Politics NY News Headlines Archive for January 7, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens, Jan. 7.

Politics

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor stands by tenant advocate pick after social media post backlash

By Adam Daly

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Politics

Julie Menin unanimously elected as City Council’s first Jewish Speaker

By Adam Daly

Cyclists along 31st Street in Astoria. The DOT has proposed installing protected bike lanes on each side of the corridor.

Queens

Mamdani announces plans to restart 31st Street redesign in Astoria

By Shane O’Brien

Michael Schlank

Michael Schlank op-ed: Courage over volume: Why Jewish leadership must rise to meet this moment

By Michael Schlank

Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal speaking at microphone

Politics

FIRST ON amNY: New Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal to endorse Dan Goldman in NY-10 Democratic primary

By Adam Daly

Southampton Town Councilman William Pell IV, Councilwoman Cyndi McNamara, Supervisor Maria Z. Moore, Councilman Michael A. Iasilli, and Councilman Thomas Neely.

Freshman Class: New Year, New Pols Take Office on East End

By Michael Malaszczyk & Timothy Bolger

U.S. Rep Tom Suozzi confronted participants in the January 6, 2021 riots, in which armed protesters stormed the White House in support of President Donald Trump.

Nassau

Suozzi confronts Jan. 6 protestors on five-year anniversary of Capitol riot

By Casey Fahrer

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Queens

AM Rajkumar bill cuts back red tape on construction projects and affordable housing

By Patrick Stachniak

Perry Criscitelli (R.) swore in his successor, Keith Conway (L.), as Floral Park’s associate village justice.

Nassau

Trustees appoint new associate village justice, residents talk apartments

By J. Cav Scott

More from Around New York

Tenants and members of Bronx Defenders, Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA), New Settlement, Bronx Leadership Organizing Center, Met Council on Housing, PSC-CUNY and NYC-DSA rally outside of Hostos Community College ahead of the Bronx Rent Guidelines Board meeting.

‘The Bronx is not for sale’ Rent-stabilized tenants demand rent freeze at Bronx Rent Guidelines Board hearing

“By Hook Or By Crook” opens at Anthology Film Archives June 12.

‘By Hook or By Crook’: A trans breakthrough revived 25 years later

Matthew Rodriguez of Levittown, Long Island was tracked down in Virginia, where he had been a fugitive since shooting a 15-year-old boy on an A train in Ozone Park.

Long Islander held without bail for allegedly shooting a 15-year-old boy on a crowded A train in Ozone Park in April before fleeing the state: DA

NY: Game 3 NBA Finals

Live from Brooklyn Bowl: San Antonio Spurs dash Knicks fans’ hopes of a sweep in Game 3 of the NBA Finals