Campaigns & Elections
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Updated
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.
News & Politics
Jamaal Bowman launches new Built to Win super PAC
The former member of Congress will boost progressive candidates by mobilizing nonwhite voters who are disillusioned with the Democratic Party.
New York City Council
New York City Council 2025 primary races to watch
Dozens of candidates, millions in matching funds, 51 seats on the ballot.
2026 New York gubernatorial election
Who could be Hochul’s next LG?
With Antonio Delgado off the topic, Gov. Kathy Hochul has a wide range of options for her next running mate.
Labor
Will union turmoil reduce NYC labor’s 2025 election clout?
A few of the city’s biggest unions are navigating internal politics.
News & Politics
Wanted: New Hochul running mate
Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado announced that he would not run for reelection next year, leaving open a spot on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s ticket.
Heard Around Town
Hoylman-Sigal nabs congressional endorsements in BP race
Two of Manhattan’s three members of Congress are backing Brad Hoylman-Sigal against term-limited Council Member Keith Powers.
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.
News & Politics
Brannan will have to wait for public matching funds in comptroller race
Council Member Justin Brannan’s campaign expects to receive the payment of matching funds next month.
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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.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Mamdani unveils ‘$30 by ‘30’ minimum wage push as part of mayoral campaign
The Assembly member and mayoral candidate is adding another plank to his affordability platform.
Policy
Amid reelection battle, Shahana Hanif lands a heated rezoning deal
Hanif negotiated more affordable housing into a rezoning in her district. A group critical of the outcome has said they’ll campaign against her.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Why do Black voters currently seem to prefer Andrew Cuomo over Eric Adams?
“You vote for the choice that's going to do the least amount of harm to you, knowing how white voters are going to behave.”
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
Resistance star Dan Goldman backs Zellnor Myrie to ‘speak out and stand up’ against Trump
The Brooklyn rep endorsed Myrie on MSNBC on Monday as Mayor Eric Adams was urging his top aides not to criticize the president.
Albany Agenda
At Hochul’s urging, legislative leaders delay passage of special elections bill
The proposed legislation, which had been expected to pass quickly, might end up being killed in exchange for the Trump administration allowing congestion pricing to continue.
News & Politics
Public campaign finance has been a success so far, report finds
The Brennan Center for Justice concluded that instituting a public matching funds program for state-level campaigns has had a net positive impact on civics.
