Chris Sommerfeldt
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New: Zohran Mamdani's expected to later this morning announce he plans to appoint Dean Fuleihan as his first deputy mayor, per sources.
Fuleihan served in the same role under Bill de Blasio.
Fuleihan served in the same role under Bill de Blasio.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New: Zohran Mamdani's expected to later this morning announce he plans to appoint Dean Fuleihan as his first deputy mayor, per sources.
Fuleihan served in the same role under Bill de Blasio.
Fuleihan served in the same role under Bill de Blasio.
I'm not at Somos, but a source sends this vid of @DianaAyalaNYC urging colleagues to not back the Council speaker candidate who privately told ppl in 2021 Ayala was "not smart enough" to be speaker. Per source, Ayala's referencing Julie Menin, who's running for speaker this year.
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I'm not at Somos, but a source sends this vid of @DianaAyalaNYC urging colleagues to not back the Council speaker candidate who privately told ppl in 2021 Ayala was "not smart enough" to be speaker. Per source, Ayala's referencing Julie Menin, who's running for speaker this year.
Well over half of the 2 million+ New Yorkers who voted in the mayoral race were younger than 55, with a significant share of them being Millennials and Gen Zers — a reversal of typical age-based turnout patterns fueled by enthusiasm around Zohran Mamdani. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/07/m...
Mamdani win upended NYC electoral politics: OK Boomers, Gen Z and Millennials are now in charge
Around 1.16 million New Yorkers under 55 voted in the Nov. 4 contest, making up almost 58% of the more than 2 million who cast ballots overall. Those between 18 and 44, who make up the youngest Gen…
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November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Well over half of the 2 million+ New Yorkers who voted in the mayoral race were younger than 55, with a significant share of them being Millennials and Gen Zers — a reversal of typical age-based turnout patterns fueled by enthusiasm around Zohran Mamdani. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/07/m...
Among A LOT going on in this interview, Mayor Adams was asked if he thinks NYers need "swagger" or a rent freeze. "I think that you should have rent freeze and walk in with swagger," he replied (I think as a joke?), making it sound like he wants a freeze. youtu.be/-9CmFvGEXXk?...
ERIC ADAMS IS AN ICONIC GUEST | ZIWE INTERVIEW
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November 7, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Among A LOT going on in this interview, Mayor Adams was asked if he thinks NYers need "swagger" or a rent freeze. "I think that you should have rent freeze and walk in with swagger," he replied (I think as a joke?), making it sound like he wants a freeze. youtu.be/-9CmFvGEXXk?...
New: Zohran Mamdani has critized both Obama and Biden pretty harshly over the years.
But after his election win Tuesday, both ex-presidents called Mamdani separately to praise his "moral compass" and influence on the Democratic Party in the Trump era. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/o...
But after his election win Tuesday, both ex-presidents called Mamdani separately to praise his "moral compass" and influence on the Democratic Party in the Trump era. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/o...
Obama, Biden praise Mamdani in post-election calls, signaling key Democratic Party support
The congratulatory messages from the two ex-presidents, who are among the Democratic party’s most popular national figures, appear to be a signal mainstream Democratic heavyweights are warmin…
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November 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
New: Zohran Mamdani has critized both Obama and Biden pretty harshly over the years.
But after his election win Tuesday, both ex-presidents called Mamdani separately to praise his "moral compass" and influence on the Democratic Party in the Trump era. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/o...
But after his election win Tuesday, both ex-presidents called Mamdani separately to praise his "moral compass" and influence on the Democratic Party in the Trump era. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/o...
New: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got advance notice from the Trump admin that ICE agents were about to conduct their aggressive Canal St. immigration raid — a revelation that could raise complex questions for Mamdani, who wants to as mayor keep her as PC. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got Trump admin heads up before ICE raid on Canal Street
The revelation that Tisch had advance knowledge of the Trump administration’s Canal St. raids could raise a number of complicated questions for Zohran Mamdani, the mayoral-elect who has said …
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November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got advance notice from the Trump admin that ICE agents were about to conduct their aggressive Canal St. immigration raid — a revelation that could raise complex questions for Mamdani, who wants to as mayor keep her as PC. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
While many in NYC politics are in Puerto Rico today for SOMOS, Mayor Adams is going to DC to meet with the president of Uzbekistan "to discuss new opportunities for trade and investment between" that country and the U.S.
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
While many in NYC politics are in Puerto Rico today for SOMOS, Mayor Adams is going to DC to meet with the president of Uzbekistan "to discuss new opportunities for trade and investment between" that country and the U.S.
FDNY Commish Robert Tucker submitted his resignation to Mayor Adams this a.m. in the wake of Zohran Mamdani's election.
Other top Adams allies, like Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry, are expected to resign in coming days too, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/05/f...
Other top Adams allies, like Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry, are expected to resign in coming days too, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/05/f...
FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker resigns day after Mamdani NYC mayoral win
In a letter to Mayor Adams sent less than 12 hours after Mamdani’s win, Tucker announced his last day will be Dec. 19.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
FDNY Commish Robert Tucker submitted his resignation to Mayor Adams this a.m. in the wake of Zohran Mamdani's election.
Other top Adams allies, like Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry, are expected to resign in coming days too, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/05/f...
Other top Adams allies, like Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry, are expected to resign in coming days too, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/05/f...
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
While Mamdani has been elected mayor, it remains to be seen if he will clinch an outright majority of the vote share once all ballots are counted.
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Zohran Mamdani elected NYC mayor in historic defeat of Andrew Cuomo
Democrat Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, becoming the youngest man picked to lead the five boroughs in modern history in what is widely seen as watershed moment for hi…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
While Mamdani has been elected mayor, it remains to be seen if he will clinch an outright majority of the vote share once all ballots are counted.
Follow along here:
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Follow along here:
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Zohran Mamdani has been elected the 111th mayor of NYC.
The reaction at his election night party at Brooklyn Paramount:
The reaction at his election night party at Brooklyn Paramount:
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Zohran Mamdani has been elected the 111th mayor of NYC.
The reaction at his election night party at Brooklyn Paramount:
The reaction at his election night party at Brooklyn Paramount:
Polls are closed in New York City, and Zohran Mamdani is holding an early, double digit lead over Andrew Cuomo in the first ballot dump of the evening (this upload is mostly votes cast early).
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Polls are closed in New York City, and Zohran Mamdani is holding an early, double digit lead over Andrew Cuomo in the first ballot dump of the evening (this upload is mostly votes cast early).
The press line into Zohran Mamdani's election night party at the Brooklyn Paramount stretches around almost the entire venue.
Polls close in just over an hour.
Polls close in just over an hour.
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The press line into Zohran Mamdani's election night party at the Brooklyn Paramount stretches around almost the entire venue.
Polls close in just over an hour.
Polls close in just over an hour.
Kevin Moran, 80 and a retired cabbie in South Ozone Park, voted for Cuomo, but said he won't be upset if Mamdani wins. "If Mamdani wins, I'll be happy...I think it'll probably be a bit of a rough road for him, but I think he'll be able to do it," he said. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/04/n...
Turnout in NYC mayoral election already exceeds 2021 race, hours before polls close
Just shy of 460,000 residents cast ballots in the first six hours of polling sites being open starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Kevin Moran, 80 and a retired cabbie in South Ozone Park, voted for Cuomo, but said he won't be upset if Mamdani wins. "If Mamdani wins, I'll be happy...I think it'll probably be a bit of a rough road for him, but I think he'll be able to do it," he said. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/04/n...
Workers at 3 Manhattan polling sites got emails threatening a terror attack today — but an NYPD source said investigators believe it’s part of a hoax to drum up fear on Election Day.
Bomb threats were also reported at polling sites in New Jersey earlier. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/04/n...
Bomb threats were also reported at polling sites in New Jersey earlier. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/04/n...
3 Manhattan polling sites receive Election Day terror threats in likely swatting hoax: NYPD
No polling sites have been shut down, the source said, with voting continuing as the NYPD and feds try to figure out who is behind the emails.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Workers at 3 Manhattan polling sites got emails threatening a terror attack today — but an NYPD source said investigators believe it’s part of a hoax to drum up fear on Election Day.
Bomb threats were also reported at polling sites in New Jersey earlier. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/04/n...
Bomb threats were also reported at polling sites in New Jersey earlier. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/04/n...
Just in: Zohran Mamdani says he's voting yes on ballot questions 1-5 and no on 6.
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Just in: Zohran Mamdani says he's voting yes on ballot questions 1-5 and no on 6.
Just in: Zohran Mamdani says he's voting yes on ballot questions 1-5 and no on 6.
November 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Just in: Zohran Mamdani says he's voting yes on ballot questions 1-5 and no on 6.
"The president is right: a vote for Sliwa is a vote for Mamdani," Cuomo says on 77WABC radio in response to Trump's words of support just posted on Truth Social.
"Now it's gonna be up to the Republicans, and I hope they listen to the president," he adds.
"Now it's gonna be up to the Republicans, and I hope they listen to the president," he adds.
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"The president is right: a vote for Sliwa is a vote for Mamdani," Cuomo says on 77WABC radio in response to Trump's words of support just posted on Truth Social.
"Now it's gonna be up to the Republicans, and I hope they listen to the president," he adds.
"Now it's gonna be up to the Republicans, and I hope they listen to the president," he adds.
"Do we want it to be morning again in New York...Or do we want to shiver in the night cast by a politics of fear?” Zohran Mamdani said in his closing message today, echoing (maybe a bit unexpectedly?) Ronald Reagan's 1984 "Morning Again in America" ad.
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Mamdani pushes ‘morning again,’ Cuomo warns of dangers as NYC mayoral candidates near finish line
The contrasting visions were delivered on the eve of Tuesday’s mayoral election, which is seen as one of the city’s most consequential in decades.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Do we want it to be morning again in New York...Or do we want to shiver in the night cast by a politics of fear?” Zohran Mamdani said in his closing message today, echoing (maybe a bit unexpectedly?) Ronald Reagan's 1984 "Morning Again in America" ad.
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Zohran Mamdani marching across the Brooklyn Bridge with supporters, including Tish James and Brad Lander, before delivering his closing campaign message in City Hall Park.
November 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani marching across the Brooklyn Bridge with supporters, including Tish James and Brad Lander, before delivering his closing campaign message in City Hall Park.
Uptown Manhattan Councilwoman Carmen De La Rosa pulled out of the City Council speaker race late Sunday and offered support for her Brooklyn colleague Crystal Hudson‘s bid to become the chamber’s next top leader.
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Carmen De La Rosa drops bid to become NYC Council speaker, endorses Crystal Hudson
Uptown Manhattan Councilwoman Carmen De La Rosa pulled out of the City Council speaker race late Sunday and offered support for her Brooklyn colleague Crystal Hudson’s bid to become the chamb…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Uptown Manhattan Councilwoman Carmen De La Rosa pulled out of the City Council speaker race late Sunday and offered support for her Brooklyn colleague Crystal Hudson‘s bid to become the chamber’s next top leader.
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More than 735,000 New Yorkers voted early in the NYC mayoral election, putting the contest on track to potentially generate record-shattering turnout.
Veteran NYC election expert Jerry Skurnik said he believes total turnout could reach 2 million. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/02/m...
Veteran NYC election expert Jerry Skurnik said he believes total turnout could reach 2 million. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/02/m...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
More than 735,000 New Yorkers voted early in the NYC mayoral election, putting the contest on track to potentially generate record-shattering turnout.
Veteran NYC election expert Jerry Skurnik said he believes total turnout could reach 2 million. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/02/m...
Veteran NYC election expert Jerry Skurnik said he believes total turnout could reach 2 million. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/02/m...
Defend NYC, a pro-Cuomo super PAC operated by Trump adviser Jason Meister, is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on sending out this text message to NYC voters, hoping it'll convince them to vote Cuomo for mayor, new filings show.
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Defend NYC, a pro-Cuomo super PAC operated by Trump adviser Jason Meister, is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on sending out this text message to NYC voters, hoping it'll convince them to vote Cuomo for mayor, new filings show.
New: Mike Bloomberg didn't just give $1.5M to the pro-Cuomo Fix the City super PAC this week.
He also made an even larger $3.5M contribution to an anti-Mamdani super PAC called For Our City, making him the general election cycle's largest single donor. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/31/b...
He also made an even larger $3.5M contribution to an anti-Mamdani super PAC called For Our City, making him the general election cycle's largest single donor. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/31/b...
Bloomberg pumped $5M into anti-Mamdani super PACs this week, making him the cycle’s largest donor
Michael Bloomberg donated a combined $5 million to a couple of anti-Zohran Mamdani super PACs earlier this week, making the billionaire ex-mayor the general election cycle’s single largest po…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New: Mike Bloomberg didn't just give $1.5M to the pro-Cuomo Fix the City super PAC this week.
He also made an even larger $3.5M contribution to an anti-Mamdani super PAC called For Our City, making him the general election cycle's largest single donor. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/31/b...
He also made an even larger $3.5M contribution to an anti-Mamdani super PAC called For Our City, making him the general election cycle's largest single donor. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/31/b...
Mamdani's making a play for older New Yorkers in the final days of the race, doing a watercolor painting class with seniors in Brooklyn yesterday and Tai Chi with seniors in Manhattan today.
Cuomo has polled better with that constituency.
More on that: www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/30/m...
Cuomo has polled better with that constituency.
More on that: www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/30/m...
Mamdani targets senior voters as he seeks to blunt Cuomo edge with older NYers
Seeking to curry favor with a constituency that has been somewhat skeptical of him, Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani participated in a watercolor painting class with older New Yorkers…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Mamdani's making a play for older New Yorkers in the final days of the race, doing a watercolor painting class with seniors in Brooklyn yesterday and Tai Chi with seniors in Manhattan today.
Cuomo has polled better with that constituency.
More on that: www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/30/m...
Cuomo has polled better with that constituency.
More on that: www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/30/m...