NYC politics

NYC politics

NEW YORK CITY - A new Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday shows that after Mayor Eric Adams exited the race, Andrew Cuomo has gained some ground, but still is behind Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. Pollsters surveyed 1,015 likely voters from Oct. 3-7 and found that Cuomo saw an increase of 10 percent in likely votes to 33 from 23 percent compared to a previous poll released on Sept. 10.

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani once again called for free buses and reliable service at a Wednesday afternoon press conference, highlighting what is considered the slowest bus route in New York. Mamdani rode the M57 through Midtown Manhattan on Oct. 8, more than a month after a study released by City Comptroller Brad Lander's office found that the route had the lowest average speed in the city at just 4.9 mph.

He has won over younger voters with promises to freeze rents, provide free child care for infants and toddlers, and open city-run grocery stores to cut living costs. His appeal also rests on being young, photogenic, and relentlessly easygoing. He benefits as well from a fractured opposition: instead of a single challenger in the November 4 election, he faces two-former governor Andrew Cuomo and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa-who are likely to split the anti-Mamdani vote.

The Queens District Attorney's office charged a Texas man on Thursday with making a terroristic threat as a hate crime against Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee and a Queens Assembly member. The suspect, Jeremy Fistel, 44, stands accused of allegedly leaving a series of voicemails threatening violence against Mamdani and his family on his Assembly office phone. According to the Queens DA's office, the threats began in June, while Mamdani was running in the Democratic primary, and continued through July after he won.

Former governor David Paterson, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, and former Congresswoman and City Council Members Julie Menin, Joann Ariola, Althea Stevens, Julie Won, and Gail Brewer also walked in the show. Or, in Brewer's case, crossed her arms repeatedly in a show of protest before stepping right off the runway's edge. While many wore elevated streetwear or tailored jackets-from council member's Keith Powers' cable knit coat by Tod + Tom to Executive Director of the NYC Office of Nightlife Jeffrey Garcia's

"When I left, New York was the place you wanted to be, and now people just don't speak well of it. But we're going to bring it back, and we're going to bring it back strong," Trump said of the city at a 2024 Madison Square Garden campaign rally. Since then, his administration has made big moves in New York City by dropping corruption charges against the city's mayor, fighting the city's congestion pricing program.

Another day, another DOT project killed by First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro. This time it's the Upper West Side "smart curbs" pilot, which Mastro ordered DOT to put on hold because of uproar over the conversion of 70 on-street spots from free to metered parking. Streetsblog's Kevin Duggan had the story, which West Side Rag broke first on Tuesday morning. Read Streetsblog's "take" here.

The upcoming vote for mayor and other municipal offices is the main event on Election Day, but New Yorkers will also weigh in on a ballot question that, if approved, would start the process of revising the City Charter and the State Constitution to move city elections from the current odd-numbered-year schedule and make them coincide with the year we pick presidential candidates. If that happens, we'll be joining cities like Baltimore and Los Angeles that recently changed their calendars.

Politicians? They want you to vote for them and then they forget about you the next day. They couldn't care less.

We gather here today not by choice and not because the work of the New York City Crisis Management System is not being done. We gather here today by force.

More than 68% of New York state residents surveyed said the cost of living is the most critical issue facing their household. And while clean energy promises substantial job creation, New York state is falling short of its renewable energy goals - and job opportunities in New York are distributed inequitably, as women and Black workers remain underrepresented in the industry.

The expansion of quality of life policing teams has been implemented across all precincts, responding to over 41,000 calls and significantly reducing non-emergency response times.

A man exposed himself in front of straphangers aboard a Brooklyn train on Friday, according to police. Bystanders were riding a southbound 2 train when the incident occurred.

A 7-year-old Queens girl and her family were arrested by ICE while attending a court hearing at 26 Federal Plaza, marking the first known instance of this happening.