It's Thursday in New York City, where Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani largely stuck to his strategy of avoiding last-minute risks during the final mayoral debate yesterday.
Mamdani's opponents, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa, both pounced on the state assemblymember's refusal to take a position on controversial ballot proposals that could spur housing development but weaken the City Council’s power to block projects.
"I have not yet taken a position on those ballot amendments," Mamdani said.
Experts told Gothamist that promoting effective leadership — and rooting out corruption and cronyism, as Tisch has done — could earn Mamdani the NYPD's trust.
An asylum-seeker who says he fled homophobia in Ecuador was detained during an undercover sting operation at a Penn Station bathroom in July and remains in ICE custody, despite his charges being dropped.
State Assemblymember Deborah Glick, who became the first openly LGBTQ member of the Legislature after first winning a seat representing parts of Lower Manhattan in 1990, said she won't run for re-election in 2026.
Police have arrested and charged a 30-year-old Queens woman with allegedly abandoning her baby at the Penn Station subway stop this week.
Correction: Yesterday’s Early Addition misstated the county where the man accused of threatening to kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is from. The man is from Dutchess County.
A volunteer liaison to the Muslim community for New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli recently told supporters at a rally that he hadn't accepted donations from Jews. (He also said Ciattarelli would try to roll back gay marriage rights.)
The Garabedian family, who've decorated their front yard with a unique flavor of holiday display since 1974, said the pink house — which gained further fame in the "All I Want for Christmas Is You" video — is under repair.
Whoever leads the office can set the tone for law enforcement in the United States’ financial and media capital, which is bustling with residents, tourists and businesses.
Restaurants with at least 15 locations had to start putting the symbols up this month next to menu items with more than 50 grams of added sugar, the maximum daily amount recommended in federal dietary guidelines.