Campaign 2025
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Nearly 2,000 employees at member firms of the big business Partnership for New York City donated to Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign — while CEOs spent millions opposing him.
Posted inCity Hall
Mayor Zohran Mamdani Takes Oath of Office Before Thousands of Supporters
Delighted backers from the five boroughs and beyond braved freezing temperatures to witness the young insurgent take power as a mayor “for all” New Yorkers.
Posted inZohran Mamdani
Mamdani Takes the Helm as City’s New Mayor
New York’s first South Asian mayor is also its youngest in more than a century.
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Taxpayers Forked Out Another $1.3 Million for Cuomo’s Sexual Harassment Defense
As his failed mayoral campaign played out, the former governor’s lawyers ran up the bill contesting the claims of a former state trooper on his security detail.
Posted inCity Hall
Mamdani Will Move Into Gracie Mansion
The mayor-elect plans to leave his rent-stabilized Astoria apartment for the historic Upper East Side residence.
Posted inCity Life
Immigrant Affairs Assistant Commissioner Posted Anti-Muslim Mamdani Meme
MOIA Commissioner Manuel Castro recommended he be fired, a source said, though Erick Salgado remains employed at City Hall.
Posted inPolitics, Zohran Mamdani
Anti-Mamdani PAC Made End Run Around Campaign Spending Rules
NYC’s election finance system prohibits coordination between campaigns and big-money spending groups. Enter Put NYC First, a state committee that routed millions into pro-Cuomo, anti-Mamdani attack ads.
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How Mamdani Won, By the Numbers
Every NYC neighborhood saw more voters show up to vote for mayor than in the last election. See who put the winner over the top.
Posted inPolitics, Zohran Mamdani
Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg
A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.

