Just Posted: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says there is a dead worm in his brain. “The doctor believed that the abnormality seen on his scans ‘was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,’ Mr. Kennedy said in the deposition.” nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/…

NEW: Zellnor Myrie, an Afro-Latino state senator from Brooklyn known for backing progressive causes, will announce on Wednesday that he is moving to challenge Mayor Eric Adams Eric Adams in next year’s Democratic primary in NYC. W/Emma G. Fitzsimmons nytimes.com/2024/05/08/nyr…

NEW with Jeff Mays: Zellnor Myrie opens an exploratory committee to run against Mayor Eric Adams in the Democratic primary next June.
He says the mayor has shown a “failure of competence” and people are tired of his “showmanship.” nytimes.com/2024/05/08/nyr…

The New York Times is now accepting applications for the Newsroom’s 2024–26 Editing Residency. The deadline to apply is May 30. nytco.com/press/applicat…

In its very first year, the New York Times Local Investigative Fellowship is a Pulitzer finalist. Incredible. And by the way, it is accepting applications. Apply! nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/job/… pulitzer.org/finalists/jerr… Dean Baquet Sona Patel Kathleen McGrory Adam Playford

Such a well-written account of life inside Columbia and a surreal end to senior year by POLITICO’s own indefatigable Irie Sentner, who has been chronicling the news for us 24-7:

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Follow live results from the New York 26th Congressional District special election.
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NEWS: Timothy M. Kennedy, a Democratic New York State senator, easily won a special House election on Tuesday to replace a retiring congressman in western New York
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“What if I were to announce in three hours?” Mr. Kim said.

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New York Vowed to Shut Down Illegal Weed Shops. It Just Licensed One.

Another wild, head-scratching tale about weed in New York from ⁦Ashley $Southall⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/26/nyr…

1000% percent agree, Jonathan Swan. Glad you spoke up.

Fwiw, I have spoken to AG over the past year about this topic & this caricature is unrecognizable. I never usually comment on media stories but this irritated me bc it's such a bs mischaracterization of his views about the importance of serious longform presidential interviews.

I spoke with Michael Barbaro for an episode of The New York Times’ “The Daily” about “The Crackdown on Student Protesters” at Columbia University:
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Columbia University is at the center of a growing showdown between student protesters, college administrators and Congress over the war in Gaza and the limits of free speech. Listen to 'The Daily.' nyti.ms/3w58MWF

Scott Stringer, a potential NYC mayoral candidate, gets a procedural win in court today. A mid-level appeals court ruled that his defamation suit against Jean Kim can proceed to the merits after she tried to dismiss it.

Here's some background:
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Gale Brewer gets another, hard-won padlock. Here's the backstory >>

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.⁦Mayor Eric Adams⁩ pushes out head of police oversight board via @jeffcmays

She joins a growing list of women of color who’ve been reportedly pushed out of the admin, starting w Keechant Sewell, who also clashed with mayor over police discipline nytimes.com/2024/04/23/nyr…

“The university handed the committee thousands of pages of documents, including sensitive records that almost never become public.” — records on students and professors nytimes.com/2024/04/23/nyr…

“Dr. Shafik did not head back to New York to be on hand when the police arrived, however. She decided to keep a longstanding plan to attend a private dinner in Washington for the Bezos Earth Fund, according to a university spokeswoman.” nytimes.com/2024/04/23/nyr…