Welfare fraud returned to the spotlight Friday as New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced that former U.S. acting labor secretary Julie Su will serve as the city’s first deputy mayor for economic justice.
Antisemitic posts resurfacing from more than a decade ago abruptly ended a key appointment in NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s incoming administration, raising fresh questions about vetting and judgment during the city’s transition.
An alleged antisemitic stabbing in New York City has triggered a police manhunt after authorities say a suspect stabbed a Jewish man in the chest while making anti-Jewish statements during a street confrontation in Brooklyn.
New York is officially going all-in on downstate casinos after the state Gaming Commission voted Monday to approve three Las Vegas-style casino projects in the New York City area.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s controversial safety team appointment is drawing sharp backlash after he selected formerly incarcerated rapper and activist Mysonne Linen to serve on his City Hall transition team for public safety and criminal justice.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly confronted the escalating controversy regarding threats of arrest during an interview at the New York Times DealBook Summit, declaring that he “of course” would visit New York City despite Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s threat to have him detained.
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is under fire for his response to the killing of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a 20-year-old member of the West Virginia National Guard who was shot near the White House.
A growing anti-Semitism scandal erupted this week after former Women’s March leader Tamika Mallory—removed from the organization for her ties to anti-Jewish rhetoric—reappeared on mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team.
The radical endorsement issued this week by New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is drawing swift backlash after he backed New York State Assembly candidate Aber Kawas—who once argued that 9/11 manifested from America’s “system of capitalism,” “racism,” “white supremacy,” and “Islamophobia.”
