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Former New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at a campaign event in the Bronx earlier this month. Credit: Bloomberg/Adam Gray Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo will remain on the ballot in November as an independent after his stunning defeat Tuesday in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, as Cuomo lost two powerful labor endorsements. Friday at midnight was the legal deadline to remove himself from the ballot, according to Vincent Ignizio, deputy executive director of the city Board of Elections , and no removal request for Cuomo was received by board staff. But it's unclear whether he'll actually mount an active campaign.  Meanwhile, two labor unions that had endorsed Cuomo in the primary — the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and 32BJ — have switched to Mamdani. Within hours of the votes being tallied Tuesday night, Cuomo, 67, conceded the primary to Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist who represents parts of northwest Queens in the State Assembly. ...

Zohran Mamdani has managed to do something rare in today's fractured political climate: he has united a faction of the Democratic establishment with an army of online alpha males in shared outrage. Since his victory in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York on June 24, the socialist assemblyman has been subjected to a relentless and violent online onslaught, particularly from the influencers of the self described manosphere. For these men, who view feminism, wokeness, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as existential threats, the attacks are constant. Through a torrent of posts, memes, and reposts, their message boils down to two simple lines: Mamdani, 33, is "dangerous" because he is a "socialist," and he will ruin New York. He must be stopped at all costs. This campaign has taken on a special urgency given that in deep blue New York City, the Democratic candidate is heavily favored to win the mayoralty. The operation to stop Mamdani received...

Former New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at a campaign event in the Bronx earlier this month. Credit: Bloomberg/Adam Gray Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo will remain on the ballot in November as an independent after his stunning defeat Tuesday in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, a campaign source familiar with his plans told Newsday, as Cuomo lost two powerful labor endorsements. Friday at midnight is the legal deadline to remove himself from the ballot, according to Vincent Ignizio, deputy executive director of the city Board of Elections . The source says Cuomo won't do that. But it's unclear whether he'll actually mount an active campaign.  Meanwhile, two labor unions that had endorsed Cuomo in the primary — the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and 32BJ — have switched to Mamdani. Within hours of the votes being tallied Tuesday night, Cuomo, 67, conceded the primary to Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist who represents parts of northwest...

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: New York City's political landscape was upended this week as Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani secured his party's nomination for the upcoming mayoral election, prompting swift and extreme reactions from the conservative spectrum. Within hours of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's concession, the New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) issued an explosive statement on social media, urging President Donald Trump to take immediate action. The group called for Mamdani's citizenship to be revoked and demanded his deportation, according to the Irish Star . Conservative group urges Trump to deport Zohran Mamdani over 'radical' views "The radical Zohran Mamdani cannot be permitted to destroy our beloved city of New York," the group posted on X, invoking Cold War-era laws such as the Communist Control Act as justification. Their statement included a direct plea to Trump aides Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to act sw...

As state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is all but certain to be the Democratic nominee for mayor in New York City , Republicans have begun their attacks. In November, he will face incumbent Mayor Eric Adams , who is running as an independent, Republican Curtis Sliwa, and possibly former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whom Mamdani just beat in the primary but still could mount an independent bid in the general election. National Republicans expressed confidence that they could pull off a win in the Democratic city after Mamdani's nomination, painting him as too far left for a general election. Sliwa, who was the Republican nominee in 2021 when he lost to Adams by nearly 40 points, said, "Zohran Mamdani is too extreme for a city already on edge. I know many New Yorkers are scared right now. Scared about rent. Scared about crime. Scared about being pushed out of the only place they have ever called home." National Republican lawmakers have gone a step further than Sliwa, calling Ma...

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani takes selfies with supporters after speaking at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa) NEW YORK — The stunning success of Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, in the race for New York City mayor has exposed anew the fiery divisions plaguing the Democratic Party as it struggles to repair its brand nearly half a year into Donald Trump's presidency. A fresh round of infighting erupted among Democratic officials, donors and political operatives on Wednesday, a day after Mamdani's leading opponent, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, conceded the Democratic primary. Mamdani appears on a glide path to the nomination, though ranked choice vote counting will determine the final outcome next week. Many progressives cheered the emergence of the young and charismatic Mamdani, whose candidacy caught on with viral campaign videos and a focus on the cost of...

Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state legislator and apparent winner of the Democratic primary in the New York City mayoral race, is facing a wave of xenophobic attacks from prominent conservative commentators over his Muslim faith. If elected in November, Mamdani would become the first Muslim mayor in the city's history. His campaign focused on everyday economic issues including housing, transportation, child care and food prices. Despite attempts to define him by his faith or his progressive politics, Mamdani outperformed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded Tuesday night. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD But while some on the right have taken issue with his platform, others have directed hostility at his religion. Conservative media personality Laura Loomer wrote on social media that "New York City will be destroyed," claiming Muslims would begin "committing jihad" across the city. "NYC is about to see 9/11 2.0," she posted. Charl...

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A major city. A heated mayoral election. A familiar dilemma: a moderate, business-friendly Democrat versus a democratic socialist. New Yorkers, take it from Chicago — we've seen this movie before, and the ending isn't pretty. New Yorkers will cast their ballots Tuesday in New York's mayoral primary, where 11 candidates are vying to win the Democratic primary in America's largest city. Frontrunner and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in a tight race against New York state assembly member Zohran Mamdani.  Mamdani wants to freeze rents, open city-owned grocery stores, provide bus service for "free," tax corporations and the 1%, and increase the minimum wage to $30, among other left-wing positions that differ greatly from Cuomo. Most of Mamdani's ideas are shared (at least in principle) by Mayor Brandon Johnson, and many of them are popular in blue cities. But experience has taught us here that far-left candidates do not make for effective or po...

New York City became the first city in the country to allow supervised drug use sites where people can use illegal drugs without threat of arrest, under the watch of trained staff, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.  Two sites that already function as needle exchange clinics — in Washington Heights and in East Harlem — opened as so-called Overdose Prevention Centers on Tuesday.  That day, at least five people overdosed while using drugs under supervision in the two clinics, according to published news reports. A spokesperson for the city's health department declined to confirm the exact number of overdoses. In a news conference Wednesday, de Blasio framed the overdoses, which were reversed and resulted in no deaths, as proof of concept for the sites.  "Five people who could well have overdosed someplace else with, no medical support, and we well know we could have lost one, two or all five of those people," he said.  The initiative comes as overdose deat...

As high-profile  longtime New York Democrats  flock to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and high-powered progressives join forces to block his comeback tour, the city's relatively recent adoption of  ranked choice voting  looms large over the closely watched Democratic mayoral primary. Unlike more typical primaries, in which the candidate with the most votes wins, ranked choice systems have voters rank multiple candidates (in this case, five) on their ballots. The votes of the lowest-finishing candidates are redistributed to voters' preferred alternatives until one candidate wins a majority. Cuomo, the far-and-away favorite of the moderates, with years of built-up name recognition, is giving his supporters simple directions: Rank him first. And in a city with a first-past-the-post voting system, his first-choice support might already have closed out the race, even if it doesn't add up to a majority in the public polling. State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the leading progressi...

Pro-crime Democrats are propelling New York toward anarchy and financial ruin. The seven candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for Gotham's mayor unanimously oppose increasing penalties for farebeaters. That includes the frontrunners, the former governor, Andrew Cuomo, and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.  Their refusal to crack down on farebeaters — all by itself — disqualifies them for the city's top job. These pols do not regard law-abiding New Yorkers as their constituents. Instead they're siding with criminals and left-wing ideologues who excuse crime as a side effect of society's imperfections. Stopping farebeating keeps dangerous criminals out of the subway, the longest-serving New York Police Department commissioner, Ray Kelly, explains: "In previous administrations, proactive fare evasion enforcement has been a powerful tool in reducing overall subway crime." Thieves and assailants don't swipe a card to get to the trains before ...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While New York City is a Democratic stronghold, young conservative movers and shakers are meeting other singles at a new series of events in the Big Apple. Political polarization, particularly that between young men and women, has become an internationally recognized phenomenon in recent years. One example from pop culture erupted earlier this spring when "Love is Blind" stars Sara Carton and Ben Mezzenga did not get married during the season finale because Carton had reservations about Mezzenga's religious and political viewpoints, including on the Black Lives Matter movement. As this polarization continues, some young conservatives, particularly those in left-leaning cities, are relying on events geared towards their political persuasion to find love. 'LOVE IS BLIND' STAR SARA CARTON REJECTS BEN MEZZENGA AT THE ALTAR OVER VIEWS ON RELIGION, BLACK LIVES MATTER In an increasingly polarized ...

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School board members in Manhattan with ties to the conservative parent group Moms for Liberty were not re-elected to their local education council , according to results announced Monday. Those knocked off the panel included Community Education Council 2 member Maud Maron, who brought a federal lawsuit against the New York City  Education Department to regain her seat after a former schools chancellor removed her for misconduct. Maron stirred controversy last year for sponsoring a resolution condemned by LGBTQ+ advocates as anti-transgender student athletes. In a statement to the Daily News, Maron said many parents have started voting — not just during the election, but with their feet — and leaving a school district that, as she sees it, is lowering academic standards. "More social justice activism in lieu of an academic focus will accelerate that trend," said Maron, who was one of two CEC 2 members to speak at a Moms for Liberty forum in Jan. 2024. Democrati...

Upcoming Democratic mayoral primaries in New York City, Albany, Buffalo and beyond got you stressed? Looking to turn your attention elsewhere for a little while and unwind? Try thinking about a different election that's a year away! It's never too early to begin contemplating the race for New York's governor, at least in our book. It may be far from a boiling point, but the heat has been turned up as Gov. Kathy Hochul's first official opponent has announced and chatter about others has only increased. The field is still in flux, but the rumor mill is strong. We took a look at the top contenders who have either already entered the race or are publicly weighing the prospect so that you too can begin contemplating the next fight for New York state way too early. Gov. Kathy Hochul Home base: Buffalo, Albany and New York City Political positioning: Hochul has solidly established herself as a moderate Democrat. Although she used to be more conservative back in her E...