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The First Official Mayoral Debate in N.Y.C.: What to Know [Want to get New York Today by email? Alternate-side parking: Suspended today for Solemnity of the Ascension and Eid al-Fitr. Image Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times They’ve been overshadowed by the pandemic and national politics. But now it’s their turn in the spotlight. This evening, Democratic candidates in New York City’s mayoral race will convene virtually for the first of three official primary debates. For weeks,...

New York City mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia. | Courtesy of Kathryn Garcias campaign Mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia picks up steam with New York Times endorsement Kathryn Garcia is on the upswing, and her opponents are responding in kind. In the days following the coveted New York Times endorsement, Team Garcia reported a boost in fundraising for her underdog mayoral campaign and more media interest in a recent press conference on public safety. She appeared on Good Day New York and The Bri...

The First NYC Mayoral Debate Is Happening Thursday Night—You Can Watch Here arrow City Hall, 1949. Robert Kradin/AP/Shutterstock After months of campaigning and forums, the first Democratic mayoral debate—co-hosted by Gothamist/WNYC, The CITY, and NY1—will take place tonight, Thursday, May 13th (from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Moderator Errol Louis, of NY1, will be joined by WNYC’s Brian Lehrer and The CITY’s Josefa Velasquez; the participating candidates—Eric Adams,...

AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File Two of Andrew Yangs opponents in New York Citys mayoral race suggested Yang cheated on a pop quiz during a New York Times editorial board interview. Advisers to Shaun Donovan and Scott Stringer both said they doubted Yang answered the questions without getting help.  Neither of Yangs opponents have evidence that he broke The Times interview rules.  Some of Andrew Yangs opponents in New York Citys mayoral race suggested he cheated on a...

Could the Barron political dynasty be overthrown? Charles Barron is vying to win his wife Inez Barron’s New York City Council District 42 seat, which she is leaving this year due to term limits. The majority-Black district encompases East New York and its subsections such as Spring Creek and Starrett City. Charles Barron previously won the same seat in 2001. His wife won the Assembly seat in 2008 and they swapped seats when Charles was term-limited out of the City Council in 2013, with Inez r...

What It Will Take To Bring Strong Internet Service To Every NYC Student arrow Karen Dette, left, Director of Good Shepherd Services, hands a portable internet hot spot to student Jovanny Mendez, at West Brooklyn Community High School, in November 2020 Kathy Willens/AP/Shutterstock Over the past year, the pandemic has laid bare some of the deepest inequities in education. Chief among them: the digital divide between students with reliable internet access in their homes, a...

Credit...Spectrum News NY1 & the NYC Campaign Finance Board The debate was spirited, at times fast-paced and occasionally awkward, with the eight candidates for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York engaging with one another in a virtual format that left little room for the usual onstage theatrics. Here are five takeaways: Image Credit...Dakota Santiago for The New York Times The topics of crime and police reform came up early, and quickly became the clearest line dividing the candid...

Media makes mayoral endorsements as Wall Street seeks best candidate to manage New York’s crisis The New York State primary elections are less than six weeks away, and they include the contest for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City. The nominee is virtually guaranteed victory in the general election, which will not take place until November. The first of three debates between the leading candidates in the June 22 primary is expected to include eight of the contenders and is ...

New York City mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia. | Courtesy of Kathryn Garcias campaign Garcia picks up steam in New York City mayoral race after snagging Times endorsement Updated NEW YORK — Kathryn Garcia is on the upswing, and her opponents in the New York City mayoral race are responding in kind. In the days following the coveted New York Times endorsement, Team Garcia reported a boost in fundraising for her underdog mayoral campaign and more media interest in a recent press conference on...

Share As Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) sees it, the Jewish and Dominican communities in his diverse Manhattan district have a lot in common. Both are diasporas: The Jewish community keeps close tabs on happenings in Israel, while Dominicans remain closely connected to their Caribbean homeland. “Both are very family-oriented and religious. Both, of course contribute back home,” said Espaillat, who came to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic as an undocumented immigrant when he was a child....