Jeffery C. Mays

If a new effort to persuade voters to change New York City’s closed primary system gains steam, a potential showdown between its backers and the mayor awaits.

After democratic socialists captured two House primaries and several state legislative contests in New York, the group’s leaders mulled how to use their expanding influence.

After propelling Zohran Mamdani to become mayor of New York City, the Democratic Socialists of America are trying to take down incumbents in the House and the State Legislature.

The State Department canceled President Gustavo Petro’s visa last year after he attended a pro-Palestinian rally in Manhattan. He had planned to attend a forum led by Mayor Mamdani of New York.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not filled the vacant role of president of the Economic Development Corporation, deepening concern over his attention to the New York City economy.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new housing plan will include measures to improve New York City’s crumbling public housing system.

Several entities tied to Representative Mike Lawler, New York’s most endangered House Republican, paid a political consulting firm he once owned, raising ethics concerns.

Lawyers representing the abuse survivors warned their clients that the archdiocese would most likely file for bankruptcy if they did not agree to the settlement.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and King Charles did not meet privately. But if they had, the mayor said, he probably would have raised the issue of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond.