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5 days ago | 
cityandstateny.com | Holly Pretsky |Sahalie Donaldson |Annie McDonough
The leading candidates for mayor – and some of the trailing candidates, too – fanned out across the city this weekend in a final blitz ahead of the June 24 primary and the end of early voting. It was a sweltering weekend, peppered with several frenzied storms – an early preview for the actual day of the election which is expected to be even hotter. Both ex-Gov.
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1 week ago | 
cityandstateny.com | Annie McDonough |Holly Pretsky
Temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees on primary election day as an oppressive “heat dome” passes over parts of the central and eastern U.S., combining dangerously high temperatures with smothering humidity. The weather forecast is likely to impact Election Day voter turnout, and it’s just the latest twist in a primary election season absolutely packed with them.
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1 week ago | 
cityandstateny.com | Holly Pretsky |Sahalie Donaldson
“The camera of history is rolling on us today,” Rep. Greg Meeks said from the podium at the storied National Action Network headquarters in Harlem on Saturday morning, the first day of early voting in the New York City primaries.
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2 weeks ago | 
cityandstateny.com | Holly Pretsky
Lefty mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani will rally on Saturday evening with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, state Sen. John Liu, New York City Council Member Alexa Avilés and Transport Workers Union President John Samuelsen, among others, as his upstart campaign gives front-runner former Gov. Andrew Cuomo a run for his money. Comedian The Kid Mero will be the featured emcee. This will be the second high-profile Mamdani/AOC event since she endorsed him as her first choice on June 5.
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2 weeks ago | 
cityandstateny.com | Annie McDonough |Holly Pretsky |Sahalie Donaldson
District 1: Lower Manhattan, including the Financial District, Chinatown, City Hall and SoHo Incumbent: Chris Marte (Democrat, Working Families Party)Challengers: Jess Coleman (Democrat), Elizabeth Lewinsohn (Democrat), Eric Yu (Democrat)District demographics: 45% white, 32% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% other/multiple racesVoter enrollment: 66% Democratic, 23% unaffiliated, 9% RepublicanWhat’s the deal?
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3 weeks ago | 
cityandstateny.com | Sahalie Donaldson |Annie McDonough |Holly Pretsky
Eric Adams Eric Adams / Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office His ideological stance in brief: Conservative, pro-business Democrat who is now running as an independent candidate. More likely to criticize progressives than the Trump administration. Major endorsements: None reported yet. Fundraising: $4.5 million raised so far. He has an estimated $2.7 million in the bank, as of May 30. He has been denied public matching funds so far. What is he running on?
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3 weeks ago | 
cityandstateny.com | Annie McDonough |Sahalie Donaldson |Devyn Novikoff |Holly Pretsky
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1 month ago | 
cityandstateny.com | Holly Pretsky
Mayoral candidate Jessica Ramos is embracing the vulnerability. A recent campaign video shows her attending a May 10 Working Families Party rally in Foley Square to support Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested May 9 at a protest outside a newly reopened ICE detention center in his city. In the video, Ramos first defended Baraka for trying to conduct oversight at the facility and said that immigration enforcement has been “ravaging our communities.” Then her monologue took a turn.
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2 months ago | 
cityandstateny.com | Holly Pretsky
The political action committee affiliated with Airbnb is upping its spending in New York City local elections, the group exclusively told City & State. In February, the short-term rental giant put $5 million into its PAC, called Affordable New York. It is now planning to double that sum to help elect sympathetic candidates in city elections taking place this year and next year at the state level. “Airbnb is just getting started,” Policy Director Nathan Rotman said in a statement.
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2 months ago | 
cityandstateny.com | Holly Pretsky
The “Labor Strong” coalition of five influential labor unions is announcing its second round of New York City Council endorsements Friday, the coalition exclusively told City & State. The coalition includes building service workers union 32BJ SEIU, public employees union District Council 37, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, the New York State Nurses Association and the Communications Workers of America District 1.
