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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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Eric Adams said he wanted to travel after he left office. Well, the former mayor is wasting no time. Just hours after attending Mamdani’s inauguration, a source has spotted Adams boarding an Emirates flight from JFK to Dubai. No indication if the trip is business or pleasure.
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Mayor Mamdani's soaring inaugural address, before thousands of New Yorkers, laid out plans to govern with a focus on the working-class. Here are 7 takeaways from the 20-minute speech, which marks the launch of the Mamdani administration: w/
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
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7 Takeaways From the Inauguration of Mayor Zohran Mamdani
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/nyregion/mamdani-inauguration-takeaways.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BVA.5F2m.TQXPop7lXYbB&smid=url-share
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The New York Times
4 days ago
Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist who captured New Yorkers’ attention and ardor, was officially sworn in.
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Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In as Mayor of New York City
Zohran Mamdani officially took office as mayor after the New Year’s Eve ball drop, in a private ceremony held at a shuttered relic of the city’s subway.
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When he became mayor more than 1,400 days ago, Eric Adams’s schedule was stuffed. A ubiquitous presence, he branded himself the mayor of “swagger” who liked “sampling the product” of the city he led. But on his final day in office, Mr. Adams was nowhere to be found.
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On His Last Day, Adams Drops From View but Still Flexes His Muscle
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/nyregion/eric-adams-last-day.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BFA.NtfN.GOktMGLuHEE_&smid=url-share
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Preparations underway at City Hall for Mayor-elect Mamdani’s inauguration tomorrow. Read Nick Fandos on the challenges awaiting the incoming mayor:
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Speaking at New York Law School, presumptive incoming City Council speaker Julie Menin said she was not going to comment when asked whether she would support Brad Lander or Rep. Dan Goldman in the congressional race, saying she was “focused on the Council.”
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Lander Will Run for House Seat With Mamdani’s Support
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/nyregion/lander-goldman-mamdani-congress.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k8.v_wx.xHqzwzljx4QD&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Dana Rubinstein
about 1 month ago
Between transition planning meetings, Mr. Mamdani has been dialing donors and spending mornings and evenings glad-handing with the city’s wealthy, much as other politicians do. w/
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...
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Mamdani Woos Wealthy Donors Alongside Grassroots Givers for Transition
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/nyregion/mamdani-transition-fund-raisers.html
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Julie Menin, a councilwoman from Manhattan, said on Wednesday that she had secured enough votes to become the next leader of the City Council.
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A Moderate From Manhattan Claims Enough Support to Lead City Council
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/nyregion/julie-menin-nyc-city-council.html
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In the 48 days between Oct. 6, when he landed in Albania, and Sunday, when he is scheduled to return to NYC, Adams will have spent roughly 27 percent of his time thousands of miles away from the city he governs." via
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Eric Adams, Still the Mayor, Is Increasingly Out of Office
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/nyregion/eric-adams-trips-travel-uzbekistan-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E8.qW0j.9WNULKrG_sab&smid=url-share
about 2 months ago
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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he expected his conversation with Mr. Trump to revolve around New York’s affordability crisis. w/
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/n...
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Mamdani Reaches Out to White House to Arrange Meeting With Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/nyregion/mamdani-trump-meeting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.108.9LU-.n_QY3rKOYwVh&smid=url-share
about 2 months ago
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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
about 2 months ago
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Jeffery C. Mays
The New York Times
2 months 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
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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
2 months ago
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Jennie Coughlin
2 months ago
“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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Jennie Coughlin
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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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Jeffery C. Mays
The New York Times
3 months ago
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
3 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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3 months ago
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Dana Rubinstein
4 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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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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Jennie Coughlin
4 months ago
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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Dana Rubinstein
4 months ago
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
5 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
5 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
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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
5 months ago
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The New York Times
5 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
6 months ago
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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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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
6 months ago
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Jennie Coughlin
6 months ago
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.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/n...
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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
7 months ago
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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.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/n...
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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
7 months ago
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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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