Jeffery C. Mays

“I don’t see anybody asking anyone else to qualify their stances on Islamophobia or anti-Muslim sentiment,” said Imam Khalid Latif, executive director of the Islamic Center of New York City. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/n...

“I have spent my life making government work and getting results for people,” Andrew Cuomo says, listing his experience, including 11 years as governor. A woman yells out, “you resigned in disgrace!”

Monday’s mass shooting may put concerns over gun violence back on voters’ minds, and have already lead some to scrutinize Mr. Mamdani for his views on policing. “He clearly does not understand what public safety is all about,” said Cuomo w/ @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/n...

Mayor Adams says conservative influencer/OnlyFans model Amber Rose brought Sneako, the streamer accused of antisemitism, to Gracie Mansion. Adams wanted his son to meet Rose and Rose brought Sneako. The mayor's reps claimed yesterday to not know who invited Sneako. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/n...

Facing pressure to implement campaign promises to reshape policing, Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday will name Jennifer Jones Austin, head of an influential anti-poverty organization, to lead the Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent police oversight agency. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/n...

Mayor Mamdani said his “commitment” is to still fulfill his campaign promise of making city buses free. Picking up the speed of buses is the first step in that process, he adds.

“In NYC, time is money,” says @mayor.nyc.gov “We’re going to give New Yorkers some of their time back” in announcing his roadmap for rapid bus service: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/n...

Abolishing ICE and support of Palestinians are two of the issues Mayor Mamdani says he expects the three congressional candidates he endorsed to be focused on when they get to Washington.

Mamdani said he is looking forward to working with Representative Hakeem Jeffries but knocking off two congressional incumbents, shows that the city is “hungry”for a new type of politics .

Just a few hours after successfully executing some raw political power moves in the Democratic primaries, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is in the Bronx playing with a bunch of children and Ellie, the Liberty mascot, to promote his early childhood initiatives.

For much of the D.S.A.’s existence, the group focused resources and endorsements on local races. But after helping spearhead Mayor Mamdani’s victory last year, the D.S.A.’s calculus has changed. It is now targeting high-profile House races. w/ Ben Oreskes www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/n...

1,300 people who sued the archdiocese over sexual abuse face a monumental choice: accept an $800M proposed settlement w/the archdiocese or risk fighting it out in court, an option that would likely lead the archdiocese to declare bankruptcy. w/ @mayaaking.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/n...

Quite a sight to see the first Muslim Mayor of NYC participating in Eid al Adha prayers with thousands of Muslims in the Bronx and then being mobbed by Muslim men and women as he exited. The mayor mentioned the pain many were feeling in the aftermath of the mosque attack in San Diego

The Archdiocese of New York has proposed paying $800 million to settle claims from the 1,300 people who say they were sexually abused as minors by priests and lay staff, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. w/@mayaaking.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/n...