Nick Reisman

3 days ago | politico.com | Nick Reisman |Joe Anuta |Jeff Coltin |Emily Ngo

With help from Amira McKee Zohran Mamdani greets people after the New York City Democratic mayoral primary debate on Thursday, June 12, 2025. | Vincent Alban/The New York Times via AP The political world is waking up to a shockwave. Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist with a scant four years in elected office, toppled Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary.

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.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Calder McHugh |Nick Reisman

NEW YORK — In 2021, as Assemblymember Ron Kim was drawing a bath for his children, his phone rang. It was Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and he was furious. Kim had criticized Cuomo’s handling of nursing home deaths during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, Cuomo was screaming. He threatened to “destroy” Kim, a fellow Democrat. He tried to pressure Kim into issuing a public statement and said Kim “hadn’t seen his wrath,” according to Kim’s later public account.

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.