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City Council members with administrators announce passage of new budget

Politics

City Council unanimously approves $116 billion budget that moves away from cuts, expands spending on services

Posted on June 30, 2025

Bodega owners and billionaire owner of Gristedes supermarkets John Catsimatidis protest in NYC

Politics

Billionaire supermarket owner and bodega advocates paint Mamdani as ‘communist’ threat

Posted on June 30, 2025

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New York State increases unemployment benefits by more than $300 per week, pays off federal unemployment trust loan

Posted on June 30, 2025

A corrections officer in a NYC jail

Politics

Judge squashes Mayor Adams’ emergency orders blocking solitary confinement ban in city jails

Posted on June 30, 2025

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Law

Legal Aid union authorizes strike as midnight contract deadline approaches

Posted on June 30, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Board of Elections to run ranked-choice tabulations in primary on Tuesday

Posted on June 30, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

Zohran Mamdani’s primary victory sparks debate over Israel, antisemitism, and NYC’s future

Posted on June 30, 2025

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Velázquez, immigrant advocates seek ‘No Masks for ICE’ at Lower Manhattan rally

Posted on June 29, 2025

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QNS

Queens lawmakers denounce Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s birthright citizenship order

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Mayor Adams and City Council shake hands on nearly $116B budget deal

Posted on June 27, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: City’s top unions endorse Mamdani, abandon Cuomo

Posted on June 27, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo keeping independent ballot line as he mulls general election run

Posted on June 27, 2025

Assembly Member and Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani at his Election Night party. Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

2025 Mayor’s Race

Where does Mamdani’s apparent win leave the Democratic establishment?

Posted on June 27, 2025

NYC apartment building amid historically low vacancy rate

Politics

EXCLUSIVE | HPD to partner with University of Michigan for 2026 vacancy survey as rates reach all-time low

Posted on June 27, 2025

New Yorkers celebrate Mamdani's apparent win in the NYC Mayoral Primary

2025 Mayor’s Race

Gen Z and first-time voters played a key role in Mamdani’s primary victory. Here’s how the youth vote is reshaping NYC politics.

Posted on June 27, 2025

Eric Adams launches independent reelection bid

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams officially kicks off independent reelection bid, taking aim at Mamdani

Posted on June 27, 2025

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2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Poll finds Mamdani beats Adams if Cuomo sits out in November – but not if former governor stays in race

Posted on June 26, 2025

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Maloney, Aronson, Storch locked in tight District 4 City Council race

Posted on June 26, 2025

A masked-up federal agent at the ICE facility in Lower Manhattan on June 9, 2025.

EXCLUSIVE | Goldman and Espaillat lead House Democrats on proposed law to unmask ICE agents during immigration arrests

Posted on June 25, 2025

hochul signing data protection bill

Brooklyn Paper

Landmark child data protection law by Gounardes and Rozic goes into effect

Assembly Member and Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani at his Election Night party. Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: How Zohran Mamdani pulled off his stunning Democratic primary win – and what comes next

Posted on June 25, 2025

Zohran Mamdani with Brad Lander

2025 Mayor’s Race

By the numbers: How and where Zohran Mamdani won the NYC mayor’s primary

Posted on June 25, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

NYC Primaries | The results of the 2025 primary election in Brooklyn

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams addresses Town Hall meeting of Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke in Brooklyn on Monday, June 16, 2025.

Caribbean Life

Caribbean candidates win Democratic Primary Elections in NYC

The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission voted June 25, 2025, to raise pay and restrict app-based lockouts that had affected thousands of drivers

NYC Taxi Commission approves minimum pay hike, ‘lockout’ protections for Uber and Lyft drivers

Posted on June 25, 2025

Harvey Epstein appears to clinch win for District 2 City Council race in NYC Primary

Posted on June 25, 2025

Brad Hoylman-Sigal wins Democratic nomination for Manhattan borough president

Politics

2025 Elections: Brad Hoylman-Sigal appears to win Democratic nomination for Manhattan borough president, and make history

Posted on June 25, 2025

Alvin Bragg speaks while celebrating win in Manhattan District Attorney primary

Law

2025 Elections: Alvin Bragg cruises in Democratic primary as Manhattan DA seeks second term

Posted on June 25, 2025

NY: NYC Comptroller Candidate Justin Brannan Watch Party

Brooklyn Paper

Santosuosso cruises to victory in South Brooklyn primary, GOP battle ‘neck-and-neck’

Mark Levine with supporters at comptroller primary win

2025 Elections: Mark Levine appears to best Justin Brannan in race for comptroller

Posted on June 24, 2025

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Bronx Times

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson wins Democratic primary against Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr.

Zohran Mamdani with family members

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani appears to win primary for ‘city we can afford’, Cuomo calls him to concede

Posted on June 24, 2025

Shahana Hanif Election Watch Party

Brooklyn Paper

Hanif wins decisive re-election in closely watched District 39 council race

Primary voter on Upper East Side

2025 Mayor’s Race

PRIMARY RESULTS: Unofficial tallies of how New Yorkers voted in key races

Posted on June 24, 2025

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QNS

Queens voters brave heat to cast ballots in high-stakes Democratic mayoral primary

Mayor Eric Adams speaking

Queens

Mayor Adams blames ‘illegal migrants’ for crime spike on Queens’ Roosevelt Avenue, praises feds for gang takedown

Posted on June 24, 2025

Andrew Cuomo voting on Primary Day

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo and Mamdani make one last push for votes on a sweltering Primary Day

Posted on June 24, 2025

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Politics

2025 Elections: Voters beat the heat as Primary Day sees record-breaking temperatures

Posted on June 24, 2025

Politics

‘Food is a Human Right:’ Advocates call for Mayor Adams to fund Community Food Connection (CFC) at $100M

Posted on June 24, 2025

rendering of casino in Times Square

Health

EXCLUSIVE | Caesars Palace pledges $5M investment in community sexual health center if Times Square casino bid approved

Posted on June 24, 2025

Primary day man at polls

PRIMARY DAY: What you need to know about last day to vote in Democratic mayor’s race and other contests

Posted on June 24, 2025

Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo in primary

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo and Mamdani trade blows in radio interviews with hours to go until primary

Posted on June 23, 2025

Early voting in the 2025 primary elections

2025 Mayor’s Race

2025 Elections: Early voting turnout surged across NYC as Democratic mayoral primary race tightens

Posted on June 23, 2025

Zohran Mamdani leading in NYC mayor's poll

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani tops Cuomo via ranked-choice voting in final Emerson College primary poll

Posted on June 23, 2025

Top Democratic lawmakers and leaders from across New York convened to support four progressive mayoral candidates in a Sunday rally in Brooklyn aimed at uniting them against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: In final push, progressive Democrats rally in Brooklyn to mount united campaign against Cuomo

Posted on June 23, 2025

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Mahmoud Khalil recounts grim ICE detention conditions during rally after his release: ‘It’s so normal to see men cry’

Posted on June 23, 2025

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Politics

Ranked-choice voting: What you need to know about how to vote in NYC primary

Posted on June 22, 2025

Andrew Cuomo speaking at podium

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo sounds alarm on far-left and Iran; secures President Bill Clinton endorsement

Posted on June 22, 2025

More from around NYC

A yearbook photo of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from her time at Yorktown High School in Westchester County

Yearbook photo sparks renewed debate over AOC’s ‘Bronx girl’ identity

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Thousands visit Cambria Heights to mark 31st anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing

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BREAKING: City Council approves Coney Island casino rezoning as state begins to consider gaming licenses

The replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) transits San Francisco Bay during a namesake visit to San Francisco in 2024.

Blaming Biden, Hegseth renames USNS Harvey Milk