Trump criticized Hochul's backing of NYC mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani and hinted at restricting federal funding if the democratic socialist wins.
Zohran Mamdani wants New York to follow the model of other cities that send mental health teams instead of the police to help people in crisis. But the plan would be expensive.
Governor Kathy Hochul backed frontrunner Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor, who could become the first Muslim and millennial leader of the nation's largest city.
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York backed Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, in a New York Times essay. Her support comes as Democrats are starting to coalesce around him.
Jim McGreevey and Andrew Cuomo are each competing for mayor against left-leaning opponents, setting up an odd symmetry in the races to lead cities on opposite banks of the Hudson River.
Jim McGreevey and Andrew Cuomo are each competing for mayor against left-leaning opponents, setting up an odd symmetry in the races to lead cities on opposite banks of the Hudson River.
President Trump said on Friday that he believed Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, would win, likening that outcome to a “rebellion.”
A judge affirmed a Board of Elections decision that it was too late for Jim Walden to be taken off the New York City mayoral ballot. The same would be true for other candidates.
The New York City Board of Elections told Jim Walden, a lawyer who ended his long-shot independent campaign for mayor, that the deadline to withdraw from the ballot had long passed.
Mayor Eric Adams told a prominent New York City business group that if a private poll showed he had no path to re-election, he would reconsider bowing out.
The fate of Mayor Eric Adams’s re-election bid has become a fixation for New York City’s political and business classes, as the race enters its final eight weeks.
Business leaders who hope Mr. Sliwa, the Republican nominee for New York City mayor, will suspend his campaign may find themselves disappointed: “No, no, no. A thousand times no,” he said.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the New York City mayoral race, is way ahead of his three rivals, but his lead would diminish considerably if the field shrank to a two-man race.
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