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Anthony Izaguirre

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NYPD is on a 4-person manhunt after ‘disgraceful’ and ‘criminal’ assault that Mamdani calls ‘snowball fight’

“This was not just a ‘snowball fight.’ This was an assault,” the Police Benevolent Association said in a statement.

26.02.2026 6

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Anthony Izaguirre

Northeast Corridor gathers snow at 3 inches an hour as National Weather Service calls traffic ‘nearly impossible’

Blizzard warnings stretched from Maryland to Maine, while over 5,000 flights were canceled.

23.02.2026 5

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Mamdani restarts policy of clearing out homeless encampments following double-digit death toll from cold exposure

The policy had been paused on concerns it was inhumane, but Mamdani vows its restart will be more successful.

19.02.2026 10

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No, judge tells Trump. You can’t cripple $16 billion in funding for New York City and New Jersey

"Plaintiffs have adequately shown that the public interest would be harmed by a delay in a critical infrastructure project.”

07.02.2026 5

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Mamdani-Hochul alliance exposes affordability rift in New York state: ‘Republicans have kids, too, you can stand’

Hochul, a centrist from Buffalo, faces challenges from both her political left and right in this year's election.

14.01.2026 10

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George Conway, ex-husband of top Trump aide Kellyanne, runs for House in New York—as a Democrat

At one point, Trump fired back, calling Conway “a stone cold LOSER & husband from hell!”

06.01.2026 7

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Mamdani vows to ‘govern as a democratic socialist’ for every construction worker, halal cart vendor and spice-wielding cook in New York City

“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try."

02.01.2026 10

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Zohran Mamdani to get sworn in twice—once underground at abandoned Subway station and once before freezing block party

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a political ally and notable foe of President Donald Trump, will administer the oath of office.

31.12.2025 7

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Zohran Mamdani’s moment of truth: These factors will make or break the NYC mayor-elect’s ambitious agenda

Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, already faces intense scrutiny, even before taking office in one of the country's most scrutinized...

30.12.2025 9

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Legally assisted suicide to become law in New York State

“I was taught that God is merciful and compassionate, and so must we be,” Gov. Kathy Hochul wrote in an op-ed.

18.12.2025 5

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Brad Lander, with backing from Sanders and Mamdani, takes fight to Levi Strauss heir in lower Manhattan

“While the oligarchy drives the affordability crisis, they shouldn’t be able to buy a seat in Congress,” Lander said, apparently referring to...

11.12.2025 3

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Elise Stefanik, close ally of Trump, announces run for governor of New York

The upstate New Yorker was previously tapped to become the president's ambassador to the United Nations, although that was pulled.

08.11.2025 4

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Lina Khan among veteran names appointed to Zohran Mamdani’s transition team

“We’ll help him,” President Trump said of his new rival. “We want New York to be successful. A little bit, maybe.”

06.11.2025 9

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NYC mayoral candidates turn on each other in final debate: ‘Zohran, your resume could fit on a cocktail napkin. And, Andrew, your failures could fill a public school library in New York City’

Curtis Sliwa accused both men of “fighting like kids in a school yard,” but he piled on, too.

23.10.2025 4

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Zohran Mamdani goes on Fox News to publicly apologize to NYPD, offers Trump talks ‘at any time to lower the cost of living’

The mayoral candidate apologized for language he has used in the past to criticize the NYPD, saying he is “looking to work with these officers” if...

16.10.2025 7

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DOJ lawyers accidentally leaked an internal memo that poked holes in Trump’s plan to kill NYC’s congestion pricing 

A federal prosecutor’s office accidentally filed an internal memo that poked holes in the Trump administration's strategy to kill New York's toll.

25.04.2025 5

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams will run for reelection as an independent after deal with Trump DOJ to drop his corruption charges

The mayor, who had not formed much of a formal reelection apparatus, has struggled to raise money in recent months.

04.04.2025 7

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Texas judge fines New York doctor over $100,000 for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas

The ruling that could test “shield laws” in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal.

14.02.2025 10

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Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department records

The suit alleges that DOGE’s access to the Treasury records could interfere with funding already appropriated by Congress.

08.02.2025 10

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