it challenging for journalists to find informed expert commentators, not even for inside info, just on policy.
about 1 month ago
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The left-flank challengers to
@ritchietorres.bsky.social
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@repespaillat.bsky.social
, Dalourny Nemorin and Darializa Avila-Chevalier, both rose up through legal services worker organizing and a local of the union driving it,
@uaw.org
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Union Members Take On Congressional Incumbents in Manhattan and The Bronx
The UAW is known locally for its left-leaning politics and justice-oriented members in academia and legal services. Now two of its rank-and-file members, Dalourny Nemorin and Darializa Avila Chevalier...
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/24/avila-chevalier-nemorin-espaillat-torres-bronx-congress-uaw/
about 1 month ago
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Governor Cuomo is back.
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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Trump Sings Mamdani’s Praises After White House Chat
Both the mayor-elect and the president said they found common ground on a range of issues, including making New York City more affordable.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/trump-mamdani-white-house-meeting/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
While state officials were courting a talented cannabis grower to join the legal market, her uncle was a former top DEA official who threatened her for growing plants at home. Then police and firefighters swarmed her house in a raid that would shatter her family.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
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The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent
Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/godmothers-garden-weed-cannabis-eleni-polinski-dea-raid/
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This Brooklyn woman got caught in New York's extremely messy legal cannabis industry launch and saw her family wrecked because of it. A wild read from
@rosalindadams.bsky.social
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The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent
Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/godmothers-garden-weed-cannabis-eleni-polinski-dea-raid/
about 1 month ago
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Inside City Hall night for me on
@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social
gabbing with
@errollouis.bsky.social
and Gerson Borrero about Mamdani, Schumer, congressional challengers and the MIA mayor. This hour and again at 11. Tune in!
about 1 month ago
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Can the Adams administration simply designate a property a park? Hell no, say affordable housing developers who are now suing the Adams administration over Elizabeth Street Garden.
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Affordable Housing Developers Sue to Lift Adams Elizabeth Street Garden Blockade
The mayor’s maneuver to make the Nolita lot parkland — preventing Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani from proceeding with the long-planned development project — was “a lawless act,” Haven Green’s builders all...
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/elizabeth-street-garden-haven-green-adams-mamdani/
about 1 month ago
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Spoiler: NYPD not getting defunded.
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Jessica Tisch to Remain NYPD Police Commissioner Under Mamdani
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that he will appoint Jessica Tisch as his police commissioner, continuing her tenure that began under Mayor Eric Adams. They have differing views on some...
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/jessica-tisch-zohran-mamdani-nypd-commissioner/
about 1 month ago
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"There's a notable absence here of the person at the apex of the pyramid" said the judge in the Eric Adams corruption case, in sentencing an underling who funneled illegal funds to the mayor's election campaign.
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Eric Adams Aide Sentenced in Campaign Fundraising Scheme — With the Mayor’s Absence Noted
Mohamed Bahi was given three years’ probation by the same judge forced to drop the mayor’s case, who had withering words as Adams heads for Uzbekistan.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/18/mohamed-bahi-eric-adams-straw-donors/
about 1 month ago
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This case was the test of whether a past Brooklyn DA would pursue child sexual abuse in Orthodox Jewish communities. Years later, a new DA is advocating for a reduced sentence. Story from
@reuvenblau.bsky.social
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Brooklyn DA Backs Reduced Sentence for Notorious Child Molester
The office of Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez argues the original 103-year sentence for Nechemya Weberman was excessive. His victim objects.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/13/brooklyn-eric-gonzalez-nechemya-weberman/
about 1 month ago
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The City Council and Mayor Adams are in escalating battle over laws mandating billions in additional city spending on rent subsidies. What will Mamdani do? I don't believe he has weighed in yet.
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Adams Vetoes Anti Rent-Hike Law, Widening Council Battle Over Vouchers
Members vow override vote on bill that would ensure City FHEPS households pay no more than 30% of rent, as mayor pushes higher charges for some and continues a court battle over expanded eligibility.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/10/city-fheps-vouchers-rent-city-council-adams/
about 1 month ago
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Yoav
about 2 months ago
An NYPD judge recommended dismissing the disciplinary case of an officer who killed a man in 2016, b/c the prosecuting agency lacks jurisdiction over off duty acts. But the cop’s attorneys got him indemnified in a civil suit by arguing the shooting was police conduct
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/10/n...
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NYPD Commissioner to Decide on Review Board Jurisdiction in Case of Cop Involved in Fatal Shooting
As Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani aims to expand the power of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, Commissioner Jessica Tisch has to determine whether to support a judge’s ruling in a fatal shooting case.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/10/nypd-commissioner-jessica-tisch-ccrb-jurisdiction-wayne-isaacs/
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New York is not immune from Trump White House pressure. The state just OKed an underwater natural gas pipeline in exchange for lifting a blockade on an offshore wind project, coincidentally on the day that Elise Stefanik announced her run for governor against Kathy Hochul. Over to you, New Jersey.
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State Permits Trump-Backed Natural Gas Pipeline in New York Waters
The Williams pipeline would span 17 miles near the Rockaways and Staten Island. The state had rejected the project three times previously.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/07/williams-natural-gas-pipeline-hochul-trump/
about 2 months ago
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Dave Mandl
about 2 months ago
The WFMU Record Fair, which takes place once a year, is a truly spectacular event.
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What's an Eric Adams administration official to do with just a little more than a month left on the clock? Take a taxpayer-funded trip to Puerto Rico where potential future employers abound. By
@katiehonan.bsky.social
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Post-Election, Pols Hit Puerto Rico for 5-Day SOMOS Feast
City Hall staffers — many on the taxpayer tab — also traveled to San Juan.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/somos-adams-mamdani-puerto-rico-travel/
about 2 months ago
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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.
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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.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/cuomo-mamdani-bloomberg-attack-ads/
about 2 months ago
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Nate Schenkkan
about 2 months ago
I’m of the opinion that these problems can be solved, but there’s no point in pretending they aren’t real problems
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Mamdani says he'll pay for free buses and free child care with new taxes on rich people and corporations. Meanwhile billions of dollars in budget deficits loom for New York, with federal spending cuts making the picture much worse and threatening social programs we already have. Ugly details here.
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Mamdani’s Next Battle: Attacking Inequality While Balancing Budgets
The mayor-elect, who won on promises of free buses and free child care, arrives at a time of growing economic need and approaching multi-billion-dollar government deficits.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/mamdani-budget-economy-wall-street/
about 2 months ago
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This is fun. Interview, à la Subway Takes, by the one and only
@katiehonan.bsky.social
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15 Minutes With the Next Mayor of New York City
On the W train, we asked the questions we couldn’t get to in the debate.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/mamdani-interview-subway-mayor-city-hall/
about 2 months ago
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Alyssa Katz
Jewish Currents
about 2 months ago
It was predictable that many liberal Zionists would oppose anti-Zionism’s “political normalization” in the NYC mayoral race. The more surprising story of the campaign is not liberal Zionist opposition to Mamdani, but their support,
@peterbeinart.bsky.social
writes.
jewishcurrents.org/mamdani-crea...
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Mamdani Created a Left-Liberal Coalition on Israel/Palestine
The surprising story of the New York mayoral campaign is not liberal Zionist opposition to Mamdani’s campaign, but their support.
https://jewishcurrents.org/mamdani-created-a-left-liberal-coalition-on-israel-palestine
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Doug Henwood
about 2 months ago
The model of downwardly mobile members of the PMC energizing/leading a detached, discontented mass to the left is fully in operation here. And it's nothing to apologize for.
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Howard Slatkin
about 2 months ago
Striking how Brooklyn accounts for both the top 5 Mamdani (blue) and top 5 Cuomo (purple) districts
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Chris Sommerfeldt
about 2 months ago
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night. He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
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Aside from some heavily Jewish areas of Manhattan and the Bronx, the Cuomo-Mamdani map is not so different from the Trump-Harris map.
projects.thecity.nyc/election-res...
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about 2 months ago
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Steven Romalewski
about 2 months ago
Another view here, fyi, from
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
:
www.electionatlas.nyc/maps.html#!N...
You can choose from 20 demographic/electoral map filters (or combinations of any of them), direct comparisons to 2021, and overlays to show subway routes, NYCHA sites, and City Council districts.
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Alyssa Katz
Samantha Maldonado
about 2 months ago
See how your neighborhood voted and what kinds of New Yorkers voted for each mayoral candidate, thanks to
@haidee.bsky.social
!
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...
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Alyssa Katz
THE CITY
about 2 months ago
New Yorkers said yes to four citywide ballot measures Tuesday night, approving a slate of proposals intended to reshape how the city approaches affordable housing development.
buff.ly/xKX5mwS
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Affordable Housing Ballot Measures Prevail
Fought fiercely by the City Council, which would lose some sway over development, the items promise to fast track some projects amid an apartment shortage.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/affordable-housing-ballot-measures/
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Alyssa Katz
Samantha Maldonado
about 2 months ago
In his victory speech, Zohran Mamdani shouts out Richard, a taxi driver he went on a hunger strike with. “My brother, we are in City Hall now,” he said. Revisit the story from Nov. 2021, including Mamdami’s quote which is quite striking in this moment.
www.thecity.nyc/2021/11/03/n...
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Taxi Drivers Savor Victory as Medallion Debt Bailout Deal Ends Hunger Strike
Cabbies danced outside of City Hall, chanting “No more suicides,” after the de Blasio administration agreed to restructure the crushing debt that’s devastated many taxi medallion owners. Some went hun...
https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/11/03/nyc-taxi-driver-medallion-debt-bailout-ends-hunger-strike/
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A deep data dive, neighborhood by neighborhood, into the NYC mayor's race results.
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NYC Mayor Election Results
See how many New Yorkers voted for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/election-results-nyc-mayor-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa/
about 2 months ago
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Locally Sourced 1169x
about 2 months ago
NYC to Cuomo: it turns out that “No” really does mean “No.”
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Mamdani Makes History With Victory in Mayor’s Race
More than 2 million New Yorkers cast a ballot in a high-stakes election that smashed recent turnout levels.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/mamdani-cuomo-nyc-mayor-general-election-results/
about 2 months ago
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Want NYC mayoral election results tonight?
@thecity.nyc
has you covered. Stay tuned here for a precinct-by-precinct map and more. Epic work coming from
@haidee.bsky.social
. Polls close at 9!
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NYC Mayor Election Results
See how many New Yorkers voted for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/election-results-nyc-mayor-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa/
about 2 months ago
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