Dana Rubinstein

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Articles

Eric Adams Meets With Business Leaders Desperate to Stop Mamdani’s Rise

1 day ago | nytimes.com | Katherine Rosman |Dana Rubinstein

In a conference room in Manhattan on Wednesday night, Mayor Eric Adams and Daniel S. Loeb, the hedge fund manager, met with other business leaders and political brokers to discuss how to stop the rise of Zohran Mamdani and possibly bolster Mr. Adams’s re-election campaign. The business leaders were impressed that Mr. Adams was already staging a public fight against Mr. Mamdani, several people familiar with the meeting said.
As Donors Work Against Mamdani, Top Democrats Stop Short of Backing Him

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Dana Rubinstein |Benjamin Oreskes |Michael Gold

The day after Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani rocked the nation’s largest city by becoming the presumptive Democratic mayoral nominee, New York’s political leaders declined to formally endorse him, and some donors to former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo considered coalescing behind Mayor Eric Adams.
Live Updates: Mamdani’s Success in Mayoral Primary Reverberates Beyond New York City

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Nicholas Fandos |Emma G. Fitzsimmons |Dana Rubinstein |Benjamin Oreskes

PinnedUpdated June 25, 2025, 2:05 p.m. ETZohran Mamdani’s of New York City reverberated from the five boroughs across the nation on Wednesday, as the political system acquainted itself with a startling new reality. The primary results were not expected to be finalized until next Tuesday. But attention almost immediately turned to November’s general election and to the impact a far-left Democratic mayoral nominee could have on midterm races across the country.
Cuomo, Chastened, Will Reassess Plans to Run as an Independent

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Dana Rubinstein

For months, Andrew M. Cuomo insisted he would be on this fall’s general election ballot for mayor of New York City, no matter what — even saying so as recently as Tuesday morning. But after conceding the Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday night to Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist assemblyman from Queens, Mr. Cuomo’s path forward is no longer as clear.
In Joyful Speech, Mamdani Vows to Work for ‘Each and Every New Yorker’

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Alyce McFadden |Dana Rubinstein

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. A crowd in Queens celebrated the triumph of Zohran Mamdani, the presumptive winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City.
A Cuomo Victory Would Signal a Comeback From His Sexual Harassment Scandal

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Dana Rubinstein

If former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wins the Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday, it will mark the stunning resurrection of a man who just four years ago was hounded from office after the attorney general of New York found he had sexually harassed roughly a dozen women.
NYC Primary Day Coincides With a Major Heat Wave

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Dana Rubinstein

New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary is happening during a heat wave that could push temperatures to 100 degrees, and no candidate has expressed more concern than Andrew M. Cuomo, the former governor with a strong base of support among older New Yorkers. Mr. Cuomo began banging the drum about the heat last week, demanding that both Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Board of Elections ensure that polling sites were air-conditioned.
Far More New Yorkers Voted Early This Year, With Strong Showing by Younger Voters

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Dana Rubinstein

More than twice as many New York City voters chose to cast their ballots early in this year’s mayoral primary compared with the last mayoral primary, in 2021. This year, 384,388 voters showed up to early-voting sites during the week and a half preceding Primary Day, according to the Board of Elections’s preliminary numbers. Early voting ended Sunday evening.
In Final Push for Mayor, Lander Appears With 2 Cuomo Accusers

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Dana Rubinstein |Tim Balk

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The campaign event by Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller running for mayor, came as Andrew Cuomo, the front-runner, appeared with the mother of a murder victim. Listen to this article · 5:39 min Learn moreBrad Lander, far left, stands next to Lindsey Boylan, with Charlotte Bennett to the far right.
N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary May Hinge on Early Voters as Heat Wave Looms

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Nicholas Fandos |Dana Rubinstein |Emma Graves Fitzsimmons |Alex Lemonides

Tens of millions of dollars in campaign ads have cluttered the city’s stoops and televisions. Candidates sparred face-to-face in two televised debates. And the last of the big-name endorsements have trickled in. Now, with just days left, the critical Democratic primary for mayor of New York City has shifted into an urgent final footrace to push every last supporter in the five boroughs to the polls.