Eric Adams was elected mayor in a campaign season filled with plenty to hear — and see.
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How Garcia, Wiley and Morales Gave Their Male Mayoral Rivals a Run for Their Money
Mayoral candidate Eric Adams notched another $1.3 million in taxpayer-footed public matching funds Thursday — but the latest campaign finance numbers show how his top female primary rivals gave him a run for his money. The five men among the top eight Democratic candidates outpaced the women in garnering the support of super PACs — […]
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Adams Ahead in Mayoral Race, But Wiley and Garcia Count on Ranked Choice Tally
The Democratic primary ended in a rush of activity, with Maya Wiley and Kathryn Garcia joining Eric Adams at the initial head of the pack. Now New Yorkers are in for a big wait with absentee ballots needed to begin the full ranked choice voting count.
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NYC Mayoral Primary Arrives Tuesday — Here’s What You Need to Know
Voters are set to hit the polls and use the new ranked choice voting system to pick who’s going to lead the post-pandemic city. But it could be weeks before New Yorkers know who won the mayoral race and contests from comptroller to City Council.
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Small Donors Shine in Record-Breaking NYC Mayoral Election Year
Whichever candidate prevails once every last vote for mayor gets counted, small campaign donors and the champions of a ramped-up public matching funds program can claim a win. The number of people donating less than $100 to a campaign has tripled since the last time the top job in New York City was open in […]
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Who’s the NYC Business Community’s Choice for Mayor?
Just this week, Brooklyn businessperson Gil Cygler launched a PAC called Better NY for All to raise $500,000 to fund ads in support of Eric Adams’ campaign for mayor as well as a few other select candidates in the borough. “A lot of small business people are being hurt by the leftward shift in the […]
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Morales’ Mayoral Campaign Turmoil is ‘Déjà Vu’ for Some of Her Former Non-Profit Staff
The progressive Democrat’s current woes reflect past management issues, some ex-employees said, while others defended her as a strong leader. Morales charges she’s being undermined, but is “managing the disruption.”
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Dianne Morales Staff Implosion Highlights Mayoral Campaign Pay Disparities
Before they become the boss of the city’s more than 320,000 municipal workers, mayoral candidates must first manage another group: their campaign staff. Progressive Democrat Dianne Morales suffered a painful reminder of that this week with the departures of three senior staffers and an advisor. That was followed by what unnamed Morales staff members charge […]
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Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Water-Meter Bribe Probe Preceded 2004 Departure from Big City Schools Job
Brooklyn Democratic primary contender lied to an investigator before acknowledging she directed her dad to pay $300 to make a $12,500 utility bill vanish, city records state.
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First Mayoral Debate Takeaways: Yang and Adams Targeted Amid Some ‘Nasty’ Moments
The two poll frontrunners garnered the most attention as Yang took knocks on his failure to vote in past elections and former cop Adams defended his tough-on-crime stance. And nobody was praising Bill de Blasio…