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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 […]

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is turning to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for federal assistance as a measles outbreak spreads across rural communities, forcing an unusual partnership between a Democratic governor and a Trump administration official who has drawn criticism over his vaccine positions. Hochul plans to submit a detailed request for federal […]

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 […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul signaled this week that new rules for data centers are coming once New York’s one-year moratorium ends, rolling out the pitch alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Hochul appeared in Dutchess County with Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Pat Ryan, joined by state Sens. Kristen Gonzalez and Michelle Hinchey at a roundtable in East Fishkill. Nearly […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has added New York's 21st District to its Red to Blue program, targeting a North Country seat Rep. Elise Stefanik has held for more than 11 years. NY-21 is one of six solidly Republican districts the committee added. The others are in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Tennessee, where Trump […]

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. Mike Lawler used Monday night's first televised debate to put Democrat Cait Conley on the defensive over where she lives and who pays her. Lawler told viewers Conley lives in Virginia, holds no-show" jobs with artificial intelligence and Big Tech firms, and will head home if she loses in November. He also pressed her […]

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 […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his Thursday address to the United Nations General Assembly to directly confront New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, telling world leaders that Jewish residents "no longer feel safe" in the city under his leadership. Netanyahu's remarks, delivered during the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in Manhattan, came […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul still leads Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman heading into November, but her advantage has been steadily eroding for months, according to the latest Siena poll of likely New York voters. The survey shows Hochul at 50 percent to Blakeman's 41 percent, a nine-point race that continues a clear downward trend for the incumbent […]

In a move that stunned Capitol Hill and infuriated House Democratic leadership, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) endorsed Republican Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) for re-election on Monday, marking one of the most consequential bipartisan breaks of the midterm cycle. Golden, who announced last November he would not seek re-election, made his case in an op-ed published […]

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. Mike Lawler is escalating his attacks on Democratic challenger Cait Conley, accusing his opponent of being a political outsider and linking her to some of New York’s most prominent Democratic figures. Lawler, the Republican incumbent representing New York’s 17th Congressional District, has sought to tie Conley to Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and […]

Democrat socialist Claire Valdez is facing calls for a federal review after the New York congressional candidate said she would carry the “fight” of Mexico’s independence movement with her into Congress. Valdez, the Democratic nominee seeking to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez in New York’s 7th Congressional District, made the comments in a post highlighting […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul's $1 billion in energy rebate checks start going out Sept. 21, six weeks before Election Day, and Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman is already treating them as a target. The checks are headed to 8.2 million eligible households. Individual filers earning under $150,000 get $100, and couples filing jointly can receive up to […]

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 […]