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Giuliani allies turn on GOP’s Sliwa, back Cuomo in NYC mayor race

Rudy Giuliani’s aides and allies have thrown themselves behind Andrew Cuomo instead of Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in the race for New York mayor, according to reports. Joe Lhota, Giuliani’s former deputy mayor and the GOP’s 2013 mayoral candidate, confirmed to the New York Post Thursday he is firmly in …

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Mamdani ripped for photo with anti-LGBTQ Uganda official: 'If he's smiling, he's lying'

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Sunday for smiling in a photo alongside a former Uganda official who once championed anti-LGBTQ policy. Photos resurfaced this weekend of Mamdani, who was born in Uganda, smiling alongside Uganda’s former parliamentary speaker and …

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NYC mayoral candidates Mamdani, Cuomo air first ads amid government shutdown drama

The government shutdown has become a litmus test in New York City’s mayoral race, as Zohran Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched their first general election advertisements nearly one month before voters head to the polls. Mamdani leaned into the national spotlight on Wednesday night in his new ad, …

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'Time for a change’: Outside 30 Rock, New Yorkers trade chants and arguments during tense mayoral showdown

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa faced off in their first general election debate on Thursday night, and, with no live audience, supporters flooded 50th Street outside 30 Rock, cheering on their preferred candidates with campaign signs and lobbing …

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NYC rabbis warn Democratic socialist mayoral candidate 'poses a danger' to Jewish New Yorkers

With two weeks until Election Day, a prominent New York City rabbi is urging his congregants not to vote for Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City. Mamdani is the presumed frontrunner in the race for Gracie Mansion with a substantial lead ahead of independent candidate former …

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Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign took foreign cash, raising compliance questions

New York City’s leading mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, raised nearly $13,000 from donors with addresses outside the United States, a Fox News review of New York City Campaign Finance records show — raising questions about campaign compliance and transparency. As of Oct. 3, at least 170 of the nearly 54,000 …

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DeSantis predicts NYC 'turmoil' under Mamdani, says mayoral candidate sympathetic to 'communism, Islamism'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a warning to New York amid the rise of Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, saying he believes the candidate’s election could lead to more “turmoil.” “This guy makes de Blasio look like Ronald Reagan,” DeSantis said Wednesday on “Fox & Friends,” referring to former Democratic …

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New York Post editorial board calls for Curtis Sliwa to quit mayoral race to stop Zohran Mamdani

It burns to write this, but: It’s time for Curtis Sliwa to face reality, and admit that the city’s best hope to avoid the disaster of a Zohran Mamdani mayoralty is for him to drop out of the race. – Sliwa is absolutely right that it’s not his fault that …

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Jeffries hints at imminent decision on Mamdani endorsement after dodging questions for weeks

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is expected to imminently weigh in on the New York City mayoral race after dodging the question for weeks. The top House Democrat, who represents part of Brooklyn, has faced scrutiny in the press for repeatedly side-stepping reporters when asked whether he will endorse …

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Here's everything you missed from Zohran Mamdani's first Fox News interview

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani made his Fox News debut on Wednesday in a wide-ranging interview with “The Story” host Martha MacCallum. On the eve of the first general election mayoral debate, MacCallum pressed Mamdani, during the nearly 30-minute interview, on the self-identified democratic socialist’s affordability agenda, …

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