The New York City Democratic mayoral primary race has entered its final week with a surprise takedown of one candidate by the New York Times Editorial Board.

Mayoral candidate Brad Lander, admired in New York politics for his policy chops and mocked for his lefty self-importance, tried something off brand when he cut his first TV ad this cycle: Donning a blue suit,

Progressives Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander tag-teamed him, but the former governor used the immigration riots to highlight their lack of experience.

The newspaper’s editorial board said Mamdani’s agenda “reads like a turbocharged version of Mr. de Blasio’s dismaying mayoralty.”

Amid signs that the NYC mayoral race is tightening in the final stretch, City Comptroller Brad Lander seized Thursday on an unusual endorsement he netted from a panel convened by the New York

The New York City mayoral race has escalated into a high-stakes battle for the soul of the Democratic Party, with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) publicly framing the contest as a national referendum.

Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani bitterly clashed over age and experience Thursday in the final debate before New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, as Cuomo warned that electing the progressive state assemblyman is unprepared for the job and Mamdani hammered the former governor over scandals during his time in Albany.

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has accused Andrew Cuomo’s donors of altering his beard in an image sent to voters, calling it “blatant Islamophobia”.