New York City Public Advocate Archives – Politics NY

Rabbi Yosef Mendelson speaks at a rally in front of Congregation Machane Chodosh in Forest Hills condemning antisemitic attacks throughout the area.

Queens

Jewish community leaders, elected officials gather in Forest Hills to condemn recent spate of antisemitic attacks

By Shane O’Brien & Bill Parry

Watch: Jumaane Williams, NYC Public Advocate

By Skye Ostreicher

Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas launches her five-point plan to strengthen neighborhood healthcare on Friday, March 13.

Queens

González-Rojas launches five-point plan to strengthen neighborhood health care on sixth anniversary of COVID

By Shane O’Brien

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso at a campaign event earlier in January. Photo courtesy of Reynoso campaign.

Queens

Antonio Reynoso touts experience in race to succeed U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez

By Shane O’Brien

Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes the oath of office

Politics

MAYOR MAMDANI: Queens democratic socialist takes the oath of office as NYC’s 112th mayor

By Robert Pozarycki

Zohran Mamdani and Kathy Hochul holding hands

Politics

Mamdani makes grand plans for New Year’s Day inauguration ceremony and block party for tens of thousands to attend

By Robert Pozarycki

family member holding infant after meeting with ICE at Federal Plaza

Prayers and sighs of relief: How fear of ICE check-ins at Federal Plaza lead to tense moments for family members and advocates

By Dean Moses

Outgoing city comptroller Brad Lander launches Congressional challenge to Dan Goldman

Politics

Brad Lander launches Congressional bid with a hacked X account and a warning of a ‘five-alarm fire’ threat to democracy

By Adam Daly

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2025 Election: Zohran Mamdani to become the next NYC mayor as Shirley Aldebol, Justin Sanchez win Bronx City Council races

By Lesley Cosme Torres

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn officials urge congress to end shutdown as SNAP benefits hang in the balance

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Brooklyn

Lawmakers sound the alarm as SNAP benefits set to expire, putting 700,000 Brooklynites at risk

By Olivia Seaman

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Bronx Times’ 2025 General Election Voter Guide: What to know if you’re voting in the Bronx

By Lesley Cosme Torres

court attendee in front of masked ICE agents at Federal Plaza

ICE in courts: Congress Member Goldman, other NYC pols press NYPD to patrol feds, arrest agents who break the law

By Dean Moses

lawmaker being arrested at federal plaza

Brooklyn

Brooklyn lawmakers among more than a dozen pols arrested in ICE protest at Federal Plaza

By Ethan Stark-Miller and Dean Moses

rally in support of haiti immigrants

Brooklyn

Brooklyn pols and community groups unite in support of Haitian immigrants

By Gabriele Holtermann & Lloyd Mitchell

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NYC public school funding: Pols and advocates rally at Tweed Courthouse to condemn federal cuts in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

By Shea Vance

A corrections officer in a NYC jail

Politics

Judge squashes Mayor Adams’ emergency orders blocking solitary confinement ban in city jails

By Adam Daly

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams addresses Town Hall meeting of Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke in Brooklyn on Monday, June 16, 2025.

Brooklyn

Caribbean candidates win Democratic Primary Elections in NYC

By Nelson A. King

Primary voter on Upper East Side

Politics

PRIMARY RESULTS: Unofficial tallies of how New Yorkers voted in key races

By Robert Pozarycki, Adam Daly, Ethan Stark-Miller and Shea Vance

Ballot boxes in a episcopal church in New York

Brooklyn

Things to Know for the 2025 Primary Elections

By Abbie Martin Greenbaum

Jumaane Williams, Jenifer Rajkumar, and Marty Dolan are the three Democratic contenders for this cycle's NYC public advocate election.

Politics

2025 Elections: Who are the Democrats running for NYC public advocate?

By Shea Vance

New Yorkers protest Trump travel ban and anti-immigrant policies

Trump travel ban on 12 African and Asian nations ‘racist’ and un-American, New York pols and advocates say

By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki

Public Advocate Debate June 4

Politics

Williams, Rajkumar trade blows over misconduct allegations, Mayor Adams ties in heated Public Advocate debate

By Adam Daly

A new name for the Third Avenue Bridge

By Abbie Martin Greenbaum

Man with bullhorn speaks out against ICE and Trump at rally in Manhattan

Politics

Manhattan rally blasts ICE as ‘Trump’s gestapo’ a day after NJ mayor arrested while visiting immigrant detention center

By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki

More from Around New York

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Attorney General Letitia James and Bronx electeds rally in the Bronx against surveillance pricing

New Pride Agenda executive director Kei Williams delivers remars in the State Capitol on May 6, 2026.

Advocates call on New York State to protect gender-affirming care, establish 24-hour LGBTQ crisis hotline

Paublo Torres is accused of turning the El Catracho sports bar in Hollis into a shooting gallery, killing his half-brother and wounding the manager in the early morning of Saturday, Feb. 21.

Southeast Queens man indicted for shooting half-brother to death during brawl in crowded Hollis sports bar: DA

Community envisions green future for McCarren Park’s asphalt lot