In a late Friday statement, Mayor Mamdani says NYC is firing Haitian municipal employees on TPS because of federal court rulings upholding the Trump admin's termination of the program (the statement doesn't actually say this, but a Mamdani spox confirms that's what's happening).
The bruises of the NY-13 congressional primary did not appear healed at a press conference today featuring both Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
By Chantal Mann
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At a Brooklyn Democratic Party convention last night, Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and her group made a break for it out a side door, hiding under a blue tablecloth, only to realize it opened onto an enclosed patio.
https://t.co/OvoISjL4bl
Chambers Street, widely considered one of NYC’s crummiest subway stations, is getting a total rehab thanks to congestion pricing revenue, Gov. Kathy Hochul says.
the project will restore the station’s infrastructure & appearance while preserving its historic architecture details
“The House Ways and Means Committee’s investigation of The People’s Forum is part of a broader effort by the Trump regime and its minions in Congress to intimidate orgs whose speech they disagree with"
We stand with @PeoplesForumNYC ✊🏾
https://t.co/bn1Bq1JYn4
NEW: Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan is candid about wanting a political promotion — and he’s trying to build a political movement to get him there. 🧵
I spent time with Ryan in his Hudson Valley district where he said the country needs what he calls “patriotic populism” — an uplifting alternative to the zero-sum class warfare promoted by others in his party.
Scoop: DSCC Chair Kirsten Gillibrand donated the max amount to El-Sayed’s campaign after they spoke Weds - as Dems try to recover and turn to a bruising general election in Michigan
-Michigan Dems Jewish Caucus leader spoke w/ El-Sayed at closed-door unity breakfast and wants to sit down to discuss his “deep concerns” about some campaign “rhetoric”
-Mike Rogers team already making plans to win over disaffected Stevens voters - incl new Black and Jewish voter outreach
-El-Sayed reached out to Wes Moore, who might join on the campaign trail
-Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and Zohran Mamdani also spoke with El-Sayed shortly after his win.
-Gillibrand pledged DSCC support as Dems face a new deluge of pro-Rogers $$$. Schumer also spoke with El-Sayed after quietly backing Stevens.
-El-Sayed will deliver remarks at the Michigan Dem unity rally tonight in Detroit
More w/ @lisakashinsky@erinpdoherty@aaronpellish
https://t.co/MREJS58Pb2 via @politico
New Yorkers are tired of losing an arm and a leg just to survive.
Higher costs. Bigger government. Less freedom.
Let's put New York back together and stop toying around. 🧱
State Sen. @zellnerforny is in line for a position in @GovKathyHochul’s administration, a post which would end his longtime leadership of Erie County Democrats in a matter of months, sources tell @JohnCelock:
https://t.co/mYKmZiZd8g
Jeremy Zellner, an upstate Democratic Party bigwig who just lost his state Senate race to a progressive challenger, could soon be in charge of your driver's license.
@JohnCelock has the scoop: https://t.co/EgpllP44as