Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani listened to labor union members Friday at a gathering hosted at building workers headquarters. That union, Local 32BJ SEIU, has been campaigning for Mamdani but against three items on the back of the ballot that would fast-track some housing development approvals. Yet Mamdani has still not yet said, with early […]

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A dozen federal agents in tactical gear arrested several people outside the Row Hotel, a shelter for migrant families, in Midtown Thursday afternoon, sending shockwaves among residents living above.  According to video footage and eyewitness accounts, federal agents from the FBI and other agencies, dressed in flak jackets, swarmed the sidewalk at 44th Street, around […]

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The three mayoral candidates on Thursday spoke over each other, traded barbs and made their pitches for why they deserve to lead New York City in the first general election debate.  Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, who leads the polls, fought back attacks from his opponents. Meanwhile, GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa and independent former Gov. Andrew […]

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Secretly recorded conversations indicate Frank Carone — a former top aide to Mayor Eric Adams who’s now boosting ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral bid — intervened on behalf of an alleged mob associate who was trying to get his suspended tow truck firm’s license reinstated. Transcripts of the recordings surfaced Thursday in a court filing by […]

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In the midst of one of the city’s most rent-burdened neighborhoods, experts on housing and its development gathered to discuss the state of New York’s affordability crisis — and what, if anything, is being done to ease the strain. Renters, property managers, housing professionals, tenant advocates and more came together at the Chase Bank on […]

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