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New York City Mayoral Race
Only Eric Adams Can Stop Mamdani
Gaffe-prone. Goofy. Quite possibly a grifter. Eric Adams is still New York’s best hope of avoiding Mayor Mamdani.
Will Rahn
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.
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.
Coleman Hughes
48M
Zohran Mamdani’s Identity Games
Questions arise about his Columbia application, a Hanukkah video, and his father’s comparison of the U.S. to Nazi Germany.
Olivia Reingold
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.
Timothy P. Carney
How the Yuppies Became Socialists
Fifty years ago, the professional managerial class swung right. Today, in America’s biggest cities, they’re voting for leftists like Zohran Mamdani…
River Page
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.
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.’
Olivia Reingold
Our Picks of the Week: War, Peace, and TikTok Jacobins
The aftermath of the strikes in Iran. A socialist rises in New York. And much more.
The Editors
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.
Will Rahn
1HR 6M
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.
Reihan Salam
Daniel Lurie Wants to Save San Francisco from Itself
The city’s progressive experiment failed. Its new mayor says he can clean up the mess.
Peter Savodnik
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