Via Maggie Haberman: "Allies of President Trump are already gearing up to turn Mamdani into a national figure to attack and tether to other Democrats ahead of the midterms." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

We won't have actual numbers on the results pages until after the polls close, but here are the links so you have them at 9 p.m. 🧵

I wrote about the Black New Yorkers who are leaving the city, and why it underscores Democrats’ problems with their base ahead of tomorrow’s mayoral election. Reported across three boroughs and informed by conversations with 60+ voters. Read it here (no paywall): www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/n...

“I don’t see anybody asking anyone else to qualify their stances on Islamophobia or anti-Muslim sentiment,” said Imam Khalid Latif, executive director of the Islamic Center of New York City. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/n...

As every political junkie in America watched the Donald Trump-Elon Musk alliance shatter into a million X-shaped pieces, consider what was assumed and baked into the news coverage and commentary 👀 cnn.it/4dQRoGl

EXCLUSIVE: Antonio Delgado will challenge Kathy Hochul in the Democratic Primary for governor. “People are hurting and New York deserves better leadership,” Mr. Delgado said in an interview. “There’s an absence of bold, decisive, transformational leadership.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/n...

Adrienne Adams delivered a tearful campaign speech that drew a line between her father's death from Covid & what she described as mismanagement by then governor, Andrew Cuomo, her opponent and front-runner in the Democratic mayoral primary w/ @mayaaking.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/n...

New Yorkers, he said, deserved a stark alternative: “I am a decent person. Let’s just start there.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/n...

What do a disgraced former governor, a once-indicted mayor and a former Guardian Angel have in common? They all may be on the November ballot in the New York City mayor’s race. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/n...

“The specter of a five-count federal indictment have alarmed some Black New Yorkers. Their frustrations are exacerbated by Mr. Adams’ recent meeting with Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago and last-minute trip to the president’s inauguration.” Via @mayaaking.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/n...

NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found. www.propublica.org/article/segr...