Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee, and Representative Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat, described starkly different visions for the state in a debate Wednesday. Source: New York Times
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Posts Calling Luigi Mangione Guilty Did No Harm, Top U.S. Prosecutor Argues
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2025
A judge had demanded an explanation for why Justice Department officials were publicly expressing views on Luigi Mangione’s guilt in the killing of a health insurance executive. Source: New York Times
As Trump’s Justice Dept. Pursues His Enemies, an Ally Goes on Trial
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2025
Xinyue Lou is accused of funneling foreign campaign donations to President Trump’s campaign. The president has said the justice system has been used against him and his supporters. Source: New York Times
Mamdani Is More Foe Than Friend in the Suburbs, Even Among Democrats
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2025
Just outside New York City, Republicans are using Zohran Mamdani as an attack line for the 2026 midterms, much as they vilified the city in 2022. Source: New York Times
Trump to Withhold $18 Billion for New York-Area Transit Projects
By Gotham Rex on October 1, 2025
Funds for two of the nation’s largest infrastructure projects, the Second Avenue subway and Hudson River tunnels, are being held up in apparent attempts to pressure Democrats amid a government shutdown. Source: New York Times
Judge Rebukes Trump Officials for Saying Luigi Mangione Is a Killer
By Gotham Rex on September 24, 2025
They echoed the president’s characterization of Luigi Mangione, even though the judge had warned of endangering a fair trial. Source: New York Times
Despite Trump’s Pressure on Justice Dept., Certain Safeguards Are Beyond His Reach
By Gotham Rex on September 23, 2025
The criminal justice system has protections that could ultimately give pause to some of President Trump’s moves for revenge. Source: New York Times
Halligan, Trump’s Chosen Prosecutor, Takes Over Comey and James Cases
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2025
The president is pushing up against the statute of limitations in his pursuit of charges against a former F.B.I. director, and also wants the attorney general of New York and a California senator prosecuted. Source: New York Times
Schumer, Wary of Blowback, Holds Out on Mamdani
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2025
Will the Senate minority leader, the avatar of old New York politics, endorse the young, up-and-coming democratic socialist? Source: New York Times
11 Elected Officials Arrested While Trying to Access Cells at N.Y.C. ICE Facility
By Gotham Rex on September 18, 2025
Brad Lander, the city comptroller, was arrested again. Jumaane D. Williams, the public advocate, was among protesters detained outside. Source: New York Times
Giuliani Must Pay $1.3 Million to Former Lawyers, Judge Rules
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2025
The ruling was just the latest misfortune to befall the former New York City mayor. He has been indicted and disbarred, filed for bankruptcy and suffered a fractured vertebra in a car crash. Source: New York Times
Judge Steps Up Pressure on ICE to Fix Conditions in N.Y.C. Holding Cells
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2025
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said he was intervening to protect migrants from being detained in potentially “unconstitutional and inhumane” circumstances at 26 Federal Plaza. Source: New York Times
Carl Heastie, Another Democratic Holdout, Is Expected to Endorse Mamdani
By Gotham Rex on September 16, 2025
Mr. Heastie, the speaker of the New York State Assembly, is one of several prominent Democrats who had resisted backing Zohran Mamdani, the party’s nominee for New York City mayor. Source: New York Times
A ‘Mural’ of Garage Doors, Painted by Students
By Gotham Rex on September 16, 2025
Publicolor, a nonprofit, gets teenagers painting. Usually they work in schools, but for a project downtown, they have a different canvas. Source: New York Times
Fired Prosecutor Challenges Trump’s Claims to Sweeping Power in Lawsuit
By Gotham Rex on September 15, 2025
The Justice Department gave no reason for its dismissal of Maurene Comey, a longtime federal prosecutor in Manhattan and the daughter of the former F.B.I. director, James Comey. Source: New York Times