While there aren’t as many competitive New York City Council races as there were two years ago, this year’s cycle has had no shortage of interesting threads to follow: from doctored fake news stories to the strong pipeline of former staffers becoming council members to candidates preparing for their next run to a fight over electioneering and the looming battle to become the next speaker.
Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign turned out lots of voters who didn't back Kamala Harris last year — they are ethnically diverse, younger and less affluent.
Americans relied on Fox News for information and analysis during election week, as it topped CNN and MSNBC for coverage of key races in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City.
The New York City mayoral race exploded on social media, which worked in favor of Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani.
For many New Yorkers, Election Day was cause for celebration: the anticipation of a new mayor with new ideas on how to address longstanding challenges from affordability to crime.
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani told "Good Morning America" on Wednesday that he would not be "intimidated" by potential threats from President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard to the city. "His threats are inevitable," Mamdani said. "This has nothing to do a safety, it has to do with intimidation."
A BC News projects Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani will win the race for New York City mayor, in a history-making victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who was running as an independent, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.
A close result would benefit voters by telling the new mayor to move to the political center.
New Yorkers sent a resounding message on Election Day: they want a city that fights back against President Trump and protects all New Yorkers, including our immigrant neighbors.
Former Plattsburgh Town Supervisor Michael Cashman is set to be sworn into the New York State Assembly on Thursday morning. Cashman won the Special Election for New York’s 115th Assembly District seat earlier this month.