As the New York City mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the candidates appeared at a forum at Queens College and at a soccer tournament in Coney Island. Source: New York Times
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Cuomo Tries to Tie Mamdani to Muslim Leader’s Anti-Gay Stance
By Gotham Rex on October 18, 2025
Andrew Cuomo, trailing in the New York City mayor’s race, sought to contrast his role in legalizing same-sex marriage with the views of some of Mr. Mamdani’s supporters. Source: New York Times
7 Takeaways From the First N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate
By Gotham Rex on October 16, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa sparred over serious topics like the Israel-Hamas war and President Trump, and more curious subjects like parade attendance. Source: New York Times
On Fox News, Mamdani Speaks Directly to Trump: I Won’t Be a Mayor Like Adams
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, defended his positions while parrying questions about the Israel-Gaza war. Source: New York Times
Letitia James and Zohran Mamdani Unite to Fight Trump
By Gotham Rex on October 13, 2025
Ms. James, in her first public appearance since her federal indictment, said that she and Mr. Mamdani knew what it was like to be threatened and harassed. Source: New York Times
For Mamdani and James, Twin Targets of Trump, a Political Bond Deepens
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, have a kinship shaped in part by their shared opposition to the president. Source: New York Times
Mamdani Maintains 13-Point Lead as Cuomo Gains Ground After Adams’s Exit
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2025
While former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo benefited from Mayor Eric Adams’s departure, Zohran Mamdani still enjoyed a sizable lead in the Quinnipiac University poll. Source: New York Times
How Zohran Mamdani Came to Embrace the Palestinian Cause
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2025
As Mr. Mamdani seeks to reassure New York City he is open to compromise, his views on Israel and Palestinians have been the biggest exception. Source: New York Times
In Ashes of Amazon Fight, Tensions Emerge in Huge Bet on N.Y.C. Housing
By Gotham Rex on October 6, 2025
Years ago, progressives defeated a plan to build headquarters for Amazon in Queens. Now a new kind of development is gaining their support. Source: New York Times
With Adams Out, Cuomo Reports Rush in Donations but Still Trails Mamdani
By Gotham Rex on October 3, 2025
As the New York City mayor’s race enters its final phase, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo hopes to capitalize on Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to end his campaign. Source: New York Times
A.I. and a Riff on ‘The Bachelor’? N.Y.C. Mayoral Ads Get Creative.
By Gotham Rex on October 2, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa are now all running television ads in the critical race for New York City mayor, hoping to sway voters with less than five weeks to go. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Move to Capitalize on Adams’s Departure
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2025
Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa hit the campaign trail on Monday after Eric Adams left the race, while Andrew Cuomo called donors. Source: New York Times
Eric Adams Abandons Re-election Bid for Mayor of New York City
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2025
Mayor Adams’s campaign was left foundering after repeated scandals, a federal indictment and his courtship of President Trump. Source: New York Times
13 Moments That Have Defined Eric Adams’s Political Career
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2025
Mr. Adams served in the New York State Senate and as Brooklyn borough president before becoming mayor of New York City in 2022. Ethical questions have followed him along the way. Source: New York Times
Swaggering, Scandalous, Strange: There Will Never Be Another Eric Adams
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2025
The quotable, luxury-loving, perpetually mysterious mayor took New Yorkers on a wild and unpredictable ride. Source: New York Times