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Annie McDonough

is the deputy City Hall reporter at City & State New York.

Politics

Politics

DC 37, Tish James rebuke Cuomo in backing Adrienne Adams for mayor

The endorsements give the City Council speaker’s campaign a much-needed jolt of momentum.

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

Updated Politics

Endorsements in the 2025 New York City mayoral race

Labor unions, political clubs and power brokers. Stay up to date on which mayoral candidates are getting the coveted endorsements for 2025.

News & Politics

Politics

Ritchie Torres endorses Keith Powers in Manhattan BP race

The term-limited council member is coalescing support among Latino elected officials in his bid against state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal.

News & Politics

Politics

Mayor Cuomo and Gov. Hochul? It would be weird.

There’s still a lot of uncertainty in the New York City mayor race, but one thing is for sure: the mayor will have less power than his or her counterpart in Albany.

Heard Around Town

Politics

Mark Levine nets building trades’ backing in comptroller bid

The Manhattan borough president is also backed by CWA and RWDSU, while Justin Brannan boasts 32BJ SEIU and the Hotel Trades Council.

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

Updated Politics

Here’s who’s running for New York City mayor in 2025

Get to know the candidates in a wide, weird and unsettled field.

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Politics

Brad Lander gets No. 1 ranking in another progressive group’s endorsement

Churches United For Fair Housing Action follows Make the Road Action in endorsing Lander first, and also endorsing Adrienne Adams and Zohran Mamdani.

New York City

Updated Politics

Andrew Cuomo denied millions in public matching funds for mayoral campaign

The former governor’s campaign won’t receive the funds until next month at the earliest.

Special Reports

Policy

Does anyone want to be New York City’s tech mayor?

In 2021, Eric Adams ran on government modernization, but few candidates running to replace him are talking about picking up that work.

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Heard Around Town

Updated Politics

A couple of Cuomo endorsers in the City Council lose budget negotiation roles

Selvena Brooks-Powers and Lynn Schulman were removed from the budget negotiating team after they endorsed Andrew Cuomo for mayor.

News & Politics

Politics

As Trump admin moves to claw back more federal grants, NYC pursuing ‘legal recourse’

Mayor Eric Adams, who has increasingly aligned himself with the Trump administration, is pursuing legal action against feds’ move to revoke asylum-seeker grants.

New York City

Politics

Pro-housing PAC will spend at least $500k on City Council races

Twelve candidates, including half a dozen in competitive districts, have won the support of the Abundant New York PAC.

Politics

Politics

Eric Adams’ survival strategy

The mayor throws a Hail Mary pass, and he does it with renewed swagger.

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

Politics

WFP’s mayoral strategy takes shape with slate endorsement

Brad Lander, Adrienne Adams, Zellnor Myrie and Zohran Mamdani accepted the party's slate endorsement on Sunday. It was all very harmonious.

Politics

Politics

Meet the D.R.E.A.M. team

A new motto is catching on with anti-Andrew Cuomo and anti-Eric Adams progressives. Can organizers make their dream a reality?

New York City Council

Politics

New York City Council 2025 primary races to watch

Dozens of candidates, millions in matching funds, 51 seats on the ballot.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

State Sen. Simcha Felder wins New York City Council special election

“Team Trump” candidate Heshy Tischler failed to garner much support in the largely Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn district.