New York

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The Sprint for City Hall
Is the Mayor’s Race Tightening?
The candidates make their last push for undecided New Yorkers with early voting underway.
By Katie Glueck
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How Andrew Cuomo’s Dreams of Becoming a Radio Star Fell Apart
After he resigned as governor, Mr. Cuomo looked to restore his name while taking on a new lucrative career as a podcast host. Things did not go according to plan.
By Nicholas Fandos
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1. What Do You and the N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Agree On?
  Answer 14 questions and we’ll show you where you align with the three leading candidates for mayor of New York City.
  By Eden WeingartEmma G. FitzsimmonsNicholas Fandos and Jon Huang
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2. A Fan of ‘Ruthless Competence,’ She Wants to Be Governor of New Jersey
  Representative Mikie Sherrill’s campaign represents a Rorschach test for the Democratic Party as she runs in Tuesday’s election against a Trump-endorsed Republican, Jack Ciattarelli.
  By Tracey Tully
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At Mamdani Rally, a Moment of Unity Goes Sideways for Hochul
Gov. Kathy Hochul received a tepid response from a stadium filled with Zohran Mamdani supporters, whose chants of “Tax the rich” interrupted her speech.
By Grace Ashford
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Trump Argues in Formal Appeal That His Conviction Was ‘Fatally Marred’
In 2024, a jury found that Donald J. Trump approved a scheme to falsify business records to conceal a hush-money payment to a porn star. He became the first felon president.
By Jonah E. Bromwich
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Why America’s Debate Over Which Children Are ‘Gifted’ Won’t Go Away
Gifted programs could be shutting out millions of high-performing Black and Latino children from low-income families. Can districts fix their advanced education problem?
By Troy Closson
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In Third Run for Governor, Ciattarelli Mixes MAGA Into His Agenda
Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey, is betting that Trump supporters will turn out and support him, even without Mr. Trump atop the ticket.
By Nick Corasaniti
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Should the Mayor Control N.Y.C. Schools? Mamdani and Cuomo Don’t Agree.
Zohran Mamdani and the teachers’ union have called for changes in mayoral control. Andrew M. Cuomo and some education leaders say that would be a grave mistake.
By Troy Closson
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An Old-Fashioned Halloween Store That Won’t Give Up the Ghost
Halloween Adventure, a fixture in Lower Manhattan, has long prided itself on being a place where customers and employees can express themselves.
By Kaja Andric and Graham Dickie
Would Mamdani Be New York’s First Immigrant Mayor? Not by a Long Shot.
If Zohran Mamdani is elected, he would join a list of more than two dozen mayors of New York City born overseas.
By Andy Newman
After ominous warnings about Mamdani, Cuomo seeks to cast himself as a unifier.
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By Matthew Haag
Daniel Radcliffe Will Return to Broadway in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’
The “Harry Potter” alumnus, who won a Tony Award last year, will star in a solo play that involves something unexpected: audience participation.
By Michael Paulson
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By Dana Rubinstein and Matthew Haag
A Sacred Space Where 90-Year-Old Jazz Records Reign
At the Hot Club of New York, patrons revisit the music’s past by spinning shellac 78 RPM discs of recordings made in the 1910s to ’50s.
By Ken Micallef
The mayoral race is disrupting marital bliss inside a Harlem apartment.
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By Tim Balk
De Blasio Impersonator Tricks British Newspaper With Fake Criticism of Mamdani
The Times of London briefly ran an article with quotes from someone who the paper said had falsely claimed to be the former New York mayor Bill de Blasio.
By Emma G. Fitzsimmons
In a joint appearance, Cuomo and Adams argue Mamdani isn’t a real Democrat.
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By Jeffery C. Mays
Guard Is Convicted of Pursuing Jail Smugglers and Firing at Them
Leon Wilson, a veteran correctional officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center, chased the people from the lockup’s parking lot to the Brooklyn Bridge.
By Santul Nerkar