A former staffer in the governor’s office accused of working as an agent for China allegedly steered contracts for personal protective equipment during the COVID pandemic to a firm co-owned by her husband and another that belongs to a second cousin, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.  The prosecutors allege that former Deputy Chief of Staff Linda […]

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The unexpected victory of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as the presumed Democratic nominee for mayor confronts business leaders with a dilemma: Build bridges to a candidate they bitterly opposed as too far left or get behind Mayor Eric Adams bid for reelection. All signs point to the Adams option, as the incumbent mayor launches his […]

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The collapse of Andrew Cuomo’s campaign for City Hall did not come cheap. Between the $5.5 million his campaign spent and the $26 million that came from generously funded independent expenditure committees that supported him or attacked his chief rival, Zohran Mamdani, his losing effort came to $87 per vote. Mamdani, by contrast, spent $6 […]

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This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. Democrats on Capitol Hill are far from unified about what should happen next after progressive state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani emerged victorious over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday. […]

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Ana Liss had already put her kids to bed and was making a batch of banana bread on Tuesday night when her phone pinged with a text from one of her closest friends.  “I’m so happy for you, this is redemption,” the message said.  Liss, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and one of […]

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