NEW YORK CITY - Democratic candidate and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is running to be the city's next mayor, aiming to succeed incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who's running for re-election as an Independent.

Mamdani said racist and Islamophobic threats are not new for him but they recently reached a “new level of specificity.”

The city's comptroller, a candidate for mayor, was standing up for a New Yorker after a court date and demanded to see a warrant when he was arrested.

Brad Lander was escorting a defendant out of immigration court in Manhattan when he was "taken by masked agents and detained by ICE," his campaign spokesperson said.

Socialist Zohran Mamdani is surging and voters can rank five candidates in the crowded field. But will the anti-Cuomo candidates cooperate?

​Last week Times Opinion published The Choice, a new project to help voters think through their options in high-stakes elections. We brought together 15 New Yorkers of varied backgrounds and expertise to assess the nine leading Democratic candidates for mayor of New York and choose which one would make the best leader for the city.

Democrats are spending a great deal of time and money these days on trying to reconnect with the blue-collar men of the American heartland. And for good reason. The Electoral College map and distribution of House districts mean that if the Blue Team keeps getting shellacked with working class voters in the Midwest and

In lieu of a traditional mayoral endorsement, the New York Times Editorial Board on Monday advised voters against placing Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens) on their ballot and raised “serious objections” to former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “ethics and conduct.