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The first televised debate for the New York City Comptroller candidates will be held Thursday night, offering New Yorkers a chance to consider who is best prepared to tackle the pressing financial issues facing the city post-pandemic.

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As the race for mayor nears the finish line, with early voting starting on Saturday, one Democratic candidate had a member of his own family come out and endorse one of his opponents

Eric Adams, one of the leading candidates for mayor of New York City, earned the endorsement of one of the largest Orthodox voting blocs in Brooklyn on Wednesday, solidifying his frontrunner status in the June 22 mayoral primary. The political leaders of a portion of Brooklyn’s Satmar Hasidic community led by Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum from Kiryas Joel announced after midnight that Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, was their first choice for mayor under the new ranked-choice voting system. T...

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As the race for mayor nears the finish line, with early voting starting on Saturday, one Democratic candidate had a member of his own family come out and endorse one of his opponents

This is the final debate before early voting starts on June 12.

Before his campaign was rocked by two accusations of sexual assault, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer was a top-tier mayoral contender who cou

Why are Democratic parties staying out of the mayoral race? lev radin/Shutterstock These typical early endorsers may not be able to decide on one candidate this year. SHARE: Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn personally endorsed Eric Adams for mayor back in March, but for a while, the county party appeared to be avoiding making any formal endorsement in the mayoral race. On Staten Island, Democratic Party boss Michael Cusick endorsed Andrew Yang last month, and in Queens,...

Eric Adams has consistently polled at or around the top of the heap of people running in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor—and the Democratic primary is widely considered the determinant of who wins the mayor’s office this fall. Adams was an officer in the NYPD for more than 20 years, and he has centered that experience during his campaign. Standing with the police is not an obvious way to win a Democratic primary right now, especially since the debate over police brutality ha...