Emma G. Fitzsimmons

Mamdani Reflects on His Astonishing Rise and the Challenges Ahead: nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyr…

Zohran Mamdani, asked about keeping mayoral control of schools, says his goal is not to return to the past, but to "address the critiques that I've heard about a lack of involvement by educators, parents, students." Who gets the final say? He says he would as mayor.

‘Like Dogs in Here’ — Videos Expose ICE Lock-up Inside 26 Federal Plaza thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/vid… via @THECITYNY

NEW: Kristi Noem and Thomas Homan blamed Mayor Adams and sanctuary policies in shooting of an off-duty customs officer in New York. Homan -- upset over ICE being blocked from Rikers Island -- said more ICE agents would be sent to NYC. W/ @La__Ley: nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyr…

Curtis Sliwa is having a presser outside Animal Care Centers of NYC in East Harlem to criticize them for not taking in more animals after they reached max capacity. He’s running on the “protecting animals” independent line in addition to GOP line

Eric Adams, asked about Homan's comments that he'd "flood the zone" with ICE agents in NYC, says "I welcome it" if he's going after dangerous people like the person who shot the customs officer. But if they're coming after "every day folks"? "I don't think we should do that."

Mayor Eric Adams says he's "confused" by questions about Noem criticizing him when people have argued that he's "under their thumb." "You can't have it both ways. We're not joined at the hip." He says there are areas where he agrees and disagrees with the Trump administration.

Mayor Eric Adams, asked about criticism from Kristi Noem about the shooting of an off-duty customs officer, says he's "extremely angry" about the shooting and blames the court system and Cuomo, including "Andrew's bail reform" laws which led to a "revolving door" of arrests.

Mayor Eric Adams picks up Tisch's comments on defunding the police and says, without naming Zohran Mamdani, that civilians cannot respond to domestic violence calls because Officers Mora and Rivera were killed in 2022 responding to a domestic incident.

Jessica Tisch strongly praises Mayor Eric Adams for pulling New York City out of the "defund abyss" and giving NYPD the resources it needs. She's speaking with the mayor at an event about subway surfing and highlighting 200 rescues made through a drone program.

Jessica Tisch gives an update on the shooting of an off-duty customs officer: They've apprehended a second suspect. He was arrested 8 times for robberies involving scooters and is a suspect in 4 additional cases and entered the country illegally in 2022 through Texas.

Noem goes after @NYCMayor hard here, suggesting sanctuary policy led to the officer’s shooting. Adams who has said he wants to change the laws, did not put sanctuary policies into place and he’s been very cooperative with the Trump administration.

At Hampton Synagogue this morning, Andrew Cuomo said he "didn't debunk" Mamdani enough. Cuomo added that Mamdani got "more than 50 percent" of the Jewish vote. "Those young people, the under-30 people, they are pro-Palestinian, and they don't consider it being anti-Israel."

The U.S. organ transplant system performs thousands of lifesaving operations each year. But amid a push to increase transplants, a growing number of potential donors have endured premature or bungled attempts to retrieve their organs. Our story today: nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/…

Patrick Gaspard said he was confident that national and state Democrats would embrace Mamdani. They “have every right to poke under the hood and kick the tires and to be strategic.” nytimes.com/2025/07/20/nyr…

Mamdani Won Over N.Y.C. Democratic Voters. Can He Charm Washington? with @llerer: nytimes.com/2025/07/20/nyr…

Mamdani is traveling to Uganda post primary with his wife to spend time with family.

A response from Cuomo’s team: "We oppose the dismissal of Ms. Commisso's lawsuit because it is in the public interest for the public to see the evidence that New York taxpayers paid to obtain.”

New from Brittany Commisso’s lawyer:

A third patient has died this year after getting a gene therapy from Sarepta. The head of the FDA tells Bloomberg that he's “taking a hard look” at whether Elevidys should remain on the market. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Zohran Mamdani, asked by @errollouis if the mispronunciation of his name (by Karoline Leavitt, Andrew Cuomo, Eric Adams) is a "calculated act of disrespect," says: "I think there is an element of that especially when it's repeated."