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Zohran Mamdani’s Volunteer Army Stretches Beyond the Comfort Zone
On a sunny Saturday in mid-September, more than a dozen volunteers for Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign gathered at a corner of Canarsie, Brooklyn, armed with talking points and voters’ addresses. The crew was almost ready to hit the ground — but first, a slight adjustment. One canvasser, who had arrived on foot as part of […]
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Attacked by Trump, Mamdani Vows To Use ‘Every Tool of the Law’ to Fight Threats to NYC
Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani rebuffed President Donald Trump’s renewed threats to withhold federal funds from New York if he is elected mayor, saying at a candidate forum in Harlem on Monday evening that he would fight any clawbacks of federal funds. Hours earlier, Trump wrote on his social media site Truth Social that Mamdani “is […]
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Eric Adams Grinds on in Quest for Public Campaign Dollars
Mayor Eric Adams may have thrown in the towel on his reelection fight, but he’s still demanding millions of taxpayer dollars’ worth of campaign matching funds to pay off outstanding bills from his now defunct campaign. And he’s doing that while facing the very real possibility that the city Campaign Finance Board, which has been […]
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Asylum-Seekers in Panic Over Trump’s Unclear $100 Fee
Over the weekend, asylum seekers in New York were flooded with messages — some from their lawyers — telling them to pay a $100 fee to the Trump administration by Tuesday or risk deportation. Moussa, an asylum seeker from Mali who lives in Manhattan, received a WhatsApp message from his lawyer’s office on Saturday instructing him […]
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Bronx Casino Advances to Final Round, Coney Island Voted Down
A casino in Coney Island has folded, and The Bronx is staying in for another round. A proposal for a major gambling facility right off the boardwalk in southern Brooklyn did not survive a key committee vote to keep it alive on Monday, while Bally’s proposal to build a casino in The Bronx moved forward. […]
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