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NEW: The Senate passed a funding deal Monday night in a 60-40 vote,sending the bill across the Capitol in hopes that the House will quickly take up the legislation and end the longest-ever government shutdown.

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Senate Deal Brings Record Shutdown Toward an End
The House is expected to return as soon as Wednesday to take up the bill which would reopen the government.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Monday announced two top-level members to his upcoming administration, tapping former First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan to return to that role at City Hall.

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Mamdani Taps De Blasio Vet for First Deputy Mayor
The mayor-elect also named his top advisor Elle Bisgaard-Church as Chief of Staff.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Electric School Buses and Waterfront Parks Get Environmental Bond Act Boost

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Electric School Buses and Waterfront Parks Get Environmental Bond Act Boost
About a quarter of the $4.2 billion from a state green bond program has been deployed, including to several projects in the five boroughs.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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As Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani aims to expand the power of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, Commissioner Jessica Tisch has to determine whether to support a judge’s ruling in a fatal shooting case.

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NYPD Commissioner to Decide on Review Board Jurisdiction in Case of Cop Involved in Fatal Shooting
As Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani aims to expand the power of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, Commissioner Jessica Tisch has to determine whether to support a judge’s ruling in a fatal shooting case.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Articles like this one are why I make regular donations to @thecity.nyc and if you can afford it, I hope you make one too: www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/z...
New York’s Young Muslims Exult To See One of Their Own Elected Mayor
Voters who came of age here after Sept. 11, 2001 found hope in voters rejecting a closing case against Mamdani that tried to tar him as somehow tied to an attack that happened when he was nine years o...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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One fun thing about teaching in NYC is that we have orgs like @thecity.nyc to keep us all posted—they were the subject of our HS journalism meeting yesterday, since our kids read their morning emails to stay up to speed. Good stuff—donate if you’re looking for somewhere to spend money usefully
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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In the weeks before Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral dream went up in smoke on election night, a handful of independent spending groups spent more than $55 million supporting the ex-governor or attacking his ultimately victorious rival, Zohran Mamdani.
Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg
A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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The annual post-Election Day confab, which is hosted by members of the state Legislature to nominally discuss legislative priorities, turns a cluster of hotels in San Juan into a political jamboree.

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Post-Election, Pols Hit Puerto Rico for 5-Day SOMOS Feast
City Hall staffers — many on the taxpayer tab — also traveled to San Juan.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday approved a key water-quality permit for a natural-gas pipeline that would extend about 17 miles in New York waters — after rejecting the proposal three times since 2018.

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State Permits Trump-Backed Natural Gas Pipeline in New York Waters
The Williams pipeline would span 17 miles near the Rockaways and Staten Island. The state had rejected the project three times previously.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg

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Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg
A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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This is such a good @katiehonan.bsky.social tale.

Hope the pols, hacks and flacks who traveled on YOUR DIME to the SOMOS confab read it down in Puerto Rico.

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Post-Election, Pols Hit Puerto Rico for 5-Day SOMOS Feast
City Hall staffers — many on the taxpayer tab — also traveled to San Juan.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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A Rikers Island detainee who died in February had 121 pills and multiple synthetic drugs in his cell, according to a new city oversight report that highlights ongoing failures by jail officials to secure housing areas and respond to medical emergencies.

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Rikers Detainee Found Dead With 121 Pills as Oversight Board Cites Mass Failures
A new oversight report on 2025 jail deaths reveals officers ignored medical emergencies, falsified records and allowed drugs to circulate freely behind bars.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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THE CITY’s rode on the W train with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ahead of his historic victory to City Hall.

We asked him how he will handle moments when New Yorkers are protesting under his tenure.

Our full Q&A here: www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/m...
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Mamdani’s Next Battle: Attacking Inequality While Balancing Budgets
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Mamdani’s Next Battle: Attacking Inequality While Balancing Budgets
The mayor-elect, who won on promises of free buses and free child care, arrives at a time of growing economic need and approaching multi-billion-dollar government deficits.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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THE CITY spends 15 minutes with mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani:

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15 Minutes With the Next Mayor of New York City
On the W train, we asked the questions we couldn’t get to in the debate.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Mamdani's speech ends and Steinway goes wild.
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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New Yorkers said yes to four citywide ballot measures Tuesday night, approving a slate of proposals intended to reshape how the city approaches affordable housing development.

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Affordable Housing Ballot Measures Prevail
Fought fiercely by the City Council, which would lose some sway over development, the items promise to fast track some projects amid an apartment shortage.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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They’re neck and neck in Throggs Neck.

It’s unclear if Republican incumbent Kristy Marmorato will secure a second term in the District 13, which has been held by a Democrat in the Council for decades.

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In Council Races, Bronx Contest Too Close to Call
Democrat newcomers won in Brooklyn and Queens, and a Queens Republican kept her seat in northeast Queens.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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See how your neighborhood voted for mayor with THE CITY's interactive map:

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November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election.

He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.

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Mamdani Makes History With Victory in Mayor’s Race
More than 2 million New Yorkers cast a ballot in a high-stakes election that smashed recent turnout levels.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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2 MILLION VOTES: NYC! All before 9 p.m.

More of our election coverage can be found here at thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Y'all this is crazy!
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Voter Turnout Highest In Three Decades as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate
More than 1.7 million voters cast ballots by 6 p.m. on Election Day, with three hours left at the polls.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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With more than 1.7 million voters for the 2025 general election as of 6 p.m., NYC has a shot of breaking the 1.8 million vote count of 1993, when Rudy Giuliani beat incumbent David Dinkins.

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Voter Turnout Highest In Three Decades as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate
More than 1.7 million voters cast ballots by 6 p.m. on Election Day, with three hours left at the polls.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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NYC, are you among the 1.7 million who cast their ballot? If not, remember that polls don't close until 9 p.m. tonight.

You can find our explainers on the ballot measures, where to find your poll site, and much more here:

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November 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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much love to the thousands of people googling and finding our ballot proposal explainer right now, same energy as the kids doing their homework in the hallway before class 🫶 🫶 🫶 🫶
Your Guide to NYC’s Ballot Questions for 2025
Voters will weigh in on housing reforms, a change to election years and an Olympic Sports Complex in upstate New York.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM