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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani says he’ll apologize for past social media post that blasted NYPD as racist

Mayor Eric Adams speaking at a podium

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Adams campaign says its future may rest with ‘independent’ internal poll

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City Council overrides Mayor Adams’ vetoes of legislation to decriminalize street vending, raise minimum wage for grocery delivery workers

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NYC’s Department of Small Business Services announces milestone job placement numbers

By Gabriele Holtermann

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani leads field by 15%, wins in all one-on-one matchups in yet another poll

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Why is Eric Adams staying in the mayor’s race despite low polls? Experts offer a few possible reasons

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Poll finds Mamdani narrowly defeating Cuomo in 2-person race, but dominating 4-way field

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Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest

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Mayor Adams says he’s keeping re-election bid alive to the end, rebuffing reports of dropout for Trump job

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams publicly expresses openness to possible Trump job offers to end campaign

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo says he doesn’t want Trump’s help, but it’s ‘up to’ Adams whether he stays in campaign

Robert Carroll

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Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Robert Carroll

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amNY Your Vote: Who will be NYC’s next mayor? Here’s the story behind each candidate

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Mamdani calls Trump’s rumored job offer for Eric Adams ‘affront to democracy,’ charges Cuomo is president’s choice for mayor

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‘Party above politics’: Brooklyn GOP chair Richie Barsamian endorses George Sarantopoulos for District 47 after contentious primary

By Robert Pearl

Michael Novakhov

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Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Michael Novakhov

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams denied matching funds for 11th time as rivals get big payouts

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Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon

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Flatbush pols and community groups unite in support of Haitian immigrants

By Gabriele Holtermann & Lloyd Mitchell

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams labels democratic socialist Mamdani ‘a communist,’ echoing a frequent Trump attack

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