NYC landlords are scrambling to stop Mamdani's ascent, warning that the candidate's policies would "destroy" the city's rental market. But renters back him up.

Trump floated taking over the city under a Mamdani mayoralty, saying, “We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to.”

During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump was asked about the New York City mayor’s race. Mamdani won the Democratic primary last month, drawing the ire of Trump. Mamdani is a self-described democratic socialist. Trump has consistently referred to Mamdani as a communist; Mamdani has said that he is not.

Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of Israel, is the expected Democratic nominee for mayor in America’s most Jewish city and that's raising alarms among some in the New York's Jewish community.

The founders of the initiative, the States Forum, say they hope to extend successful Democratic policies across states and even to the national level.

Former New York Governor David Paterson issued a statement Tuesday urging Democratic unity ahead of the November general election, warning that

Plans for two gas pipelines are moving ahead after the Interior Department allowed construction of a major offshore wind project to proceed.

Mr. Funk was the managing editor of Pleroma Media, and worked as a breaking news reporter at The Messenger after spending 25 years at Fox Television as a producer, executive producer, and digital content director.

Walton said part of the narrative around her campaign, and now Zohran Mamdani’s, that she felt was missing was the idea that her candidacy came from nowhere.

New York Times columnist Thomas B. Edsall argued the Democratic Party's future looks bleak as men trend toward Republicans, with experts suggesting the party alienated male voters.