Halfway through the story they get to the next story... what is really it's own nut graf. When Mamdani is sworn in on January 1st, he'll walk into a City Hall that faces an immediate, serious fiscal crisis. thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/mam…

"Leadership is disappointing people at a rate they can absorb." - Linksy

In the same way that media outlets sought out Trump-supporting talking heads in 2015 and 2016, it's crucial to seek out commentators who speak for a new, younger generation of Democratic voters. More in today's Reliable Sources: cnn.it/3WBPSjR

And did they! Plus, the California vote that didn't get so much attention will result in a higher chance of Dems taking the house next year: thebulwark.com/p/election-day… thebulwark.com/p/election-day…

Six months after suing President Trump over the tariffs on his educational toy companies, Rick Woldenberg is still trying to rebuild a business knocked askew by trade turmoil on.wsj.com/3LgWuBR

For much of the past decade, the Democratic Party has seemed stuck in a pre-Trump past. Yesterday’s elections felt like the turning of a generational page. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

After threatening him with his father, Hamas militiamen attacked the brother of Gazan activist Hussam Khalaf and broke his two legs this morning to silence Hussam from critizing Hamas.

More people voted in the election for the first Muslim mayor of NYC than voted in the election for the first black mayor of NYC. Zohran Kwame Mamdani made it over the 50% mark, barely. The city is deeply divided, like the rest of the country. It presents challenges for Z on day 1.

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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.

Wow the Ziwe interview with Mayor Eric Adams is worse than I imagined, congrats to all involved

Oh boy. x.com/molcranenewman…

Ye Apologizes to Rabbi for Comments About Jewish People: ‘I Wanted to Come & Take Accountability’ billboard.com/music/rb-hip-h… via billboard

When you look at new building construction permits in NYC it’s clear that the 485x tax abatement program is curbing how much new housing is being built. Developers are limiting the size of their projects to avoid triggering union labor requirements. crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/ed…

At CM Amanda Farías’ speaker reception, CM Diana Ayala alleges that speaker candidate Julie Menin told members in 2021 that Ayala wasn’t smart or education enough to lead the body. Not mentioned by name here but Ayala confirmed she was speaking about Menin.

"A man ran to the Broadview ICE facility today searching for his wife of five years. They were following the legal process, showing up for her court case, when ICE took her to another room and disappeared her. He tracked her phone to Broadview where the signal cut off. Police

Donald Trump campaigned as an anti-war President. He especially expressed disdain for forever wars. His Secretary Hegseth sounds like a guy who wants to take the U.S. into war.

The scrap heap of history is full of people who prophesied that NYC would die. They clutched their pearls as they said New York’s rich would leave the city en masse. Despite these repeated predictions, New York remains the place where they want to be. 230,000 move here each year.

“What's going to be left in a year, two years? Am I the one that broke what started in the late 1800s?” asks Franklin Carmack, a fifth-generation American farmer. He says his farm is in the red and fears he’ll lose the family farm. cbsn.ws/4nKmLpy

From The Athletic: It should go without saying that the Washington Commanders should not name their new stadium after President Trump, our columnist writes. nyti.ms/4oqlVzo