Standing before a giant screen at the Association for a Better New York breakfast recently, Amtrak executive Andy Byford outlines some bold ideas to run trains from the Long Island Rail Road into New Jersey and vice versa. But it will be no simple fix, as all railroads have traditionally ended their runs at Penn Station. ( Photo: Michael Oreskes) Byford Plan: Figure Out How to Get LIRR to Run to New Jersey No one can accuse Andy Byford of thinking small. Byford presented to a breakfast of New York power brokers his game plan for... News 24 Nov 2025 | 05:34
Any voters who are still wavering when it comes time to cast their ballot, will have to hunt to find independent candidate Andrew Cuomo. He’s polling as the number two, but because he’s an independent on the Fight and Deliver line, he’s the eighth candidate in the line-up. Two candidates who said they dropped out, Jim Walden and Eric Adams are ahead of him in the lineup. ( Photo: Vote NYC) Cuomo Buried in 8th Slot on Ballot Line May Not Get Much Boost From Adams Endorse New Yorkers have begun to vote for a new mayor but the last minute endorsement by Eric Adams last week for Andrew Cuomo is... News 27 Oct 2025 | 07:05
The three mayoral candidates are split on the three housing-law changes that are measures on this year’s ballot. (Don’t forget to flip over your ballot to see and vote on them.) ( Photo: YouTube) What Mayoral Candidates Say About Housing-Law Measures It was one of the most virulent moments of the second mayoral debate, triggered by, of all things, three ballot measures... Voices 25 Oct 2025 | 03:56
Andrew Cuomo ( Photo: YouTube) New Poll Shows Cuomo Surging But Still Trails Mamdani Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo surged by 10 percentage points in the first major poll to be released since Eric Adams... News 11 Oct 2025 | 11:34
Sitting at the bottom of a staircase in Gracie Mansion with a portrait of his late mom next to him, Eric Adams announced on Sunday that he was ending his bid for re-election as an independent candidate in the mayoral race. ( Photo: Eric Adams campaign) What’s Next As Eric Adams Suspends Race for Mayor? Trailing badly in the polls and barred from obtaining matching funds, Mayor Eric Adams made the bombshell announcement he... News 29 Sep 2025 | 12:49
Zohran Mamdani has started to rack up endorsements beyond the progressive wing of the Democratic party as the latest mayoral campaign shows him with a 20-point advantage over his nearest challenger, former governor Andrew Cuomo. ( Photo: Bryan Berlin/Wikimedia Commons) Sliwa Levels Bribe Claim at Cuomo; Anti-Mamdani Super PACs Ready Attack Ads A bare-knuckle brawl is about to get a whole lot nastier in the New York mayoral race. The latest poll shows Democratic nominee... News 26 Sep 2025 | 05:38
The World Trade Center “Tribute in Light” installation sent beams of hope heavenard from Ground Zero on 9/11/25, the 24th anniversary of the terror attack. ( Photo: Philip Maier) Terror Will Never Win: 1000s Gather at Ground Zero for 9/11 Memorial Born from the often unspeakable horrors that shocked the world on a bright, warm Tuesday morning 24 years ago, the solemn... News 15 Sep 2025 | 01:23
Governor Hochul, labor leaders, and other solons behind the banner at the NYC Labor Day Parade 2025. ( Photo: Susan Watts/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul) Labor Day Parade Shows Union Solidarity & Fractious Politics Many thousands of union members from over 200 different groups across many dozens of trades came to midtown Manhattan on... News 08 Sep 2025 | 12:31
Eric Adams called a press conference at Gracie Mansion on Sept. 5 to say he is staying in the race, as reports said Donald Trump was trying to lure him and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa to drop out in a bid to derail front runner Zohran Mamdani. ( Photo: @ericadamsfornyc X) Adams Vows to Stay in Race as Reports Swirled that Trump Dangled Ambassador Job Amid reports that President Donald Trump was dangling an ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia to lure him out of the race for mayor,... Home 06 Sep 2025 | 04:33
Zohran Mamdani gives speech denouncing corruption in city government after an aide to Eric Adams was said to have given a potato chip bag stuffed with money to a reporter. ( Photo: @zohranmamdani X) Tony Simone, Thomas Duane, Latest Dems to Jump on Mamdani Bandwagon Two prominent Chelsea/Hell’s Kitchen politicians, State Assembly Member Tony Simone and former NYS Senator Thomas Duane,... News 28 Aug 2025 | 06:54
Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani (left) and Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo feud over their mayoral qualifications, particularly when it comes to affordability. ( Photo: @zohrankmamdani and @andrewcuomo on Instagram) Cuomo tries fighting Mamdani at his own housing game Andrew Cuomo’s once relatively unplugged mayoral campaign has done quite the 180, as the former governor has taken to social... Voices 18 Aug 2025 | 10:19
Hand on heart: Pols and VIPs during pre-parade ceremony for the Dominican Day parade on Aug. 10. ( Photo: Darren McGee/Office of Governor ) Dominican Day Parade Delights Midtown Multitudes — Loudly! Hundreds of thousands of red-white-and-blue-adorned spectators and participants crowded Sixth Avenue from the 36th to 55th... News 16 Aug 2025 | 01:46
Walden’s Unity Poll Idea: More Symbolic Than Impactful Even As Cuomo Vows Active Indie Bid Long-shot mayoral candidate Jim Walden has recently proposed a so-called “unity poll,” in the five-candidate race in order... Voices 14 Jul 2025 | 04:20
Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral primary based in large part on campaign promises tied to the cost of living, which voters say is their top issue even ahead of public safety. ( Photo: Madison Stewart, Zohran for New York City ) Mamdani Tops First Poll in Five-Person Sprint to November Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani officially won the Democratic primary as of July 1 after the third round of ranked-choice voting,... Home 07 Jul 2025 | 02:01
WNBC streamed the first major New York City Democratic mayoral debate, June 4, 2025. ( Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY) NYC Mayoral Candidates Battle Each Other — and Trump — in Chaotic Nine-Way Debate The nine Democratic candidates for mayor squared off Wednesday in the first televised debate of a long campaign season, with... News 05 Jun 2025 | 05:33
