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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is refusing to fire NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, pushing back against demands from his democratic socialist allies after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in the Bronx ended in a shooting. “I have no plans to change that,” Mamdani said Tuesday when asked about Tisch’s future, according to Fox […]

New York City's plan to raise more than $500 million annually through a new tax on luxury second homes is facing questions about whether the policy will generate the revenue officials expect. More than half of the exemption applications filed by property owners have been approved, raising concerns about the size of the tax base […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani compared an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent to a mass shooter after federal agents shot a man during an immigration operation in Marble Hill, intensifying the confrontation between City Hall and the Trump administration over federal enforcement tactics. The incident occurred in October, when federal agents were conducting […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has ordered a comprehensive review of NYPD use-of-force policies and announced new accountability measures after an officer facing disciplinary charges retired before a trial could take place. The changes follow the 2024 shooting death of Win Rozario, a 19-year-old New Yorker who was experiencing a mental health crisis when […]

Republican Bruce Blakeman vowed Wednesday to clean up Queens’ Roosevelt Avenue if elected governor, putting the blame on Gov. Kathy Hochul. The New York Post reported the Nassau County executive called Hochul “responsible” for conditions on the corridor, which the paper dubbed the “Market of Sweethearts.” Blakeman also said Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made a […]

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has the federal security clearance he waited nine months to get, days after welcoming President Donald Trump to Gracie Mansion. "I have my security clearance now," Mamdani told reporters Wednesday at an unrelated press conference in Brooklyn. The clearance lets him review classified documents. Until now, he relied on NYPD briefings. The […]

Mayor Zohran Mamdani rolled out the city's first municipal antisemitism strategy Tuesday, but left out a formal definition of the term and drew immediate pushback over his rhetoric on Israel. The plan totals $26 million. It includes $6.4 million for community groups, $1 million for synagogue security, $2 million for the Queens Holocaust Memorial and […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) spent the weekend in Buffalo and Ithaca building a political footprint far beyond her Queens and Bronx base, and her own words suggest a 2028 Senate run is a live option. The New York City Democrat met privately with Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan, held a joint press conference with him, and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Earlier in the month, President Donald Trump warned voters that democratic socialists — extreme, crazed, lunatics, he called them — were threatening to transform America into “a communist country.” This week, a smiling Trump patted on the shoulder one of the nation's best known democratic socialists, shook his hand, and said he was […]

President Trump lavished praise on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a surprisingly warm joint appearance at Gracie Mansion this week, telling reporters the democratic socialist has "great potential" to be a strong mayor. "I want what's good for New York, I want what's good for the country," Trump said, adding, "I want him […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to welcome President Donald Trump to Gracie Mansion Monday, bringing two politicians who once traded fierce political attacks together for a high-profile meeting at the mayor’s official residence. Trump is visiting New York for the United Nations General Assembly, and Mamdani’s office said the meeting will focus […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is donating $300,000 to New York Democrats and taking her campaign show to Syracuse, Utica and Buffalo ahead of the midterms. The money goes to a state fund controlled by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Ocasio-Cortez said New York has become central to the fight for a House majority and that she will go […]

New York City's public school system opened this fall with roughly 2,000 students, the overwhelming majority of them children with disabilities, lacking assigned bus service on day one, according to the advocacy group Advocates for Children of New York. Nearly 200 yellow bus routes faced delays or outright cancellations as classes began this month, with the […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is putting Ed Sheeran on mute. The New York Democrat told TMZ Tuesday that she is boycotting Sheeran’s music over the removal of rapper Macklemore from Sheeran’s ongoing Loop Tour, accusing Sheeran of being complicit in efforts by billionaire Robert Kraft and other stadium owners to silence Macklemore. “I think that what […]

New York City is taking the Trump administration to court over a new immigration rule that could make an immigrant’s use of government benefits a factor in deciding whether they receive a green card. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that New York City, joined by Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and several counties, filed a federal […]