You can’t spell “tenacity and heart” without katie honan journalism.cuny.edu/2025/08/tellin…

.@nycmayor has been denied matching funds again, as Zohran Kwame Mamdani gets more than $1.6M, Curtis Sliwa gets more than $1.9M, and Jim Walden gets more than $237K No money for Andrew Cuomo either

Join us tonight when Errol Louis (@errollouis.bsky.social) sits down with Dr. Michelle Morse to talk about the Legionnaires' outbreak in Harlem. We'll break down what symptoms to look out for and what to do if you're feeling sick.

New: Ex-NYS Office of Cannabis Management chief Chris Alexander says Governor Kathy Hochul & other NY agencies originally signed off on the rule that put hundreds of dispensaries too close to schools or houses of worship. And more could be impacted that don’t know it yet. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-re…

.Eric Adams⁩ opened his new campaign office in Mill Basin yesterday — but it has a full vacate order after a wall collapse two years ago thecity.nyc/2025/08/08/ada…

.Zohran Kwame Mamdani on Andrew Cuomo accusation that Mamdani is too wealthy for his rent-stabilized apartment. “I live rent free in his head.” #NBC4NY

Whatever you think of means-testing NYC's rent-stabilized housing (& Andrew Cuomo's specific proposal to make landlords find tenants for whom the rent equals 30%+ of their income) housing experts say the concept would create a bureaucratic nightmare For Gothamist

NEW MAYORAL POLL: Socialist Zohran Mamdani leads the field with 44% in general election for mayor, according to a Siena survey Mamdani: 44 Cuomo: 25 Sliwa: 12 Adams: 7 Undecided: 10 *very small sample of just over 300

.Jumaane Williams (@jumaane.bsky.social) (with Zohran Kwame Mamdani behind him) notes the relatively broad support from Brooklyn Dems for Mamdani. “I need you to understand what’s going on right now, because I don’t think this group of people agree about nothing,” Williams says

After a bit begrudgingly backing Andrew Cuomo in June's Democratic mayoral primary, ex-Gov. David Paterson is now expected to endorse Eric Adams for reelection tomorrow on the steps of City Hall, Adams' campaign says.

“Please don’t endorse me,” Curtis Sliwa says to his “husband-in-law” David Paterson when asked about the former governor backing Eric Adams. “You are the political kiss of death! Stay away from me.”

Lots of anti-Mamdani protestors at Zohran Kwame Mamdani event on Staten Island today as part of “anti-Trump” tour. Some of the chants included “go home!” And “Curtis Sliwa”

Stopping by the City Hall press room for the first time in quite a while, Mayor Adams remarked that a photo on the wall from his inauguration is one of his "favorite pictures." Jeff Coltin noted a lot of people in that pic have landed in legal trouble. "That's life," he replied.

SCOOP: Carlina Rivera is resigning from the City Council - months before she was going to be term-limited out - to lead an affordable housing organization. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

Important to hear from the people at the center of political debate. @nycmayor and New York City Council seem at odds over delivery app worker protections. Mayor vetoing some, championing others and vice versa. But it all affects actual people. Full story here: ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…

“I already miss being outside,” he tells me. “I now go to cemeteries a lot between meetings,” Zohran Kwame Mamdani reflecting on his new found fame, “because they are parks without people.” time.com/7308924/zohran…

A student at Public School 89 in Queens was detained along with her brother and mother at an ICE check-in in lower Manhattan this week — the first known ICE arrest of an NYC child under the age of 18 during the second Trump administration. buff.ly/BtgXPqS

New: We asked Mayor Eric Adams about his former staffer Mohamed Bahi who pled guilty this week for his role in a scheme to funnel illegal donations to Adams’ campaign - and was listed as a co-conspirator in Adams’ dropped criminal case Adams says Bahi never named him in his guilty plea