Former Governor Andrew Cuomo appeared to come away with a major endorsement victory over the weekend after a slate of Black elected officials from Southeast Queens encouraged their supporters to rank the Queens-raised Cuomo first on their Democratic mayoral primary ballots.
Read MoreSeveral local Queens electeds and City Comptroller Brad Lander are calling on the city not to renew a contract with a borough hotel linked to an alleged illegal kickback scheme.
Read MoreAfter months of flirting with a return to public office, Andrew Cuomo officially announced his bid for New York City mayor on Saturday.
Read MoreNew campaign fundraising numbers show Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani outraising all of his mayoral opponents during the most recent filing period. The new filings also show a rush of cash to several local races in the World’s Borough.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams, as well as Queens elected officials running for mayor, are all toward the bottom of a pack in a new 2025 mayoral primary poll that showed former Governor Andrew Cuomo – who has yet to actually declare for the race – has a strong lead.
Read MoreWith Donald Trump vowing mass deportations and Mayor Eric Adams meeting with the president-elect’s new “border czar,” Queens is poised to be the center of a fight over immigration.
Read MoreWestern Queens Assemblymember and Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani officially launched his long-rumored bid for mayor of New York City on Wednesday.
Read MoreQueens State Senator Jessica Ramos is announcing that she will be running for mayor, joining a growing list of primary opponents to Mayor Eric Adams.
Read MoreThe number of detainees who have had to wait three years or longer on Rikers Island while their cases sluggishly make their way through the court system has increased by nearly 180 percent in the last half decade, according to a new report.
Read MoreQueens Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar, who is perhaps Mayor Eric Adams’ closest elected ally, is exploring a run at the city comptroller’s office.
Read MoreThe Adams administration’s 60-day shelter limit rule for families was poorly implemented and caused migrants to be haphazardly pushed out of the shelter system, a new report released this week claims.
Read MoreAfter years of debate over one of New York City’s most controversial political topics, the MTA officially passed its final congestion pricing plan on Wednesday morning.
Read MoreA group of Queens lawmakers took aim at two of the city’s most powerful universities this week, demanding they pay their “fair share” of property taxes to directly fund their public counterparts.
Read MoreThe family of a 35-year-old man who died by suicide on Rikers Island last year will be awarded over $2 million from the city before they’ve even filed a lawsuit, the New York City comptroller’s office announced on Friday.
Read MoreThe Adams administration was grilled by the City Council over its contracting practices during the ongoing migrant crisis on Thursday, which comes as one of the companies contracted to provide city services to asylum seekers comes under major scrutiny.
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