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WATCH: Jonathan Mahler and Peter Savodnik on ‘The Gods of New York’
Four wild years in the 1980s completely remade NYC—and set the stage for Zohran Mamdani’s meteoric rise.
August 8, 2025
Peter Savodnik
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How New York Became a City of Billionaires
How did this city become so rich and so impoverished? Jonathan Mahler, author of a new history, will join my colleague Peter Savodnik live at 4 p.m…
August 7, 2025
Joe Nocera
Andrew Cuomo Enters His Influencer Era
Can the 67-year-old Boomer compete with Zohran Mamdani on TikTok and X? He sure is trying.
August 6, 2025
Olivia Reingold
She Was Murdered in Midtown Manhattan. The Internet Celebrated It.
Wesley LePatner was a mother, a wife, and a beloved boss. But to a growing number of people, she was a symbol of everything they hate.
July 31, 2025
Maya Sulkin
Why Young People Are Voting to Burn It All Down
Is Zohran Mamdani the left-wing Trump? Free Press columnist Tyler Cowen and Gen Z economics guru Kyla Scanlon break down the TikTok populism fueling the…
July 15, 2025
Bari Weiss
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The Polls Scream Mamdani, But Cuomo Won’t Quit
The former governor’s decision to stay in the race for New York City mayor gives the socialist front-runner yet another advantage.
July 15, 2025
Olivia Reingold
Eric Adams to Andrew Cuomo: ‘Get Out of the Race’
It’s the only way to stop the surging socialist candidate for New York City mayor, the current mayor tells The Free Press in a wide-ranging interview.
July 8, 2025
Olivia Reingold
WATCH: Eric Adams to Cuomo: ‘Get Out’ and Let Me Beat Mamdani
New York City’s mayor on Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo; socialism and corruption; policing and power; and rats and redemption.
July 8, 2025
Coleman Hughes
48M
Mamdani Botches the Math on Socialist Grocery Stores
The mayoral front-runner’s $140 million pledge is based on a basic misunderstanding of the city’s current grocery subsidies.
July 1, 2025
Timothy P. Carney
I Helped AOC Win. I Understand the Fantasy Zohran Is Selling.
Growing up has taught me that prosperity comes from less government, less regulation, and lower taxes, not more of them.
June 30, 2025
Lucy Biggers
Inside the Frenzy to Stop Zohran Mamdani
Vote totals due Tuesday are likely to show a wider lead for the socialist mayoral candidate. ‘We’re not going to vote for the party of billionaires.’
June 29, 2025
Olivia Reingold
The Revisionist History of Pride Month
We have gay rights because thousands of ordinary people were brave enough to live openly, not because a trans woman of color threw a brick at a bar.
June 29, 2025
River Page
WATCH: Who Can Beat Zohran?
Reihan Salam and Will Rahn discuss how Zohran Mamdani won, what comes next, and if NYC will become a socialist city.
June 27, 2025
Will Rahn
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Making Sense of Mamdani
Love or loathe the 33-year-old self-described socialist, you need to understand the hopes, anxieties, and resentments driving his coalition.
June 26, 2025
Reihan Salam
WATCH: New York City Democrats Choose Socialist Zohran Mamdani
Everything you need to know, with Olivia Reingold and Will Rahn.
June 25, 2025
The Free Press
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Why New York Just Voted for a 33-Year-Old Socialist
Zohran Mamdani’s charisma, hustle, and pie-in-the-sky proposals blindsided Andrew Cuomo and the political establishment.
June 25, 2025
Olivia Reingold
Mamdani Outhustled Cuomo. It Could Make Him New York’s Next Mayor.
His surging mayoral campaign is powered by 50,000 volunteers, with last-minute help from socialists from Atlanta.
June 24, 2025
Olivia Reingold
What Will It Take for New York to Elect a Republican?
Think Zohran Mamdani’s rise gives New York Republicans a shot at Gracie Mansion? Think again.
June 23, 2025
Will Rahn
Escape from New York: Business Leaders Say They’ll Flee If Mamdani Wins
‘It only takes a handful of successful people to leave to decimate the city’s tax base,’ Bill Ackman told The Free Press.
June 18, 2025
Olivia Reingold
This Is Andrew Cuomo’s Nightmare Scenario
Zohran Mamdani has all the energy and momentum. But can a 33-year-old socialist really defeat a former governor?
June 11, 2025
Olivia Reingold
New York Lawmakers Approve Assisted Suicide Bill
Legislation passed by the state senate has no waiting period; the governor hasn’t hinted at whether she will sign or veto.
June 10, 2025
Madeleine Kearns
Will New York Soon Make It Too Easy to Die?
Eleven states have legalized assisted dying, but only New York would have no waiting period, which risks turning suicide into a medical treatment…
June 8, 2025
Madeleine Kearns
Smells Like Green Spirit
New York City’s new eco-policy mixes food scraps with sewage and burns the result. It’s not what residents had in mind.
June 2, 2025
Josh Code
Suzy Weiss: It’s Over for Anthony Bourdain’s Fanboys
This week, our culture czar stumbled into a dinosaur bodega and read ‘Heartburn’ for the first time. Also, she has another show about middle-aged…
May 24, 2025
Suzy Weiss
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