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Byline: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY NEW YORK - New Yorkers are set to head to the polls Tuesday to pick their next mayor in what could be one of [...]

Byline: Branden Adams Who will win Tuesday's New York City mayoral primary race is anyone's guess. The new ranked-choice voting system means there is a distinct possibility that Andrew Yang [...]

New York City has embarked on the biggest ranked-choice voting election in American history with the Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday. Plenty of New Yorkers are looking for advice [...]

So far, turnout for local primary elections has been low. Historically, this has not been the case in challenging times. Theoretically, a city that is known for attracting some of [...]

The mayor is not making a public endorsement in the primary race, but he is believed to favor Mr. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president. It was one of the more [...]

Concerns about crime are dominating the Democratic primary, and the party's left wing has just started to coalesce. A year ago, the left wing of New York's Democratic Party was [...]

Byline: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY NEW YORK - Amid a mayoral race in which moderate candidates focusing on public safety have led in polling, factions further to the left [...]

The next public advocate, comptroller, Manhattan district attorney and City Council will play a crucial role in determining New York's future. With New York City emerging from the pandemic and [...]

Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels, and Fernando Mateo, a restaurateur, want to hire thousands of police officers. The Republican race for mayor pits two first-time candidates and [...]

Eric Adams, 60, Democrat Brooklyn borough president; former New York City police officer Mr. Adams is running as a blue-collar New Yorker with deep ties to the city and experience [...]

What did it take to record videos of eight Democrats who are vying to lead New York City? Collaboration, hustle and a willingness to talk to ambulance drivers, for starters. [...]

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's endorsement on Saturday may cement Ms. Wiley as the left-wing standard-bearer in the New York City mayor's race. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the most prominent left-wing leaders [...]

Stop me if you've heard this one before: A smart, experienced woman walks into an important meeting and can sense her male colleagues immediately looking her up and down to [...]

The eight Democratic contenders jousted over the economy, education and the fundamental question of who among them was qualified to run New York City. The Democratic candidates for mayor of [...]

Byline: Jada Yuan NEW YORK - There's a rule in politics: No silly hats. But here stood Andrew Yang, wearing a hairnet, and wearing it proudly. 'They gave it to [...]

A new survey put Kathryn Garcia in the lead, shaking up the mayoral race with just weeks to go before Primary Day. As the mayoral campaign of Dianne Morales, a [...]

Some candidates for Manhattan's district attorney are agents of change who want to cut the police budget. Others are very comfortable with long-established established power networks. During its 20 year [...]

Byline: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY NEW YORK - What started as internet jabs at mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang for saying his favorite subway stop is Times Square is now [...]

Byline: Michael Cavna The New York Daily News has defended an editorial cartoon mocking Andrew Yang that the New York mayoral candidate's camp decried as racist. The political art, by [...]

He once called himself the opposite of Trump. But he is another test of the theory that in politics, there's no such thing as bad publicity. Years from now, when [...]

New York City has a very important mayoral election this year, which will very probably be decided in the June Democratic primary. Big debate coming up which voters will get [...]

Mr. Jeffries, New York's top House Democrat, said he intended to engage in significant efforts on Ms. Wiley's behalf, including making campaign appearances with her. Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New [...]

Mr. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, has called money the ''enemy of politics.'' But his fund-raising has repeatedly pushed the boundaries of campaign-finance and ethics laws. Eric Adams, the Brooklyn [...]

Back on the campaign trail, the leading Democrats traded barbs over their competing visions for public safety. On the day after the leading Democratic candidates for mayor faced off in [...]

All three major female Democratic candidates for mayor have called on Scott Stringer, who has denied the allegation, to drop out of the primary contest. A bombshell sexual misconduct accusation [...]

Chaim Deutsch, a Brooklyn Democrat, was removed for violating his oath of office, officials said. After he pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of evading $82,000 in taxes, Chaim [...]

As the candidates seek to attract voters' attention, an ad for Scott Stringer says he is the candidate best suited to lead the ''city's greatest comeback.'' The ad wars in [...]

The New York City mayor's race has eight weeks to go before the June 22 primary, and endorsements and donations are beginning to help it take shape. Raymond J. McGuire, [...]

The endorsement from Ruben Diaz Jr., the Bronx borough president, could help Mr. Adams reach Latino and Bronx voters in the New York City mayor's race. When Ruben Diaz Jr. [...]

Carlos Menchaca, who bowed out of the New York City mayoral race last month, endorsed his former opponent. Andrew Yang may be leading early polls in the New York City [...]

No woman with his résumé would have a chance of becoming New York's mayor. There is an adage that men are judged on their potential and women on their accomplishments. [...]

Candidates vied for the backing of the influential teachers' union and other players, and one contender made a journey to Minneapolis. New York City's mayoral contest is indeed beginning to [...]

With the primary weeks away, candidates are sharpening their attacks, ramping up in-person events and preparing to spend the millions of dollars that they have stockpiled. It was opening day [...]

Even as New York has veered toward the left, two more-moderate candidates, Andrew Yang and Eric Adams, lead the mayoral race. Over the last year, New York politics have appeared [...]

Eric Adams won three big labor union endorsements, confirming his status as a top contender, and Loree Sutton dropped out of the race. Labor leaders are throwing their weight behind [...]

Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, and Ray McGuire, a former Citi executive, have become fast rivals in the New York City mayoral race. Just a few days after Raymond [...]

The candidates in New York City can barely keep up with a dizzying schedule of online forums. One candidate joins from his closet. Think you're sick of Zoom calls? Try [...]

Gwen Carr said she was endorsing Ray McGuire because his financial background could help him lead New York's recovery and make the city a ''safer place.'' In the nearly seven [...]

Questions about the Yang campaign's treatment of women and Citigroup's role in the mortgage crisis created moments of friction among the New York City contenders. Most mayoral debates in New [...]

Questions surrounding candidates' second homes, ranked-choice voting and ties to casino interests arose in New York's mayoral contest. One of the main unanswered questions in this year's mayoral race is [...]

The candidates are competing over who can best capture Washington's attention and assistance as New York navigates its recovery from the pandemic. In many tight political races, candidates battle over [...]

Andrew Yang's visit to a ''bodega'' drew digs from other contenders, and his entry in the New York City's race seemed to shake up the contest. Andrew Yang made a [...]

Eric Adams and Scott Stringer, two of the best-known candidates, continue to far outpace the rest of the Democratic field in raising money. For several months, the New York City [...]

Byline: Jaclyn Peiser As Andrew Yang roams through New York's uncharacteristically empty streets, he chats with supporters, waves at sanitation workers and drops into a Brooklyn barber shop. Narrating those [...]

As Kathryn Garcia and Shaun Donovan officially launched their campaigns last week, two newcomers, Andrew Yang and Rep. Max Rose, seemed poised to soon join them. One of the traditions [...]

The congressman, who lost his re-election bid last month, is casting himself as a blunt populist who would end New York's cycle of ''broken politics.'' Representative Max Rose, the brash [...]

Breezy Point, a private enclave in Queens, is a bastion of Trump supporters in liberal New York City. Jane and Ed Deacy, who both contracted the coronavirus this summer, say [...]

For decades, Republicans in Manhattan carved out a niche by embracing socially liberal causes. President Trump's election destroyed that centrism. Over the course of two decades, the New York City [...]

Chirlane McCray, who had considered running for borough president, said she wants to focus on helping the city recover from the pandemic. For much of Mayor Bill de Blasio's second [...]