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“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.
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Mamdani’s Delicate Quest to Become New York City’s First Muslim Mayor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-muslim-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OU8.P3jM.zFWZ-2PAT1W4&smid=url-share
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When Mr. Mamdani was recently asked if Queens had surpassed Brooklyn in clout, he played the diplomat.“This guy’s trying to get me to go against other boroughs,” he laughed.
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With a Mayor-Elect From Queens, the Borough Is Having a Moment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/nyregion/mamdani-queens-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z08._ZzS.pB8ItEWhOrwX&smid=url-share
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The New York Times
13 days ago
Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens, will be the 111th mayor of New York. He will be the first Muslim to ever lead the city, as well as its first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor in more than a century.
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“What Zohran said publicly is what Muslims have been saying quietly to us for months,” said Hassaan Chaudhary, Muslim engagement for Mamdani's campaign. “There’s a point where silence becomes complicity, and our communities were done being quiet.” w/ Wesley Parnell
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
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Muslim Voters Feel Pride and Fear, for Both Mamdani and Themselves
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/nyregion/muslim-voters-mamdani.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x08.QMK-.ngSrd4Zw9xFN&smid=url-share
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“For as long as we have lived, we have known that no matter what anyone says, there are still certain forms of hate that are acceptable in the city,” he said while standing outside a mosque in the Bronx. “Islamophobia is not seen as inexcusable.”
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Mamdani Says Rivals Are Pushing Hate as Mayor’s Race Enters Last Stretch
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/nyregion/mamdani-cuomo-muslim-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wE8.mZOT.B64llpFO5gZn&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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The two campaign officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly, said Mr. Mamdani viewed Ms. Tisch, 44, as a highly effective change agent who had overseen declining crime rates and cleaned up a department rife with allegations of corruption.
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Mamdani Plans to Keep Tisch as Police Commissioner if Elected
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/nyregion/jessica-tisch-nypd-mamdani.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vU8.hd1c.6q70rWwPIqH4&smid=url-share
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The New York Times
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The first general election debate in the race for New York City mayor produced some memorable one-liners, on subjects ranging from the candidates’ parents to imaginary sports championships. Here are 10 of the most memorable lines.
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The Top Zingers of the Mayoral Debate
The two-hour slugfest produced some memorable one-liners, on subjects ranging from the candidates’ parents to imaginary sports championships.
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Since the indictment Thursday, Ms. James's campaign for re-election next year has raised approximately $1 million, 79 percent of it from new donors.
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Attorney General Letitia James to Headline Rally for Mamdani
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/nyregion/letitia-james-rally-zohran-mamdani.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tE8.9Kyt.d4_nqAvw9hRZ&smid=url-share
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Like Ms. James, Mr. Mamdani has been a frequent target for the president, who has falsely called him a communist and illegal immigrant while threatening to strip Mr. Mamdani of his U.S. citizenship and slash New York City’s federal funding if he becomes mayor.
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For Mamdani and James, Twin Targets of Trump, a Political Bond Deepens
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-letitia-james-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU8.qr15.h4KiboJQBl1b&smid=url-shareLike
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After weeks of denying that he would drop out of his long shot reelection bid for mayor, Eric Adams bows out:
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Eric Adams Abandons Re-election Bid for Mayor of New York City
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/nyregion/adams-mayor-drops-out.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pU8.wFLf.drrQF385RpB2&smid=url-share
about 2 months ago
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After ABC announced that Kimmel's show would return on Tuesday, Mamdani said his team had reached out to WABC to reschedule the town hall.
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about 2 months ago
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Dana Rubinstein
2 months ago
“No, no, no. A thousand times no,” Mr. Sliwa said. “I can’t be bought. I can’t be leased. I can’t be rented. I am not corruptible.” by
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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/n...
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Curtis Sliwa Vows to Stay in Mayor’s Race, Despite Push to Clear Field
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/nyregion/curtis-sliwa-nyc-mayor.html
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NEW POLL: The poll found that 46 percent of likely voters currently planned to choose Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, in a four-way race for NYC mayor. His support spans racial and ethnic groups but is especially strong among young and highly educated voters.
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Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in Mayor’s Race, Times/Siena Poll Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/nyregion/mayor-poll-mamdani-cuomo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kk8.QTy7.-W1xc7iucN52&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Trump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams to Quit Mayor’s Race
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Trump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams to Quit Mayor’s Race
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/nyregion/trump-adams-sliwa-quit-nyc-mayor.html
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Dana Rubinstein
3 months ago
McGuinness Boulevard rears its head again:
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More Adams Associates and Supporters Are Said to Face Corruption Charges
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/nyregion/adams-corruption-nyc-lewis-martin-charges.html
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Sherrilyn Ifill
3 months ago
Very interesting exploration of Mamdani and Black voters. Finally, observations from a range of Black leader voices who put the candidates’ challenges w/the Black community in context. GIFT LINK
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/n...
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Mamdani Tries to Build Bridges to Black Voters Who Snubbed Him in June
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/nyregion/mamdani-mayor-black-voters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dE8.vhA2.ehzkuEwkTFL8&smid=bs-share
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Monday’s mass shooting may put concerns over gun violence back on voters’ minds, and have already lead some to scrutinize Mr. Mamdani for his views on policing. “He clearly does not understand what public safety is all about,” said Cuomo w/
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/n...
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Mayoral Candidates Navigate a Mass Shooting That Has Rattled New York
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/nyregion/mamdani-uganda-shooting-park-avenue.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE8.8p_9.niS7K-599QS6&smid=url-share
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The New York Times
4 months ago
On a sleepy Bronx street, relatives, friends and leaders of the Muslim community that enveloped Didarul Islam came to pay their respects just hours after he was gunned down while providing security at a Park Avenue skyscraper on Monday.
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Bangladeshi Community Mourns Officer Killed in Midtown Manhattan Shooting
Didarul Islam had a hard-won house, a job that brought respect and the esteem of his neighbors. “He said serve the community and you’ll do fine,” a friend said.
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NEW: While business leaders are anxious over the prospect of Zohran Mamdani in City Hall, the Democratic Socialists of America are contemplating how they would wield power and influence policy. w/
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
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Mamdani Victory Could Represent Expansion of the Left’s Influence
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/nyregion/mamdani-socialists-dsa.html?smid=tw-share
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Mamdani's campaign quickly replied to Cuomo’s relaunch video w/a fund-raising link that received 175k more likes & the campaign received $110k from 2,400 donors 24 hours after the post, its second highest fundraising in 1 day, w/
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/n...
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Adams Eclipses Mamdani in Recent Fund-Raising, as Cuomo Lags Behind
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/nyregion/mamdani-adams-donors-money.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE8.vE-d.M0OPEZGjqF4g&smid=url-share
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NEW: As Mayor Eric Adams of New York City searched for a new campaign manager, he asked his leading candidate to sit for private interviews with two crusading hedge fund titans he wants to bankroll his re-election effort. w/Nick Fandos
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Eric Adams Asked Top Donors to Vet Campaign Manager Before Hiring Him
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/nyregion/eric-adams-eugene-noh-bill-ackman.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE8.qiRm.JIPWArBdmpe4&smid=url-share
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“All of these things sound good because the affordability issue is real,” Adams says about Zohran Mamdani’s campaign focus on affordability: free buses, universal child care, rent freezes. “Nothing is more harmful than promising things you can’t deliver.” (Previous mayor did freeze the rent).
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“If I were to use that term on the air, they probably would censor us,” NYC Mayor Eric Adams says on Fox Business News when asked his response to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking him to bow out of the Nov. election.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/n...
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After Mamdani’s Win, Some Democrats Are Determined to Stop Him
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/nyregion/mamdani-cuomo-adams-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U08.d1kv.OFTYP9dbPybu&smid=url-share
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Keith L.T. Wright, the Manhattan Democratic chairman, backed Mr. Cuomo in the primary but said in an interview Monday that “the electorate spoke loudly and they spoke clearly. Sometimes, you’ve got to know when to show ’em and when to fold ’em.” w/ Nick Fandos
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/n...
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After Mamdani’s Win, Some Democrats Are Determined to Stop Him
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/nyregion/mamdani-cuomo-adams-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U08.d1kv.OFTYP9dbPybu&smid=url-share
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Speaking on CNBC, Eric Adams attempts to explain away his connection to Donald Trump around the dismissal of his federal corruption indictment, says Cuomo has asked him to drop out of general election: “I’m the sitting mayor of New York and you’re asking me to step aside when you lost by 12 points
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How Zohran Mamdani Stunned New York and Won the Primary for Mayor w/ Nick Fandos, Ben Oreskes and
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/n...
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How Zohran Mamdani Stunned New York and Won the Primary for Mayor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/nyregion/how-mamdani-won-campaign-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TE8.CzFn.gREfgRKkxSg_&smid=url-share
5 months ago
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Leaders of the three unions, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, Local 32BJ and the New York State Nurses Association, said they were supporting Mr. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, because he had made affordability his campaign’s centerpiece.
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Major Unions Are Dropping Cuomo to Back Mamdani in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/nyregion/unions-mamdani-cuomo-endorsement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SE8.YojM.sdiWO7LP-z4x&smid=url-share
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A victory would not only represent a Lazarus-type resurrection for Mayor Eric Adams, 64, who is fond of comparing himself to biblical figures, but would also make him the first Black mayor to be elected to a second term in New York City.
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‘Re-elect Eric’: Adams Kicks Off Bid to Oppose Mamdani for Mayor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/nyregion/eric-adams-mayor-campaign.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R08.x9Lr.co5tEO-N1Gez&smid=url-share
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Eric Adams announcement interrupted by protesters who call him a criminal and accuse him of selling out the city to Donald Trump
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In a sign of how divisive the race might be, protesters outside City Hall’s gates chant “F you Eric.” The crowd standing with the mayor drowns out the chants with chants of “Four more years.”
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The crowd breaks into chants of “Eric, Eric” and “Four more years” as the mayor descends the City Hall steps.
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Outside City Hall where Mayor Eric Adams is officially announcing his re-election campaign. His slogan: “Delivers. Never Quits.”
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With the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City looming on Tuesday, the candidates are making their closing arguments to voters: w/
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/n...
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The Closing Arguments of the N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/nyregion/mayor-primary-speech-nyc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RE8.jC2M.6IGZF1Xz3UJ_&smid=url-share
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“The Democratic establishment, I see them take a lot from progressives but they don’t give a lot back,” said
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
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Mamdani Helped a Rival Candidate. She Isn’t Returning the Favor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/nyregion/adrienne-adams-mamdani-endorse.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QU8.PRwj.6kQhDLq-qvDM&smid=url-share
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"The Democratic primary for NYC mayor has tightened into a two-man sprint in its final days, with former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo maintaining a modest but diminished lead over Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, according to a new poll released on Wednesday." Via Nick Fandos
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/n...
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Mamdani Narrows Cuomo’s Lead in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race, New Poll Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/nyregion/mamdani-cuomo-marist-poll.html
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Mayor Adams says conservative influencer/OnlyFans model Amber Rose brought Sneako, the streamer accused of antisemitism, to Gracie Mansion. Adams wanted his son to meet Rose and Rose brought Sneako. The mayor's reps claimed yesterday to not know who invited Sneako.
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Banned From YouTube, but Welcomed by Eric Adams at Gracie Mansion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/nyregion/adams-sneako-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Pk8.q1yn.vhuf7oFW4Jsn&smid=url-share
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The first day of early voting was a busy one for two of the leading candidates. On the campaign trail with
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/n...
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Cuomo and Mamdani Vie for Support as Early Voters Flock to the Polls
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/nyregion/cuomo-mamdani-early-voting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PE8.2BRP.T5nkieKRvgEU&smid=url-share
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“You gotta have a fighter against Trump,” the Rev Sharpton says in Harlem with Andrew Cuomo seated nearby. “Don’t bring no punks to the real fight! Andrew didn’t say that, I said that.”
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“He is a vindictive person,” Mr. de Blasio said. “He’s a bully. He’s obsessed with revenge.” Call it BdB’s revenge. Via
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...
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Andrew Cuomo for Mayor? Bill de Blasio Has Thoughts, None of Them Good.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/nyregion/de-blasio-cuomo-nyc-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ok8.dXqt.4W0vQPtz6ShL&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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“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.
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Mamdani’s Delicate Quest to Become New York City’s First Muslim Mayor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-muslim-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OU8.P3jM.zFWZ-2PAT1W4&smid=url-share
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Andrew Cuomo’s Dodge Charger, parked slightly crookedly in front of Amy Ruth’s in Harlem, is driven away because four reporters waiting outside on the sidewalk refused to leave.
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Cuomo is criticizing President Trump and his handling of the protests in L.A.: “It’s authoritarianism in a way we’ve never seen it before.” Says Trump claims to be deporting “dangerous criminals” but his deporting “children out of classrooms.” Predicts Trump will try to send federal troops to NYC.
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Taking a swipe at the experience level of Zohran Mamdani, a 33 year old three term Assemblyman who is rising in the polls, Cuomo says: “You don’t know what you don’t know,” he said. “There’s nothing easy about governing New York City.”
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“It’s great to be in a building where there are no ICE agents outside,” said former Gov. David Paterson betore endorsing Andrew Cuomo.
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Andrew Cuomo is in Harlem to receive endorsements from former Gov. David Paterson and Manhattan Dem chair, Keith Wright. Four years ago, both threw their support to Eric Adams.
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Mr. Bloomberg said that it was difficult to watch the city struggle since he left office, citing the pandemic, and that Mr. Cuomo was the best choice for mayor. He called Mr. Cuomo a “pragmatist” and praised his work to rebuild LaGuardia Airport.
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Michael Bloomberg Endorses Andrew Cuomo for Mayor (Gift Article)
Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is backing former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for mayor of New York City.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/nyregion/bloomberg-endorses-cuomo-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N08.Dh5E.cyiI_WovUoKw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Dana Rubinstein
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A two-fer on Cuomo's evolving posture toward his sexual harassment allegations:
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Cuomo Was Contrite About His Sexual Harassment Scandal. Not Anymore.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/nyregion/andrew-cuomo-sexual-harassment.html
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The New York Times
5 months ago
New York City mayoral candidate Jessica Ramos will announce that she is endorsing Andrew Cuomo, an unexpected boost from a rival Democratic candidate. She is expected to appear at a campaign event with Cuomo on Friday.
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Jessica Ramos Will Endorse Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor
The decision by Ms. Ramos, a state senator from Queens, is at odds with some of her past criticism of Mr. Cuomo, including comments questioning his “mental acuity.”
https://trib.al/QbYok4B
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The endorsement, shared in an interview with The New York Times, represented perhaps the most significant attempt yet to push fractured progressives toward a single strategy to block former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s path back to power. Via Nick Fandos
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/n...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Zohran Mamdani as Top Choice for Mayor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/nyregion/aoc-endorse-mamdani-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Mk8.bS5Q.yQUn9uWEZMSs&smid=url-share
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6 months ago
Housing, immigration and Israel came up during a contentious debate among nine Democratic candidates running for New York City mayor. Here are the takeaways.
https://trib.al/PhkuwhA
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5 Takeaways From the First N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, faced a barrage of attacks from his Democratic rivals.
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Asked about her level of wealth, City Council SpeakerAdrienne Adams, said she and her husband provide financial support for their children and grandchildren b/c of the economy : “Yes, we contribute to their living,” Ms. Adams said. “Real talk.” w/@emmagf.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/n...
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10 Questions With Adrienne Adams
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/nyregion/adrienne-adams-interview-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MU8.GlDh.JXr2cyFy5ZPy&smid=url-share
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