Supporters of Zohran Mamdani celebrate during an Election Night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater on Tuesday. Photo: Angelina Katsanis/AFP/Getty Images When New Yorkers elected Zohran Mamdani, they…
Read more How the Housing Proposals Will Turbocharge Mayor MamdaniPhoto-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images For months, Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa have crossed the five boroughs to make…
Read more Why Almost All Signs Point to a Mamdani VictoryPhoto-Illustration: Intellligencer; Photo: Getty Images Lis Smith is one of the few political consultants who can approach the celebrity level of their clients. An opinionated, sometimes pugilistic presence…
Read more Lis Smith Thinks Democrats Treat Voters Like ChildrenThe moderators and the other candidates all treated him like the frontrunner, and at times Mamdani looked more uncomfortable than he has in debates past. One notable example…
Read more 9 Things You Missed at the Final New York Mayoral DebateWe are almost three quarters of the way through, and while there haven’t been any knockout blows, the most striking feature of the debate has been Mamdani’s aggressiveness.…
Read more Mamdani and Cuomo Get Personal in NYC Mayoral Debate: UpdatesPhoto: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate making his second run for mayor, is closing out the campaign the way he does everything: with restless energy,…
Read more A Republican Grows in BrooklynPhoto: Jeenah Moon/Reuters It was well past midnight on Sunday when Eric Adams finally walked down the echoing stairs of Gracie Mansion and, carrying a blown-up portrait of…
Read more Eric Adams Couldn’t Sleep on It Any LongerAdams had next to no chance of winning. His languishing independent bid was marred by middling poll numbers, lackluster fundraising, and an often-present air of controversy. It’s an…
Read more Eric Adams Drops Out of Mayor’s Race: Live UpdatesPhoto-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Reuters Bill de Blasio knows firsthand what the closing weeks of a mayoral race feel like. He is less familiar with a dramatic finish; in…
Read more De Blasio Thinks ‘It’s Time’ for Schumer to Back MamdaniPhoto: Angelina Katsanis/The New York Times/Redux Election day is rapidly approaching, and Andrew Cuomo is losing. But the Cuomo camp still has a long-shot plan to defeat Democrat…
Read more Andrew Cuomo’s Plan to WinPhoto: Angelina Katsanis/The New York Times/Redux Election day is rapidly approaching, and Andrew Cuomo is losing. But the Cuomo camp still has a long-shot plan to defeat Democrat…
Read more Andrew Cuomo’s Plan to WinPhoto: Angelina Katsanis/The New York Times/Redux A win by Zohran Mamdani on November 4 would make the 33-year-old New York’s youngest mayor in a century. But even in…
Read more Mamdani’s New Ideas on Crime Show Make His Opponents Look OldPhoto: Spencer Platt/Getty Images (Cuomo), Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg (Mamdani). When Andrew Cuomo decided to ignore the advice of many of his supporters and jump back into the New…
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