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Abbey Laurel-Smith (D)

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Abbey Laurel-Smith, a cloud capitalist at ChowBanQ’s online “palm” banking system, plans to rebuild New York City by putting New Yorkers first.

In 2013, he promised full power of technology to change the city. Now 2025, he says, “blockchain backing up policy instruments will bring about low inflation, and generate new revenues from areas that only needed something as simple as an upgrade.”

He believes conditions that are suitable for sustainable growth in the areas of organized labor, government and PPE could be better served if budget and the cooperative spirit of PPE were judged by efficiency and necessity, not history, nor trend budgeting.

Rana Abdelhamid speaks at the launch of her run for Assembly District 36 in Astoria. Photo by Shane O'Brien.

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NYC Mayor’s Race LIVE UPDATES: Over 1.7 million votes cast in contest between Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa

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Abbey Laurel-Smith (D)

State operations head Kathryn Garcia tapped as next Port Authority director

Mamdani to move into Gracie Mansion, giving up his rent-stabilized apartment in Queens

Rana Abdelhamid officially launches campaign to replace Mamdani in Queens Assembly District 36

Brooklyn voters propelled Mamdani to victory, embraced progressive Dems in City Council

A tale of two election districts: How two District 24 neighborhoods in Queens became Mamdani’s best and worst

Mamdani says he won’t back down from tangling with Trump, but seeks to work with him on affordability

NYC Mayor’s Race: Five big takeaways from record-setting election that helped Mamdani win

2025 ELECTION: Mamdani wins Queens as Paladino, Wong take key Council races

MAMDANI WINS NYC MAYOR’S RACE: Queens Assembly member projected to become first Muslim mayor in city history

ELECTION NIGHT RESULTS: Zohran Mamdani wins historic NYC Mayor’s Race

NYC Mayor’s Race: Historic turnout sees more than 2 MILLION VOTERS shatter years of apathy

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani votes for himself along Working Families Party ballot line, reports say

NYC Mayor’s Race: Sliwa says ‘vote, vote, vote’ across Big Apple on Election Day in last-ditch appeal to voters

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo votes in Sutton Place while shaking off Trump backing, hopes heavy turnout will break his way

ELECTION DAY: Mamdani says ‘yes’ to controversial housing ballot questions after weeks of staying mum on his opinions

Election Day 2025 live updates: Bronxites head out to vote in the mayoral election

NYC Mayor’s Race LIVE UPDATES: Over 1.7 million votes cast in contest between Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa

EARLY VOTING: Turnout sets a non-presidential election year record as NYC Mayor’s Race energizes the city

NYC Mayor’s Race: One more ride for the red beret, as Curtis Sliwa campaigns to the very end

Raga celebrates Hispanic and Filipino heritage with two community events

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani eyes a ‘new day’ at City Hall at sunrise rally on final day of campaign

Sunday in the NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo, Mamdani and Sliwa make final bids for votes before Election Day

EARLY VOTING: Voters over 60 leading the way in casting early ballots. Does that bode well for Cuomo?

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani rebuffs MTA boss Lieber’s skepticism of his free bus plan

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