Jeff Coltin

4 days ago | politico.com | Nick Reisman |Jeff Coltin |Emily Ngo

With help from Amira McKee The last day to vote in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor will likely be among the hottest on record. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images The last time June was this hot John Lindsay was mayor. New York City is buckling under heat expected to hit triple digits today as primary voters head to the polls amid temperatures that will likely break a 1966 record.

5 days ago | politico.com | Jeff Coltin |Nick Reisman |Emily Ngo

With help from Cris Seda Chabrier Andrew Cuomo has lambasted top rival Zohran Mamdani over his inexperience. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images NEW YORK MINUTE: An Emerson College poll out today shows Zohran Mamdani defeating Andrew Cuomo by nearly 4 points in the eighth round of voting — a rare public survey that doesn’t demonstrate the former governor in the lead of a race he’s as-yet dominated.

6 days ago | politico.com | Jeff Coltin

Lander stood beside Cuomo accuser Charlotte Bennett, whom the former governor sued for defamation, as he recounted how Cuomo apologized to the women who accused him of sexual harassment in 2021, before resigning, but now denies any wrongdoing. “I don’t have a license to practice psychology, but I believe that utter inability to take accountability or responsibility for one’s actions is a sign of sociopathy,” Lander said. “The Democratic Party should not elect sociopaths.

1 week ago | politico.com | Jeff Coltin

Supporters and critics of Andrew Cuomo use the same vulgar insult to describe him. | Mike Groll/AP Photo POLITICAL ANAL-YSIS: The word “asshole” has become so closely associated with mayoral primary front-runner Andrew Cuomo that one needs not even name him — the profane sobriquet is enough. “I’d rather have an asshole than a progressive,” a retired lawyer named Robert told mayoral candidate Brad Lander at a farmer’s market on the Upper West Side Sunday.

1 week ago | politico.com | Jeff Coltin |Emily Ngo |Nick Reisman

With help from Cris Seda Chabrier Candidates like Zohran Mamdani hit the trail Thursday, as primary day looms with temperatures soaring to the triple digits. | Emily Ngo/POLITICO Good gracious, this race is bodacious. With temperatures predicted to hit 100 degrees on Primary Day, mayoral front-runner Andrew Cuomo is anxious to get his voters into polling sites — and demanding better preparation from city officials for the heat wave, POLITICO reports.