2025 New York City Mayoral Election

News & Politics

Adrienne Adams, potential mayoral contender, to discuss NYC’s leadership issues in annual speech

With her last State of the City address, the City Council speaker has a rare opportunity to lay out her track record and a vision for the city’s leadership as she mulls a mayoral run.

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

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Andrew Cuomo launches mayoral bid

The ex-governor had sucked up all the oxygen in the race before he even joined the field. Now he launches with a major target on his back.

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

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

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

Heard Around Town

DREAM: A new motto for anti-Adams, anti-Cuomo voters

UAW Region 9A is setting out a clear message to voters. Will other unions and progressive groups follow?

News & Politics

Guardrails on mayoral power? Not so fast, one mayoral hopeful says

Former New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer called for Gov. Kathy Hochul to remove Eric Adams. Now he’s softly criticizing her bid to curtail some mayoral powers.

New York City

Lander pitches doubling NYC’s general reserve fund to protect from Trump admin

The New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate said enlarging the fund is necessary to prepare for possible federal funding cuts.

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Personality

Can Andrew Cuomo bounce back?

Since resigning in disgrace, the former governor has largely weathered his scandals and carefully orchestrated his political comeback.

Heard Around Town

Sliwa gets clean sweep from Republican Party chairs, who still say they won’t give Adams the ballot line

All five county parties are backing the Guardian Angel, and saying they are uninterested in granting Mayor Eric Adams a Wilson-Pakula.

Opinion

Opinion: Heavy is the head that wears the crown

Gov. Kathy Hochul has a vexing choice to make that will determine New York City’s future. Does she have any good options?

Opinion

Opinion: Donald Trump just dynamited Eric Adams’ mayoralty

The mayor’s coziness with Trump won’t endear him to NYC voters, as our polling shows that Adams has no chance of winning the Democratic mayoral primary.

Heard Around Town

A very Andrew Cuomo valentine

The former governor hijacked an Assembly member’s event to shoot a campaign-esque video.

Politics

‘Justice is dead in America’: Mayoral candidates react to DOJ direction to drop Eric Adams’ corruption charges

The New York City mayor got some relief Monday after Trump’s Justice Department directed the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York to drop charges against him – for now.