Josie Stratman
@JosieStratman
city hall reporter @nydailynews | [email protected]
Some personal news: Starting today I’ll be covering City Hall and NYC politics for the @NYDailyNews! I’m super excited for the new beat and to work alongside @C_Sommerfeldt. Send me scoops and add me to your press lists⚡️
NYS has settled a lawsuit brought by former Andrew Cuomo aide Brittany Commisso for nearly half a million dollars, according to her attorneys. Commisso’s case accused Cuomo of groping her in 2020, making sexualized remarks about her looks and other inappropriate behavior.
In a Bloomberg podcast released today, Mayor Adams claims he picked a crack pipe up "off the street" to use in this video
Eric Adams teaches you how to search your child's room. Truly New York's weirdest guy.
New: That new anti-Zohran Mamdani reply bot, @CityDeskNYC, is run by the same 24-year-old behind @dogeai_gov. The developer tells me he hopes to sell the new bot to one of Mamdani's mayoral foes: Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo or Curtis Sliwa. courthousenews.com/zohran-mamdani…
Among the rank-and-file supporters at a endorsement rally for Mayor Adams on the steps of City Hall: - man with a “Make Adams great again” sign - man with a “Mamdani is bad for NYC” sign wearing a hat promoting his Santa-for-hire business
The mayor touts his record on public safety, says he’s never met anyone in NYC that wants less police. He promises to hire 4k more police officers “We have come too far to go backwards,” he says.
WE FIXED IT: Obviously our successful rally had an effect on @NYDailyNews management, who felt compelled to “write” an op-ed. Unfortunately it’s full of mischaracterizations and missing key facts. As journalists we couldn’t let that slide, so we got out our red pens…
Mayor Adams nets his biggest fundraising haul for this election cycle yet, totaling $1,556,155. 64 employees of SL Green, a real estate firm whose CEO hosted a huge fundraiser for the mayor, donated to the campaign. nydailynews.com/2025/07/16/may…
One of these protesters is Steve Kramer, who admitted to sending out robocalls imitating former President Biden. apnews.com/article/ai-rob…
CHAOS erupted at the meeting: A handful of protesters chanting “$7m wasted,” referring to the CFB’s mailer errors, and holding printer paper signs mill around the room. The board chair keeps politely asking them to leave
Cuomo out with a campaign video that shows him shaking hands on the UES. Seems to signal he’ll switch up his campaign strat, says he’ll “hit the streets” every day “When you get knocked down, learn the lesson and pick yourself back up and get back in the game,” he says.
In it to win it.
Mayor Adams claims that, before Andrew Cuomo jumped into the primary race, the ex-gov told Black and brown faith leaders that he would not run against Adams. "Did he keep his word? No he didn’t," Adams says. Not sure how this would make sense if Cuomo had won the primary
On @MSNBC yday, Mayor Adams said Mamdani was "lying" by checking off African-American on his Columbia app, says he shld've just said African. "You are not American. He was not a citizen. He became a citizen just recently. So for him to state that he was American, that was a lie"
New: There's a new PAC in support of Zohran Mamdani, coming as the city's wealthiest drum up their own groups to try to defeat him. nydailynews.com/2025/07/11/new…
