74 m. ago Socialist Zohran Mamdani wins NY mayoral primary promising cheaper rents and food bills

Left wing candidate Zohran Mamdani has pulled off a stunning upset to win the Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City, in a major blow to the establishment

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2 h. ago Zohran Mamdani leads New York City mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes: ‘He won’

‘Tonight is his night,’ says ex-governor as progressive state representative is top in first round of countingZohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist who would become New York’s first Muslim mayor if elected, appeared set to win the city’s Democratic primary on Tuesday night, although it could be days before the final result is known.After 91% of votes were counted in the primary’s first round, Mamdani, a state representative, had 43.5% of the vote. Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor who had been a heavy favorite until recent weeks, was at 36.4%, and conceded on Tuesday night. Speaking at a campaign rally Cuomo said Mamdani had run a “really smart and good and impactful campaign”. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Heatwaves scorch millions across the East Coast with New York City and Boston seeing highs of over 100F

John F Kennedy International Airport recorded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38C) at midday on Tuesday for the first time since 2013

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10 h. ago Secrets and longing surface as Saint Laurent menswear parades at Pinault’s art palace

It-designer Anthony Vaccarello has sent out a Saint Laurent men’s collection that felt both sun-drenched and haunted, set not just in the heart of Paris, but drifting somewhere between the city and the legendary queer enclave of Fire Island in New York

Society

10 h. ago New York City closes arrival center for migrants in once grand Manhattan hotel

New York City has closed the arrival center for migrants it had established in a once grand Manhattan hotel

Events

11 h. ago Infamous New York City sidewalk aquarium is back but heat wave sparks concerns fish will boil

Pictures shared online show a new glass tank containing around a dozen goldfish, which has been planted in a shallow pit next to the pond’s original site. Founders insist they still have the backing of the community

Politics

12 h. ago Temperature in New York City reaches 100 degrees as eastern US swelters under extreme heat wave

The temperature in New York City have reached 100 degrees as the eastern U.S. sweltered under an extreme heat wave

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13 h. ago American tourist shares seven things that 'make no sense' about London

American tourist Nick Watts shared his biggest culture shocks after visiting the UK for the first time, including having to pay to use the loo and birds being 'worse' than in New York City

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14 h. ago Joe Burrow and Olivia Ponton appear to confirm romance months after robbery revealed her at his house

NFL star was seen visiting the model in New York City for a night out on the town

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19 h. ago With Andrew Cuomo, Democrats are doing a disastrous imitation of Trump | Moira Donegan

The former governor, now a New York City mayoral candidate, marks the party’s drift into boorishness and crueltyAs the far right has gained ascendancy, and the 2024 election is historicized as a blowout victory for Donald Trump rather than the relatively close contest that it actually was, members of the Democratic establishment and party leadership seem to be settling on the lesson that they will take into the second decade of the Trump era: if you can’t beat him, imitate him.It’s long been the impulse of the party to move right, chasing Republican victories by replicating Republican policy positions, and since their loss last November many Democrats have followed in this decades-old tradition, shifting their rhetoric still further rightward on border policy, crypto, foreign policy, trans rights and DEI. They respond to polling and to a vague sense of the cultural zeitgeist, aiming less to persuade than to imitate. Often, Democrats seem as if they are not offering a different polic...

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30 h. ago Major US cities ramp up security at religious centers over fears of repercussions after Iran bombings

Law enforcement in New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. are all taking precautions — though none were aware of any active threats

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32 h. ago Mahmoud Khalil welcomed back to NYC with cheers after release from ICE detention

Pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University student, Mahmoud Khalil, was welcomed back to New York City with cheers after release from ICE detention, footage from Saturday (22 June) shows.

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36 h. ago Brutal moment LeBron James is abused by angry fans while out in New York City

In a video shared by TMZ , several basketball supporters can be seen swarming the NBA legend while he makes his way to an event in the Big Apple on Saturday night.

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38 h. ago Zohran Mamdani appears to pull ahead of Andrew Cuomo, according to new poll

Progressive assemblyman may be leading the former governor in race for New York City mayor, survey findsZohran Mamdani, a Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, has drawn level with Andrew Cuomo in the city’s primary, according to a new poll, as voters brave record-breaking temperatures to cast their ballots.Mamdani, a 33-year-old New York assemblyman, may even be leading Cuomo, the 67-year-old former governor and scion of a prominent New York political family, if the poll’s simulation of the system of ranked-choice voting is correct. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori's Instagram deleted after risking arrest with edible bra and thong

Bianca Censori left little to imagination once again while out and about on the streets of New York City with husband Kanye West - and now she's made another surprise move

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41 h. ago Free buses, more housing, taxing the rich: how Zohran Mamdani has gone viral in the New York mayor’s race

He was 30 points behind former governor Andrew Cuomo just months ago, but now he’s surging in the contest to lead the largest US cityZohran Mamdani trailed Andrew Cuomo, the frontrunner to be the next New York City mayor, by 30 points just a few months ago.Now, just ahead of the Democratic primary on Tuesday, the 33-year-old democratic socialist has bridged the gap with Cuomo, a politician so of the establishment that a giant bridge north of New York literally bears his last name. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Know thine enemy: my ‘rat walk’ with New York’s rat czar made me rethink vermin

An estimated 3 million rats live in New York City – so members of the ‘Rat Pack’ are working to ease human-rodent relationsI am standing near a tree bed in a bustling Brooklyn park, with only a few feet of dirt separating me from a “small” family of rats – that’s usually around eight of them, I’m told. I’ve come on this “rat walk” with a few dozen New Yorkers, all milling about awkwardly, subjecting ourselves to the kind of brainless small talk heard at speed dating events. But instead of looking for love, we’ve come to learn more about New York’s rodent population. Tonight, knowing thine enemy means we must slink among the rats.We’re led by Kathleen Corradi, the city’s famed rat czar, appointed by Mayor Eric Adams in 2023, and we are united by our visceral hatred of rats. We don’t want to see them scurry by on late-night walks home, or watch as they slink in and out of trash bags on the street. We especially don’t want them in our homes. As one exterminator put it to the famed metr...

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62 h. ago The Gilded Age cast: who is in season three with Carrie Coon? Full list for HBO series

The Gilded Age is back for more drama in the world of 19th century New York City 🍎

Culture

63 h. ago Eastern half of U.S. braces for more long days of dangerous heat

Cities across the eastern and central United States are bracing for more days of extreme temperatures as a unusual June heat wave continues to grip that portion of the country

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65 h. ago ‘The risk is the lure’: subway surfing in New York City continues to claim young lives

Social media popularizes the deadly activity, and a 1847 law stymies families who try to hold the city to accountJaida Rivera’s 11-year son, Cayden, was supposed to be in school at Brooklyn’s Fort Greene preparatory academy on the morning of 16 September last year. Staff saw him in the cafeteria after his grandmother dropped him off at 7.45am.But 30 minutes later he was marked as absent. Cayden had somehow slipped out, boarded a G subway train traveling south and was riding on top of one of its carriages when he fell on to the tracks at the Fourth Avenue-Ninth Street station just after 10.00am. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Continue reading...

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