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City Council Speaker Julie Menin pictured last week. Elon Musk is seen at President Donald Trump’s second inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025.

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City Council subpoenas Elon Musk’s AI company after rivals agree to testify under oath

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Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Chair of the Senate Committee on Education Senator Shelley Mayer

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Looking for a city job? Mamdani is opening a permanent walk-in jobs center amid thousands of vacancies

A homeless encampment on the West Side in July 2026.

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Mamdani admin stops automatically sending cops to 311 homeless encampment complaints

AI whistleblowers could get paid under new NYC Council proposal

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AI whistleblowers could get paid under new NYC Council proposal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 24, 2026, where he sharply criticized Mayor Zohran Mamdani during his remarks.

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War of words: Netanyahu attacks Mamdani in UN address; the mayor calls his claims ‘baseless lies’

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Socrates Solano takes over as Community Board 10 district manager in the East Bronx

By Matthew McKay Conversation…

President Donald Trump with Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, left, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani with Gov. Kathy Hochul, right.

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Hochul leads Blakeman in two new polls as Trump, Mamdani loom over governor’s race

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Signal issues: Council presses City Hall over influencer records as admin declines to send key official

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Bronx Democratic Party honors education advocate Crystal McQueen-Taylor

By Steven Goodstein Conversation…

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DoorDash to pay at least $131.5M after NYC finds it underpaid 260,000 workers

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At Gracie Mansion, Trump says it ‘feels like a home’ as Mamdani advances Sunnyside Yard talks

Monday, Sep. 21, 2026, Governor Kathy Hochul announces next steps to advance New York’s AI safety law, the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act.

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Hochul floats ‘AI kill switches’ as New York prepares to enforce frontier AI law

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Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Chair of the New York City Education Committee Senator John C. Liu

Mamdani joined DOT workers on Thursday to help fill the city's 200,000th pothole of the year on Troutman Street in Bushwick

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More potholes filled, but slower ambulances: NYC’s latest government performance report shows a mixed picture

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NYC emergency alert signups are surging. The city says severe weather and Mamdani helped

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