Maya King

Atlanta, Washington, D.C.

Southeastern Political Reporter at The New York Times

Politics reporter @nytimes covering the South. Tips, etc: [email protected].⚡️

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Articles

Can Mamdani’s Energetic Campaign Be a Blueprint for Democrats?

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Kellen Browning |Maya King

Last Friday evening, Zohran Mamdani, sweaty and grinning, began walking south from the northern tip of Manhattan as part of a final push for votes in New York City’s fiercely contested Democratic mayoral primary. Mr. Mamdani, a Queens-based progressive state assemblyman, strolled down from Inwood Hill to Battery Park, his campaign shooting video along the way. He hugged a bicyclist. He dapped up a man outside a bodega. He ate a slice of pizza.
Will This Race Produce an Ally or Adversary for the Next New York Mayor?

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Maya King

The heated Democratic mayoral primary in New York City has been engulfed by ideological arguments over the city’s management and the leadership vacuum among national Democrats. Similar issues are animating the party’s race for public advocate, an office that serves as a kind of municipal government watchdog. The incumbent, Jumaane Williams, is being challenged by Jenifer Rajkumar, a state assemblywoman from Queens, and Marty Dolan, a retired insurance executive.
What to Know About Early Voting in New York City’s Mayoral Primary

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Maya King

17 hours agoMore than a month after one federal judge halted a portion of President Trump's executive order related to voting, another judge on Friday ruled that additional provisions of the order need to pause as well. The decision from U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper, in the District of Massachusetts, …
5 Takeaways From the First N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Emma Graves Fitzsimmons |Maya King

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the front-runner in the New York City mayor's race, faced a barrage of attacks from his Democratic rivals. In the first debate of the New York City mayoral primary, the front-runner, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, was expected to be the focal point of attack for the other eight Democratic candidates onstage Wednesday night. It did not take long for that expectation to be realized.
Live Updates, Video and Analysis

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Maya King

Nine Democrats will take the stage Wednesday night for the first debate of the primary. Credit... Dave Sanders for The New York Times A mayoral indictment. A Cuomo comeback attempt. And the rise of a socialist upstart. The race for mayor of New York City has already been anything but tranquil. On Wednesday night, it will enter an even more combative phase, as nine of the candidates competing for the Democratic nomination meet for the first of two televised debates before the June 24 primary.
Adrienne Adams, Invoking Father's Death, Says Cuomo Mismanaged Pandemic

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Maya King |Jeffery C. Mays

In a deeply personal speech, Ms. Adams, who is running for mayor, will speak about her father's death from Covid in 2020. She says that as governor, Mr. Cuomo "failed him."The case for Adrienne Adams's bid to become mayor of New York City began in the parking lot of a suburban hospital where she last saw her father alive. More than five years ago, in March 2020, Ms. Adams and her sister drove their father, who was infected with Covid-19, to Long Island Jewish Medical Center as the pandemic grew.
N.Y.C. Primary Voters Can Rank 5 Candidates. Many Have Only Heard of 2.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Maya King

New York City voters have nine Democrats to consider in this year's mayoral primary, a crowded race made more complicated by the return of ranked-choice voting. They're tired of Mayor Eric Adams. They're warming up to Andrew M. Cuomo. They know little of the 10 other major candidates vying to be New York City's next mayor. And ranked-choice voting has only furthered their confusion.
What Does Eric Adams's Exit From the Democratic Primary Mean for Voters?

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Maya King

Here is what to know about how the mayor's decision could affect the mayoral primary. Nine Democrats are challenging Mr. Adams, though none are as close to unseating the mayor as Mr. Cuomo, whose ample name recognition and high-powered fund-raising have fueled his rise to the top of the primary field in nearly every survey of the race.
How to Beat Cuomo and Adams? The Working Families Party Has a Plan.

Mar 27, 2025 | nytimes.com | Maya King

The left-leaning political party is seeking to avoid a repeat of 2021, when its top candidates were also-rans in the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City. Four years ago, as New York City seemed in thrall to a leftward political shift, the Working Families Party endorsed a slate of three progressive contenders for mayor. Disaster struck.
Can Zohran Mamdani, a Socialist and TikTok Savant, Become NYC Mayor?

Mar 23, 2025 | nytimes.com | Jeffery C. Mays |Maya King

In the crowded race for mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani has become a magnet for attention, ascending in the polls and raising money through a mix of social media savvy and a plain-spoken, everyman approach. He has paid house visits to some of his thousands of small donors and taken a New Year's Day plunge into the ocean to dramatize a rent-freeze.