Photo: Mark Peterson/Redux New York just weathered one of the ugliest political seasons of the last 50 years, with multiple public figures pumping out literally thousands of divisive,…
Read more Mamdani Won, But Our Battle Against Islamophobia Isn’t OverPhoto: Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images The secret fear of the loudest die-hard critics of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is not that he will fail as the city’s leader but…
Read more Zohran Mamdani’s Next ActIn a development almost certainly motivated by the election of Zohran Mamdani, and perhaps even timed to coincide with Mamdani’s White House meeting with Donald Trump, the U.S.…
Read more Trump Gushes Over Mamdani at White House: Live UpdatesGiven the many excesses of Trump 2.0, and the desperate desire of Democrats for signs of a backlash, the results of off-year elections in New Jersey, Virginia, California,…
Read more Inside the Zohran Mamdani Victory Party: Live UpdatesPhoto-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 VictoryRepresentative Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican from New York, speaks to members of the media outside the Capitol on Friday, June 27, 2025. Photo: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg/Getty Images New York’s…
Read more New Lawsuit Seeks to Challenge NYC’s Lone Republican DistrictThe 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: 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…
Read more Is Trump Helping Cuomo or Mamdani?Photo: Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg/Getty Images The upcoming vote for mayor and other municipal offices is the main event on Election Day, but New Yorkers will also weigh in on…
Read more Why New York Should Keep Its Elections Off-YearThe first signs of trouble for Adams came on November 2, 2023, with an ominous round of raids targeting people close to City Hall. While he was traveling…
Read more Mayor Eric Adams Indicted: Live UpdatesPhoto: Mark Peterson/Redux for New York Magazine One of the most striking themes of the Democratic National Convention was the way the message flipped back and forth between…
Read more Kamala Harris and the New Politics of JoyPhoto-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo:Getty Images In the end, it was Manhattan’s plodding and plainspoken district attorney, Alvin Bragg, who proved the pundits wrong and delivered what all the big-talking…
Read more The Courage of Alvin Bragg’s ConvictionPhoto: John Minchillo/AP A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook New Jersey and New York City on Friday morning, followed by a 4.0 magnitude aftershock in the evening — surprising…
Read more Earthquake and Aftershock Shake New York City: Live Updates
