Morgan McKay
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New York Political Reporter @FOX5NY II fmr: Politics Reporter for @CAPITALTONIGHT, @NXSTMediaGroup and @KBZK II Montana native II [email protected]
Mark Leggiero is the one lone Trump supporter out in front of the NYS Capitol. He says he expected a few thousand ppl here and is disappointed. He said he drove 45 minutes for a peaceful protest

Lawler on his reelection to Fox: "Keeping the House majority is critical if we’re going to move this economy in the right direction."
.@NYCMayor refused to answer any questions earlier today about the claims of unsafe conditions at 26 Federal Plaza where some migrants are being held by ICE. .@NYIC put out videos on Tuesday morning showing over crowding and migrants sleeping on the floor.
Statements from @NYCMayor and the City Council on the DOJ lawsuit:


I never get to do this, because it's been almost half my life, but: some personal news. Friday is my last day @WAMCRadio. wamc.org/news/2025-07-2…
The DOJ is suing @NYCMayor, NYC Council Speaker @AdrienneEAdams, the City Council, the NYPD and more over the sanctuary city laws "The impact of New York City’s Sanctuary Provisions has been profound and frequently puts ICE officers in considerable risk of physical danger"


New: Trump's DOJ sues NYC, Mayor Adams over the city's sanctuary laws, claiming the laws are unconstitutional and violate the Supremacy Clause of the constitution
Hochul on redistricting: "All's fair in love and war. We are following the rules. We do redistricting every 10 years, but if there are other states that are violating the rules and trying to give themselves an advantage, all I say is I'll look at it closely with Hakeem Jeffries."
Zohran Mamdani won Dan Goldman's Congressional District (NY10) by thirty-seven percent (68.2% to 31.8%). Goldman won a split primary in 2022, earning only 18.5K votes (26%); whereas Mamdani won 95K votes in NY10. Notably, Goldman has not endorsed Mamdani.
THIS ⬇️ Rep. Ritchie Torres, who endorsed Cuomo in the primary: “I have not spoken to him since February. “If you had told me that the first mayoral candidate to call me would be Zoran Mamdani rather than Andrew Cuomo, I would have had trouble believing it.”
Mayor Adams responds to The City’s reporting of new straw donations to the campaign. “We follow all rules. Those are credit card donations,” he said.
New Eric Adams ‘Donors’ Say They Never Gave to His Reelection Campaign thecity.nyc/2025/07/24/eri… via @THECITYNY
The Hotel Trades Council endorsed Mamdani in the general, but the union’s standing behind Mayor Adams today to celebrate the enactment of the Safe Hotels Act, a hotel licensing law - a big policy win for HTC.
New Eric Adams ‘Donors’ Say They Never Gave to His Reelection Campaign thecity.nyc/2025/07/24/eri… via @THECITYNY
NEW: @NYCMayor has sent a letter to Trump Admin asking for an immediate inspection of 26 Federal Plaza.
.@GovKathyHochul on @RepMikeLawler decision to not run for governor: "Apparently he doesn't have the courage to stand up to me or to Donald Trump. I'm not surprised, but all I know is that not only will he not be governor and he won't be a congressman for much longer."

🧵 The data you have all been waiting for! The NYC mayoral primary WITHOUT batch elimination (and some early analysis) 1) Zohran's first round (469,642) would have been enough to win against Cuomo's final round (443,229)
The original “off topic” pressers could be useful when mayor’s officials were at the dais to share info, could be useful when it was just the mayor, but the new “strategy” of “maybe we’ll call on you at a press conference” doesn’t make sense either. @JumaaneWilliams has thoughts
Trump doesn’t criticize Mayor Adams or the council when asked what he’d say to local officials after a fed officer was shot in Manhattan by an undocumented immigrant. Instead focuses on Biden admin: “Why would they allow 21 million people into our country, unvetted, unchecked?”
GOP nominee for mayor Curtis Sliwa criticizes Andrew Cuomo for addressing a synagogue in the Hamptons and not speaking at a NYC synagogue. (He did in the primary. Synagogues in the city are mostly empty on summer weekends.) Via @MelissaRusso4NY
The use of ICYMI doing a lot of work here. Hard to catch Andrew Cuomo out campaigning if no public schedule is released.
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.