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10 things to know about the latest filing This week marked the massive information dump the New York City Campaign Finance Board calls “the filing deadline.” There are enough tidbits and storylines to last us politicos two months until the next one on May 21, but here are 10 things that immediately stood out. Adams has the money With $7.6 million on hand, Eric Adams is the undisputed money king of the mayoral race. Scott Stringer is in a not-so-distant second with $6.85 million. And...

Labor leaders are throwing their weight behind Eric Adams in the New York City mayoral race. Mr. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, has won three major labor endorsements in the past two weeks, cementing his status as one of the top candidates in the crowded Democratic primary field. As Mr. Adams rose, Loree Sutton, one of the first women to join the race, dropped out, and the campaigns pushed to qualify for public matching funds. Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate, announced ov...

Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Will Live or Die in the Next Administration Construction on the Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar, a potential legacy project for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, was supposed to begin in 2019. The fate of the heavily debated project will rest with the next mayor. March 12, 2021, 5am PST | James Brasuell | "A 16-mile streetcar line along the East River in Brooklyn and Queens was going to be one of Mayor Bill de Blasios signature projects, expanding transportation access to ...

Presented by Uber Driver Stories More details have emerged about the sixth woman to accuse Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate conduct, and they’re bad. The aide has said the governor aggressively fondled her chest during an encounter in the states Executive Mansion, While the allegation was first reported on Tuesday, the Times Union published additional details of the encounter Wednesday night. The aide, who the TU has agreed not to identify, said she was summoned to the Executive Mansion to...

Eric Adams Mayoral Campaign Backed by DC37 Union Leaders By Emily Ngo New York City PUBLISHED 8:31 PM ET Mar. 10, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:31 PM EST Mar. 10, 2021 SHARE NEW YORK — Eric Adams is on track to have another major labor union in his corner. The Democratic mayoral candidate earned a nod Wednesday from DC37’s executives, who will recommend...

Sutton, the city’s first commissioner of veterans’ services, had struggled to raise cash and break ahead in this year’s strange primary season.

New York City's mayoral elections are usually big spectacles. They come during the most boring time in electoral politics, the year after the presidential election. The candidates can be press fodder (e.g. Anthony Weiner in 2013), and the winner will get to rule a city with a population of more than 8 million, more than most states.

Transportation Alternatives’s bold plan to claw back a quarter of the city’s public space from the domain of automobiles is already making waves in the mayoral race, with five top progressive candidates backing the safety and quality-of-life initiative. Others reacted tepidly or not did not return responses. Called “NYC 25 by 25,” the plan asks mayoral candidates to commit to dedicating 25 percent of the space now designated for vehicles — including 19,000 miles of roads and three mil...

A Woman Mayor In NYC Is More Viable Than Ever, Even If There Is Not A "Women’s Vote" arrow Maya Wiley, Kathryn Garcia, Loree Sutton and Dianne Morales on Zoom for various mayoral forums. Chicago may be the Second City, but it beat New York by four decades and counting when it comes to electing its first woman mayor. Voters did it again in 2019, electing Lori Lightfoot, the second woman, first openly lesbian, and third Black mayor in that city’s history. Across the country 27...

New York City’s next mayor must lead the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic while tackling contentious issues like police accountability, homelessness and educational equity