NYC Mayoral Race - Polls Funding Endorsements Candidates - Election 2025
This Section is a Dedicated to Presenting the Candidates, Whose Funding Them, Whose Endorsing Them and Where they Stand on Key Issues in this Upcoming NYC Mayoral Election
Updated May 7, 2026 v. Original 7.14.25 / Bastille Day / New York NY / NYC Mayoral Race Polls & Election 2025 / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz.
This Section is dedicated to trying to present our audience with the candidates, policy, issues and polls, so that they may make an informed decison in the voting booth in the upcoming NYC Mayoral election.
This will be a running commentary that will soon get started and run through the election, and then morphing into a political effort beyond. Stay tuned. If you're interested in the 2025 Mayoral Race, you will likely find this section of great interest, as in it you'll encounter many important background stories that billionaire TV News is either unaware of, doesn't care about, or ignores because they don't seem capable of or interested in doto do real / hard news any more.
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Mamdani Wins NYC Mayoral Race
With 90% of Vote Counted, Mamdani Holds Commanding Lead
November 4, 2025 at 10.21 pm / NYC Politics Government & Media NYC, NYC News NYC / Gotham Buzz NYC.
It's been an interesting NYC Mayoral election, as it frequently is. But this year it was even more interesting, because of all of the machinations of the billionaires, in a desperate effort to hang onto the gravy train started by Bloomberg, and continued by Adams.
With 90% of the vote counted, Mamdani had won 50% of the vote, versus Cuomo's 42% and Sliwa's 7%, according to NPR. For details see - Mamdani Wins NYC Mayoral Election.
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It Looks Like Five of the Six Ballot Measures Will Pass
As for the Charter Revisions on the back of the ballot, those revisions dishonestly sold as solutions to the affordable housing crisis passed [Measures 2 - 5], with 90% of the vote counted. They passed, in part, because too many voters rely on superficial-headlined, billionaire-controlled, Network TV News. Too many voters in NYC still don't realize that the 'affordable housing' talked about by the real estate industry and Eric Adams, is not really affordable to half or more of those who live in NYC [which means it's UN affordable housing].
Ballot Measures 1 & 6 have not yet been decisively decided with 90% of the vote counted, but Ballot #1, which is the erection of a sports complex and trails on government parkland, looks like it will narrowly pass [currently Yes 52% - No 48%]. And Ballot Measure #6, which was an effort to synch up the municipal elections with the national and state elections, looks like it will fail [currently No 53% - Yes 47%]. That #6 may fail is a good thing in my estimation, as the National and State races would overshadow and drown out the local races, where we have some small opportunity to hear what's going on.
We'll have more about the elections in our Weekend News Update.
NYC Mayoral Marathon Election Special
NYC Mayoral Marathon Election Special
Candidate Positions, Funding, Endorsements, Polls & Media Malfeasance
November 2, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
This week we dedicated most of our news reporting resources to the NYC Mayoral Race, as there are only a couple days left before the majority of the electorate cast their votes. The second headline above, describes what will be covered in this report, which will be followed by a brief report about what's going on with SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, which will include information and links to resources to help those who need it.
The photo above or at right was taken at the first NYC Mayoral Debate in the NBC TV Studio at Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan. Photo credit to Adam Gray at Politico.
Billionaires Appear to be Going All Out to Defeat Mamdani - including Cheating
There's an old expression that goes something like this, "If you aint' cheating, you ain't trying hard enough." I personally find that axiom distasteful, as I was taught to play fair. But I have found it beneficial to keep it in mind when competing, as there are plenty of people among us, who embrace that philosophy. And as we all know, the rich are not immune from breaking the rules, and in fact oftentimes seem to relish the thought.
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NYC Mayoral Race Final Report Including TV News Biased Coverage
Is the Sky Really Falling?
Or is the Billionaire-Controlled TV News & Press is Trying to Manipulate You?
The Self-Serving Fat Cats, Billionaires Rupert Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg, John Catsimitides & Donald Trump, to Name Just a Few - Want to Scare You into Voting for their Preferred Candidate for Mayor - Andrew Cuomo
These Men are Using their Mass Media Outlets Like They Use Everything Else - to Enrich Themselves
November 2, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / Billionaire TV News & Press / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Halloween is Over, but Billioniare TV News wants to Keep You Scared
Halloween may be over, but the billionaire press wants to keep you scared. You've had a great opportunity to witness their misuse of their mass media, doling out their scary narratives to manipulate voters, so they will vote for the overwhelming choice of the billionaires - former disgraced Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Let's take a look at a few examples while they are still fresh in our minds. The world has changed and so has the mass media. And like so much these days - it hasn't been changing for the good of the community. And in fact, it is just the opposite.
The people's press, where you will find numerous and divergent opinions and reports, is on the web. The billionaire press is on TV. All six TV networks are controlled by billionaires, the families of billionaires, and the newest network is on his way to becoming a billionaire. That's why all TV News networks put out the same stories, hire the same attractive but empty-headed teleprompter readers, who have good diction, but not a lot of knowledge or insight or good questions about pretty much anything they are telling you.
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NYC Mayoral Race Polls 2025
NYC Mayoral Race - Polls
September 21, 2025 / NYC Mayors Race / NYC Politics / New York City News / Gotham Buzz NYC.
This section is dedicated to providing our audience with a weekly update of recent polls surrounding the NYC Mayoral Race, and select other NYC public positions to be decided in this upcoming election.
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Adams Aborts Re-election Bid
After Years of Numerous Allegations of Corruption, Adams Exits Mayors Race
September 30, 2025 / NYC Mayors Race / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
We look at events leading up to Adams exit from the NYC Mayoral Race, which lend credence to Sliwa's accusations that Adams was or will be compensated for dropping out. We identify one huge pending public land transfer that Adams is working on [FEC Chelsea NYCHA], and provide a summary history of many of the many real estate deals Adams implemented which provide public land, tax benefits, financing and possibly public funding to billionaires and real estate developers. Some of the people involved in these deals were Adams supporters. Then we look at some of the Adams Mayoral track record, including crime, putting his accomplishments in context. And lastly we look at the aftermath of Adams exit, and what Sliwa, Mamdani and Cuomo had to say about it.
NYC Mayoral Race - Eric Adams Secret Florida Rendezvous with a Trump Official Who's also an NYC Real Estate Developer
Adams traveled to Florida following the Labor Day Weekend. Coming out of that trip, there were rumors of Adams cutting some sort of deal to drop out of the NYC Mayors race, in exchange for a position in the Trump Administration. On either September 2 or 3, 2025 Adams reportedly met with Trump Administration member, Steve Witkoff, who is also an NYC real estate developer.
Stephen Ross & Related Companies - A Huge Public Land Transfer Deal is Lurking in the Background that hasn't been Covered by Billionaire TV News
It's worth noting that Stephen Ross, of Related Companies, lives in Florida. Ross is one of the largest NYC developers, and historically has been one of the largest players in the funding of NYC Mayoral & City Council members campaigns via supportive Political Action Committees or PACs. And Stephen Ross & Related Companies and affiliates are one of the largest - if not the largest - recipient of NYC public land transfers to a developer over the past quarter century.
Ross currently has at least one huge transfer of NYC pubic land to him and his companies pending [FEC Chelsea NYCHA], which Adams has obligingly - if not submissively - overseen. Ross and friends have been supporters of the campaigns of candidates like Adams for many years, which the current state of NYC's affordable housing crisis bears out. Stephen Ross has also been a financial / PAC Trump supporter, having reportedly hosted a fundraiser for Trump on Long island back in 2020.
Trading Up? Adams Indulges Billionaire Developers, While Ditching his Supporters
In 2021 the billionaires opened their campaign cash spigots for Adams, thus enabling him to win that NYC Mayoral race based on campaign funding and TV commercials - not merit. And ever since Adams became NYC Mayor, he's been working hard to move ahead the billionaires' real estate development projects, which far too often appear to include the transfer of NYC public land at rock bottom / oligarchy free-for-all prices. I believe this is one of the reasons the billionaire developers and media oligarchy don't want to see Mamdani win, as it will slow down their railroading of riches from the public into the private domain.
Adams' meaningful achievements for the working class of NYC are close to non-existent. This helps explain why Adams repeatedly showcases a picture of his mother Dorothy at public appearances, to lay claim to her working class roots. Adams may have been born into the working class, but he does not appear to have working class values, nor a true affinity for them - least not since becoming NYC Mayor. Adams seems to have traded in his affinity with the working class, for aspirational riches a long time ago. Likely before he was famously quoted saying "show me the money".
The Adams Record as NYC Mayor
Violent Crime Down Significantly Across the U.S. including NYC, But the other NYC Crime Reductions Significantly Trail the U.S.
Adams insinuates, if not outright claims, he's reduced crime in NYC since taking office. When Adams became Mayor in 2022, we were still dealing with the pandemic. Crime in NYC rose not just here, but in the rest of the nation as well. But over the past few years, crime has fallen in NYC, and in all other U.S. cities.
- CLICK here to read more about Eric Adams exits NYC Mayoral Race 2025.
Allegations of More Eric Adams & Associates Corruption
Not the Least of which is What Seems Flagrant Neglect to Maintain Integrity of NYPD Operations
August 22, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / Crime in NYC / NYC Government & Politics / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC News & Weekend Briefs - Eric Adams Corruption Allegations Growing Again
The Scent of More Adams 'Related' Corruptions Continue to hit the Radar - And Network TV News Turns a Blind Eye
Separately, after three and a half years of 'getting stuff done' for billionaires and real estate developers, Adams has finally focused his attention on the working class voters of New York, handing out government money, in a manner that leads me to believe he thinks the public money is his own.
"Show Me The Money" Eric Adams famously used to say. We should have listened. Adams can't seem to shake all of the corruption allegations that surround him, the members of his administration and the Administration itself. Allegations of bribes, numerous staff indictments, including of Eric Adams who is the first sitting NYC Mayor to be indicted in office.
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams sent a letter to the Mayor this week, questioning his management of the oversight of the NYPD. Adams has employed Trump-style tactics in dismantling the checks and balances in the system that have kept American government relatively corruption-free in modern times. Editor's Note. NYC government is far from clean, as you can see by how all of the publicly owned / controlled real estate is transferred, 'legally', to billionaires [and or their real estate companies] who are friends of or have funded two of the last three mayors' campaigns. For further details see - Stephen Ross and Related Companies have been feeding at the public trough.
We'll have more about Adams and the NYPD later. But in the meantime - For details see - https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/letter-to-mayor-adams-re-urgent-concerns-regarding-oig-nypd-staffing-and-oversight-capacity/
In a lawsuit filed July 16, 2025, a former NYPD Commissioner, Thomas Donlon, accused Adams of operating the NYPD as if it was a "criminal enterprise". More to follow.
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In Nearly Four Years has Eric Adams done Anything to Rein in Landlord Harassment & Slumlord Millionaires?
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In Nearly Four Years has Eric Adams done Anything to Rein in Landlord Harassment & Slumlord Millionaires? Have Privately Controlled TV News Networks Spread & Amplified another seemingly Trump Epstein Big Lie? Why Did Trump Have to Travel to Scotland to Find out that the Palestinians are Starving in Gaza?
August 1, 2025 / NYC Politics & Government / NYC Social Issues / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Eric Adams has Succeeded in Helping Billionaires Build Luxury Housing, but He has Failed to Stop Landlord Harassments of NYC Tenants & the Alleged Cheating of Black & Brown Homeowers out of Their Properties via Deed Theft - Documented in Film Slumlord Millionaire and in an OpEd by FEC NYCHA Tenants
News Analysis, Opinion & Insight. This story is not likely to show up on your TV screen in a timely fashion, because real news stories and real news insights rarely do. And too often, by the time they do, it's far too late to make a difference.
This is the trailer to a recent film that came out regarding landlord harassment in NYC, as well as about black and brown homeowner deed theft - neither of which Eric Adams appears to have done much about, during his nearly four years in office as NYC Mayor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuuBlQJh86M
If you find the trailer interesting enough, you can watch the full one hour and 22 minute long film on PBS until 8.26.25 - at which time it expires. Viewing the film now is free, but it is preceded by two short PBS promos before the film begins - https://www.pbs.org/video/slumlord-millionaire-3sgi7g/
Eric Adams claims to be a pro housing Mayor. It is true that he's been very supportive of housing projects by billionaires and international investors. But Adams has not advocated much - if at all [eg. the Rent Guidelines Board rent increases during his one term in office] - for tenants. And he's not been a champion of the black and brown people to whom he tells what now seems his phony personal housing insecurity story. You know, the one about him bringing his clothes to school as a child for fear of eviction. This story wouldn't be the first nor the only lie he has publicly told New Yorkers. And Adams appears to be helping multi-billionaire real estate developer Stephen Ross move FEC NYCHA tenants out of their homes, so that Ross can grab even more NYC land than he already has.
But don't take my word for it.
- CLICK here to read the rest of our report about Eric Adams doing nothing to rein in Landlord Harassment & Slumlord Millionaires? Billionaire controlled TV News Networks Spread & Amplify what seems another Trump Epstein Big Lie and Why Did Trump Have to Travel to Scotland to Find out that the Palestinians are Starving in Gaza?
Mamdani Beats out Cuomo for Union Support, While Adams Facing More Corruption Charges & Trump Tries to Put the Epstein Genie back in the Bottle
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Mamdani Beats out Cuomo for Union Support, While Adams Facing More Corruption Charges & Trump Tries to Put the Epstein Genie back in the Bottle
July 25, 2025 / NYC Politics & Government / NYC Social Issues / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Eric Adams Facing More Corruption Charges vis-a-vis NYPD & Mamdani Beats out Cuomo for Union Support
News Analysis & Opinion.
Meanwhile former NYPD Captain, Mayor Eric Adams, was hit with yet another set of corruption charges in court, this time alleging that Adams had turned NYPD operations into a criminal enterprise. See graphic above or at right.
We'll provide details sometime later, but in the meantime, take a look for yourself at what kind of a 'law and order' Mayor Adams is - https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/16/nypd-donlon-lawsuit-adams-racketeering/
NYC mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, has secured the backing of a number of large NYC unions support, beating out former Governor Cuomo for unions that had previously supported him.
We'll provide details sometime later, but in the meantime here's a video Mamdani did, taking a pre-emptive shot mocking the adolescently edited NY Post, instead of the other way around https://www.facebook.com/reel/1066919915568285
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Zohran Mamdani Wins in 2nd Round of Ranked Choice Voting
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Update: Mamdani Wins Ranked Choice Voting, but Final Vote Count Remains
One Final Vote Count Remains as All Mail in Ballots Not Yet Included in the Tallies
Update July 1, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Politics Media & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Mamdani wins Ranked Choice Voting - Prior to the Final Counting with All Mail in Ballots. The current tabulations show that Mamdani widened his lead to [545,334 or 56%] over Cuomo [428,530 or 44%] in the ranked choice round.
While there are still some mail in ballots to be counted, it is believed that the bulk of the mail in ballots have been included in the count. In the 2021 NYC Mayoral Race [general] there were in the neighborhood of 125,000 - 132,000 mail in ballots.
The graphic above or at right shows the NYC Board of Election vote counts for the June 2025 NYC Mayoral Race following the first and subsequent rounds of ranked choice voting. All of the mail in ballots have not yet been included in the counts.
See related story, for an evolving view of the general election for NYC Mayor, with Eric Adams attacking Mamdani using Murdoch NY Post style labels and little substance.
Eric Adams Multi-Billion Betrayal of the Working Class
After Mamdani First Round Ranked Choice Voting Victory, Adams Lashes out at him
Cuomo Decides to Stay in the Race & It's Time for You to Learn More about Adams' Transferring Public Wealth to one of his Supporters, Billionaire Stephen Ross of Related Companies
June 27, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Politics Media & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Mamdani Decisively Wins First Round of Ranked Choice. Zohran Mamdani [432,000 1st place votes] spooked the billionaires and real estate folks, who funded Andrew Cuomo's [362,000 votes] and Eric Adams' [0 votes as no longer running as a Democrat] campaigns. A number of them profited immensely from dealings with both Cuomo and Adams while in office, but particularly during the Adams Administration's, 'getting stuff done' for them. Contrary to what Adams proclaims, he's been 'getting stuff done' for the billionaires - not the working classes - as a brief look at his record below demonstrates. Also see Zoom Call below noting ongoing Adams transference of great public wealth to one of his campaign funders, Stephen Ross of Related Companies [among others], via transference of control of FEC Chelsea NYCHA.
In the graphic above or at right we've depicted Eric Adams as we see him today, in a money suit, which is what he's really all about. We just didn't know it four years ago. Adams never really had a vision for NYC, and wasn't really committed to anything for the working classes, unless it was something that would enable him to self promote or enrich himself. There's a reason billionaires are funding Eric Adams' campaign. And it's not because of how he looks, but rather because of his actions on their behalf. Follow the guy in the money suit and pay attention where he has it laundered, as the Feds did before the Trump pardon.
Billionaire Funded Fake News & Ads Coming to a TV near You. During the rest of this campaign, you can expect distorted billionaire TV News coverage generally, but particularly from Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, and also from Murdoch's NY Post and Wall Street Journal. They will find different ways to directly or indirectly attack, discredit or undermine Mamdani, using unsupported allegations, rumors and innuendo. Mamdani, like AOC, seems authentic in his desire to help the working classes / families - and not the billionaires - as Eric Adams has done. And should Mamdani win, the Murdoch Ministry of Mass Manipulation will continue to provide distorted reporting, reflecting their master's voice, as they pretty much do every day.
Adams Appears to be Working with and for Republicans. Following the announcement of the first round of ranked choice voting results, Adams re-announced his candidacy as an 'Independent'. But Adams isn't really independent. In fact he seems very 'Dependent' on his uncle Donald Trump, who pardoned Adams for his alleged crimes. Adams looks to be a Republican party proxy pol, who they will use to siphon votes away from Democrat Mamdani.
Cuomo Decides to Continue his Run on the 'Fight & Deliver' Ballot Line. We just learned that Andrew Cuomo has officially decided to stay in the race, as he did not withdraw his name from the 'Fight & Deliver' ballot line. Like Adams, Cuomo is also a 'Dependent' on the billionaires who fund his campaigns, and for whom he appears to 'fight and deliver', not unlike how Adams 'gets stuff done'.
- CLICK here to read the rest of our report about Mayor Adams false accusations of Mamdani and Adams Betrayal of the Working Class in favor of his Billionaire Funders. It's a sad tale of how Eric Adams presided over the most disappointing Mayoralty in modern NYC history.
NYC Mayoral Primary & Andrew Cuomo's Record as NYS Governor
Primary Election Day, Tuesday June 22, 2025 & Andrew Cuomo's Record
Consider the Source - A Word about Billionaire Bloomberg & Big Real Estate Funding of NYC Mayoral Race TV Attack Ads - Vote for 'Their' Mayor or Vote for One of Ours?
Links Include - Working Family Party Recommendations & Poll Site Locator
June 20, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Politics Media & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
A Word about Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Trying to Impose his Well Funded Will on the NYC Mayoral Race. Former Mayor Bloomberg and Big Real Estate have been spending millions of dollars on TV attack ads targeting NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. The ads are filled with accusations about things Mamdani may have said, but nothing nothing he has ever acted upon in support of alleged statements.
The billionaires want Andrew Cuomo to win, because Cuomo is 'their guy' who will keep a lid on public spending on transit, education, police, sanitation, the arts and infrastructure, so that NYC billionaires can keep a lid on tax rates and keep more money they don't need, for themselves. The billionaire funded pols, like Cuomo and Adams, will try to keep a lid on public spending so that they can keep giving the super rich lavish tax breaks on their real estate investments in NYC 'affordable housing' ... that's 'affordable' to those making $100,000 plus.
CLICK here to read the rest of our report on the part of Andrew Cuomo's Record as Governor that they don't want you to think about.
NYC Mayoral Race Tightens 2025
NYC Mayoral Race Tightens
Candidates Mamadani & Lander Cross Endorse Each Other
June 13, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Politics Media & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
On Friday, the top two NYC Mayoral contenders to Andrew Cuomo - Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander - cross endorsed each other for Mayor. This should help both of them as contenders and according to one pundit, reduces Cuomo's sure lock on the Mayoralty from 80% down to 60%. Which means Mamdani and Lander need to reach out to other NYC Mayoral candidates who realistically are no longer contenders, like Zellnor Myrie, Michael Blake, Jessica Ramos, and Jim Walden [running as an anti-corruption Independent] to increase their odds, while detracting from Cuomo's.
The photos above or at right were taken earlier this year at two different debates. On the left is NYC Comptroller Brad Lander and on the right is NYS Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani - the top two contenders for NYC Mayor following Andrew Cuomo. On Friday they cross endorsed each other, which will likely lead to increased TV ad spending by big real estate on their also-ran, straw horse candidates [see below]; as well as increased TV ad spending for attack ads trying to discredit real challengers to big real estate's choice for Mayor - Andrew Cuomo. Most TV political ads are such distortions of the truth, that they seem to be more fake news than informative.
Please do your homework on the candidates, using some of the high quality information sources below, to move up the learning curve on who the candidates are and who's funding them. TV News doesn't cut it any more, as it's controlled by billionaires. A long while ago, they rolled back FCC regulations requiring fair and balanced reporting, which is why what TV News presents today, is no longer consistently credible.
CLICK here to read the rest of our report on Mamdani & Lander cross endorse in NYC Mayoral Race 2025.
Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Daylight Savings Time, TV News Mangled Coverage of Donald Trump's State of the Union, Cold Sweat at the Players Theatre, 60th Anniversary of the March in Selma March Across Brooklyn Bridge & NY Build Festival at the Javits in Manhattan; Concert by Percussia in Forest Hills, Paddy Cullivans I Can't Believe it's not Ireland at NY Irish Center, First Look Film Series at MoMI Astoria, Unity is Medicine Performance at Materials for the Arts, LICP Economic Update, Ramadan Iftar at MoMI, 3AM Theatre Astoria & Blarney Concert in Queens; BRIC House Party, 60th Anniversary of the March in Selma March Across Brooklyn Bridge, Jorja Smith at the Brooklyn Paramount, Performances of Streetcar Named Desire at BAM and BK Marine Terminal Development Zoom Call in Brooklyn; Emma at Bartow Pell Mansion & Tuesday Casino Presentation by Bally in the Bronx; Womens Art Show & Pop Up Exhibit at Hub 17, Powerful Women of Staten Island & Spring Market at Colony Hall on Staten Island & Charter Revision Committee TBD
Upated March 8, 2025 vs 3.7.25 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather. Sunrise 6.19 am. Sunset 5.53 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting two hours and 19 minutes more sunlight than we were the weekend of the Winter Solstice on December 21, 2024, which is the shortest day of the year. Spring Forward Daylight Savings Time begins this weekend on Sunday, March 9th, 2025 at 2 am. Move your clock one hour ahead at that time.
The temperature highs will be in the low to mid 30's all weekend. The temperature lows will be in the low 20's on Friday and Saturday, rising to 30 on Sunday. There is no precipitation in the forecast. It's going to be a dry weekend, with humidity ranging from 30% - 50% all weekend. It's going to be a windy weekend with winds ranging from 15 - 25 all weekend, starting on the high side and ending on the lower end of that range.
In the photo at right stands a protester at the Mayoral Forum at the NYU Skirball Center on Thursday evening, March 6, 2025. She took the place of former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who was a no show, after the administrative staff had removed the chair - see photo below. The event was hosted by the New York League of Conservation Voters and the theme was how is NYC going to lead the way in addressing climate change before the clock runs out. I think the clock is running a lot faster than the experts and most people realize. It's not just been affecting the weather, with storms, droughts, fires and heat - but it has started cutting into food production, and fresh drinkable water, which is going to get a lot worse before - and if - it gets better.
Saturday AM Edition @ 11.30 am. Below are the events for this weekend, mostly including details, a few of which [9] we'll finish within the next couple of hours. Looks to be a nice weekend.
- CLICK here to view our report on things to do in March in all five boroughs of NYC 2025 events NYC.
Choosing the Next NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, Brad Lander, Scott Stringer, Jessica Ramos, Zellnor Myrie & Michael Blake
Choosing the Next NYC Mayor
Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, Brad Lander, Scott Stringer, Jessica Ramos, Zellnor Myrie & Michael Blake
Updated March 1, 2025 vs 2/28/2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC. This report was first published embedded in the WTD.
1) Watch Polls & Funding
I attended what I believe may have been the first Mayoral candidate forum a couple of weeks ago. I haven't yet published my report on it, but hope to do so next week. In the meantime we've been focusing on Mayor Adams, who is still one of the three leading candidates.
Adams slipped to number three [10%] in recent polling [last week], behind Andrew Cuomo [38%] who has not yet announced his candidacy, and Zohran Mamdani [12%]. The only two other candidates above 5% are Brad Lander [7%] and Scott Stringer [5%].
At present, Adams and Lander, both of whom are funded by the real estate developer and investment communities, are leading with cash on hand, with over $3 million apiece. But that doesn't tell the whole tale, as NYC Mayoral wild card Zohran Mamdani qualified for matching funds last week. The matching funds raised Mamdani's funding to $2.8 million. Given Mamdani raised it from 55,000 people, is impressive - and perhaps more importantly - he has momentum, which none of the other candidates have. And unlike Andrew Cuomo who stepped down as NYS Governor because of sexual harassment complaints, Mamdani has little baggage. Cuomo's other big baggage includes both the CoVid Nursing Home scandal and Albany Corruption scandal.
The Democratic NYC Mayoral primary is June 24, 2025. Be sure to register and absentee vote if you won't be here.
- CLICK here to read the rest of our report on the NYC Mayoral Race 2025 including Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, Brad Lander, Scott Stringer, Jessica Ramos, Zellnor Myrie & Michael Blake.
Is Eric Adams Using the Power of the Mayor's Office to Protect his Personal Interests, instead of Using the Power in Pursuit of the Public's Interests?
Is Eric Adams Using the Power of the Mayor's Office to Protect his Personal Interests, instead of Using the Power in Pursuit of the Public's Interests?
February 21, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC. This report was first published embedded in the WTD.
This was quite a week for Mayor Eric Adams. Starting a week ago, on Thursday, February 13, 2025, SEVEN U.S. Department of Justice attorneys decided to hand in their resignations, rather than file a motion to drop the corruption case of the United States against Eric Adams.
Eric Adams was indicted on federal corruption charges, which according to a February 15, 2025 report by the BBC include,
" ... five separate criminal counts, including "conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bribery, and to receive campaign contributions by foreign nationals", wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national and bribery ...".
In resigning, the now former U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten wrote,
" ... If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice [not to withdraw the case], then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion ...".
The U.S. Attorneys were asked to file the motion to withdraw the case by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove. Apparently, U.S. Attorney Edward Sullivan stepped up to file the motion, but not because he was a fool or a coward, but rather reportedly to spare the firings of many of the other attorneys in the Public Integrity section of the Department of Justice [DOJ] where the case and subsequent motion were filed.
A Sad Litany of Events Reveals Both Adams' and Trump's Lack of Integrity
Trump Tries to Withdraw Adams Case without Prejudice. So, consider this, these seven highly paid professional U.S. federal prosecutors forfeited their income and their positions, because they refused to follow the orders of Trump's Acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Bove, who apparently was instructed by Trump to withdraw the case without prejudice.
This is an important detail [withdrawing without prejudice], because to withdraw the case without prejudice means that Trump's Department of Justice [aka DOJ] wants to, " ... terminate [the] case, allowing the plaintiff [the DOJ] to refile the claim in the future. This [kind of] dismissal is not an adjudication on the merits, meaning the court has not addressed the substantive issues [and] ... It often arises from procedural or technical deficiencies, such as improper service of process or lack of jurisdiction ...". So, this begs the following question.
- CLICK here to read more about seemingly corrupt and dishonest leadership in NYC and USA - Mayor Eric Adams and President Donald J. Trump.
The Two-Faces of Eric Adams - Adams Reportedly Exploring a Mayoral Run on the Republican Ballot
The Two-Faces of Eric Adams
Adams Reportedly Exploring a Mayoral Run on the Republican Ballot
February 14, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC. This report was first published embedded in the WTD.
Law Enforcer or Law Breaker? Well, it seems we're beginning to uncover all of the deceptive masks Eric Adams has been wearing most of his adult life. He went from being a member of the NYPD to allegedly being a criminal of an unknown degree - because he sought a pardon, even before he went to court.
Democrat or Republican? In the late 1990's Eric Adams became a Republican, then switched [back] to becoming a Democrat in early 2000. He's now reportedly exploring a second bid for Mayor, possibly as a Republican, given how badly he has alienated the Democrats who voted for him in the last election.
To show how quickly things are unraveling for Eric Adams, consider this. The Reverend Al Sharpton, one of Adams strongest supporters, criticized the Department of Justice for trying to drop the case against Adams. As recently as MLK Day [January 20th, 2025], Sharpton wanted Adams to attend an MLK event in NYC. But Adams ditched his pre-scheduled MLK events in NYC to attend Trump's Inauguration in Washington, D.C.
In the graphic above or at right is a smiling Eric Adams, who according to the headline is reportedly exploring a mayoral run on the Republican party ballot.
While Adams may have disappointed a lot of moderate voters with his City of Yes zoning law changes, he has greatly pleased the very wealthy real estate industry investors and developers who have funded his campaigns and legal bills. With their funding, Adams may be able to flood the media airwaves with enough paid narratives about who he is and what he has done, to make a credible second run - even as a Republican.
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Manhattan Neighborhoods News Briefs
April 2025 / Manhattan Neighborhoods & History / Manhattan Arts & Culture NYC / Manhattan News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 2 pm to 4 pm - the 27th Annual Tartan Day Parade. Beginning at 6th Avenue at 44th Street, marching north to 55th Street in Midtown. The festivities begin the week preceding it and there's an after party. From 4.30 - 8.30 pm there's an after party. In 2024 it was at Sony Hall at 235 West 46th Street in Manhattan costing $109 which includes drinks and entertainment. This year it's been SOLD OUT. But the parade is free for all and no rsvp needed. For details see https://www.nyctartanweek.org/. Tartan Day parade in Manhattan.
Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 1 to 3 pm - Hands Off - Trump budget cut protests at Bryant Park between 40th and 42nd Street and between 5th and 6th Avenues in Midtown Manhattan. NYC Protests of Trump Federal Government budget cuts. For details see - https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
The photo above or at right was taken at one of the Hands Off protests in Manhattan on Saturday. This shows folks who spilled over and up the steps in front of the NY Public Library on 5th Avenue. Thousands congregated along 42nd and 40th Streets and then down along 5th Avenue, chanting, cheering and chewing the fat with each other, in spite of the rainy / inclement weather. They were protesting the Trump / Musk cutting of federal government services and programs, in order to fund an ongoing tax cut for billionaires, who already pay lower tax rates than the middle / working classes.
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March 2025 / Manhattan Neighborhoods & History / Manhattan Arts & Culture NYC / Manhattan News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
Thursday - Sunday, March 6 - 23, 2025 - La Gota Fria: Cold Sweat - at the Players Theatre at 115 MacDougal Street in the Village neighborhood of Manhattan. For details and tickets see - http://www.theplayerstheatre.com
In the photo at right, taken a couple of weeks ago, you see a full auditorium at the NYU Skirball Center in Manhattan where there was a Mayoral Forum. That the attendance was solid, was heartening, as it shows that some members of the electorate are paying attention to a very important electoral contest coming June 24th.
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March 2025 / Manhattan Neighborhoods & History / Manhattan Arts & Culture NYC / Manhattan News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
MORE DETAILS COMING NEXT WEEK _ March 6 - 23, 2025 - La Gota Fria: Cold Sweat - at the Players Theatre at 115 MacDougal Street in the Village neighborhood of Manhattan. For details and tickets see - http://www.theplayerstheatre.com
Sunday, March 9, 2025 beginning at 1.30 pm - March Across Brooklyn Bridge - commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the March in Selma. Begins at the steps of City Hall in Manhattan and ends on the Brooklyn side west of Borough Hall.
In the photo at right are six of the nine announced candidates running for NYC Mayor, and one unannounced 'candidate' or protester who made quite a theatrical appearance at the event. It wasn't clear what her message was, but whatever it was, she delivered it comically, amusing the audience for several minutes, before being carried off stage by security in an agreeable and respectful manner [on both sides].
I don't think Mayor Adams nor former Governor Cuomo have the courage to debate the other candidates in a public forum, as they're not likely to have good answers when queried for their actions. TV News seems willing to play the role of a propaganda machine for both men - by providing them with what seems unlimited access to TV News audiences- without asking either of the two leading candidates the hard questions about their actions that the public should know before heading to the voting booth on June 24th.
Bear in mind that all commercial TV Network News outlets are controlled by billionaires, who appear to use their outlets to manipulate the electorate to vote for candidates they favor [like Cuomo and Adams]. The candidates favored by the billionaires seem in turn give them and their friends huge tax breaks and other public policy gifts and favors, in exchange for the billionaires' support. The electorate needs to wake up and take to the web to find out what's really going on [see story coming next week about Trump SOTU speech]. And voters need to help educate the 50+ crowd who rely primarily on TV News, and turn out in larger numbers to vote than the younger generations, using the TV News distorted perspective / unreality TV / misinformation, which is why so many of the wrong people are in key positions in government at present.
Manhattan Neighborhoods News Briefs
February 2025 / Manhattan Neighborhoods & History / Manhattan Arts & Culture NYC / Manhattan News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather. Sunrise 6.51 am. Sunset 5.29 pm. We're getting an hour and twenty three more minutes of sunlight than we were the weekend of the Winter solstice in late December. Spring Forward Daylight Savings Time is Sunday, March 9th, 2025 - only three weeks away.
We're expecting less than two inches of snow beginning around 1 pm Saturday, turning into an additional half inch of rain on Sunday before winding down around 8 pm.
The temperature highs will be in the mid 30's on Friday and Saturday, rising to the low 40's on Sunday. The temperature lows will be in the high 20's on Friday and Sunday, rising to the mid 30's on Saturday. It's going to be a windy weekend with winds between 5 - 13 mph Friday, between 7 - 11 mph on Saturday and then rising to between 10 - 17 mph on Sunday. The humidity will range from 40 - 50% on Friday, from 50% - 90% on Saturday and between 80 - 90% on Sunday.
The photo above or at right was taken earlier this week at the Downtown Independent Democratic Club, which seven of the nine candidates running for Mayor attended. We'll post a full report Sunday evening, so you can begin doing your homework prior to voting four months from now in the primary. While Mayor Adams was not in attendance, these seven candidates were: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, NYS Assemblymember Mamdani, Former Vice Chair of the DNC Michael Blake, Former NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, Former Hedge Fund Manager Whitney Tilson, NYS Assemblymember Jessica Ramos and last but not least NYS Senator Zellnor Myrie.
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February 2025 / Manhattan Neighborhoods & History / Manhattan Arts & Culture NYC / Manhattan News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
Friday & Saturday, February 14 & 15, 2025 beginning at 7.30 pm and 2 pm respectively - Remembering - at the Brooklyn Academy of Music at 30 Lafayette Avenue in the Fort Green neighborhood of Brooklyn. The performance is described as follows, " ... a multimedia production exploring the Middle Passage, slavery, and emancipation ... the event blends contemporary and African dance with spoken word, music, and African drumming, bringing American history to life through African voices and dynamic audiovisual elements ...". For $45 / $75 tickets and details see - https://www.bam.org
NYS Senator Zellnor Myrie of Brooklyn, one of about nine candidates for Mayor, is shown in the photo above or at right, speaking to a live and Zoom audience of between 300 - 500 people at Downtown Independent Democrats Club on the Lower East Side earlier this week. We hope to post a full report about all of the candidates on Sunday evening. It's not too early to do your homework / research on the mayoral candidates, as the Democratic Primary is only four months away.
