
Sahalie Donaldson
City Politics and Education Reporter at City & State NY
NYC politics reporter, First Read @CityAndStateNY • She/her • Formerly w/ @chronicle, • @newmarkjschool • Just another writer in love with the moon
Articles
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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 | Sahalie Donaldson |Annie McDonough
The New York Times editorial board couldn’t keep quiet after all. On Monday morning – nearly a year after announcing it would no longer endorse in municipal elections – the 16-member editorial board released a piece advising New Yorkers to not vote for Zohran Mamdani for mayor. And acknowledging that the Democratic primary seems to have narrowed to a two-man contest between the young Assembly member and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the board reluctantly favored the latter.
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2 weeks 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 | 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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New York City’s leading mayoral candidates clashed over experience, their records, and immigration in the final Democratic primary debate Thursday night. In short? Things got personal fast. https://t.co/3rmCvDFwlw

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