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"It sure seemed like Cuomo's camp was preoccupied with spinning the political class, when they're on the verge of losing the working class."

We interviewed Adrienne Adams. Now we have interviewed all the Democratic mayoral candidates … except one. Please note her answer on protesters blocking vehicles. nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/adrienne-ada…

Notable non-answers this week from Zohran Mamdani and Adrienne Adams about what they'd instruct the NYPD to do about protesters blocking ICE vans.

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All hail the Queen

👂For your morning listening, Harry Siegel & I did some late-night mayoral debate analysis. Find our conversation on last night’s fiery, substantive debate among 7 Democratic candidates at Max Politics wherever you get podcasts… /1

I talked to Grace Segers The New Republic about the case for ranked-choice voting and the case against NYC's batshit version where the primary and general election have very different rules and any attempt to explain things ends up as a Charlie Chart. newrepublic.com/article/196732…

A little irony in Mayor Eric Adams going on tom allon’s podcast to say he doesn’t need the press and can go “direct to consumer,”which he’s been trying and failing to do for three and a half years while constantly complaining about how he’s covered. cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/0…

By saying explicitly that voters shouldn't rank Mamdani, the Times is implicitly telling them that they could rank Cuomo but that the board won't directly say what it means is pathetically mealy-mouthed.

New pod, with NYT mayoral panelist Christina Greer on the paper's "mixed message": “The Times said, ‘Listen to these 15 smart people, they're going to give you some guidance.’ Then it said, ‘They didn't say what we wanted them to say, so now listen to us.’” thecity.nyc/2025/06/16/new…

“Far from being broken, New York is fundamentally a miracle, offering daily testimony to our ability to overcome the worst impulses of human nature and live together in something that reasonably approximates harmony.”

A reporter from The City had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, “Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?” thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/bra…

Over the weekend, Mayor Adams gave an hour-plus interview at Gracie Mansion, the mayoral residence, to Sneako, a streamer known for making antisemitic remarks. On Tuesday, he banned a reporter from City Hall news conferences for asking a question out of turn.