mayoral race

The first of two general election debates in the mayor's race starts at 7 p.m. on WNBC-TV.

After Zohran Mamdani said he’d cut gifted programs for kindergartners, Andrew Cuomo said he’d expand them.

Observers wonder if Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos’ “state of our schools” address was a farewell speech or a bid to keep her job.

Gothamist analyzed plans from the nine leading Democrats in the race. Most said they would consider keeping the current police commissioner, but they differed on NYPD staffing and quality-of-life complaints.

Mamdani said racist and Islamophobic threats are not new for him but they recently reached a “new level of specificity.”

The city's Campaign Finance Board found the former governor broke the rules by coordinating with a super PAC.

The democratic socialist reported a surge in donations, helping him become the first candidate to hit the projected fundraising cap.

The Queens Democrat’s decision comes a week after telling Gothamist she was forming a campaign fundraising committee.

The progressive Brooklyn lawmaker embodies a challenge from Mayor Adams’ political left.

Adams’s victory in the general election was all but a certainty in the eyes of political experts.