Polls open for primary Election Day. Stakes are high for several NY Congressional races.

Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay

Weather: ☁️☔ Foggy this morning, with more rain possible and highs in the lower 70s.

It's Tuesday in New York City, where polls are open until 9 p.m. for a primary election that features an unusually competitive slate of congressional races.

Voters will also cast ballots in the first contested Democratic primary for state comptroller in decades, as well as some state legislative, judicial and party position races.

Here's what to know before you head to the polls.

And here's what else is happening:

• Today's primaries will be a major test of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s political capital after he threw his support behind three progressive congressional candidates.
  • Mamdani's seemingly relentless campaigning late last week did not manage to boost early voting turnout — just 5% of eligible voters cast ballots ahead of Election Day. 
• The MTA said the subway carried more late-night riders after the Knicks' NBA championship win than on New Year's Eve.
• Could New York City and Lake Placid cohost the Winter Olympics in 2042? Gov. Kathy Hochul launched a committee yesterday to explore the possibility.
• Landlords and housing providers have continued pursuing eviction cases against formerly homeless New Yorkers — even after the Mamdani administration told them to stop — according to legal advocacy groups.
• The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday restored the conviction of a man found guilty of kidnapping and murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979.
• Want to do "Hamilton" karaoke or make a World Cup piñata? Visit a New York City library this July.

• Commuters said last night's trip from Manhattan back to New Jersey went pretty smoothly, despite the rain and the World Cup-related disruptions.
• Bard College high school students mercilessly heckled outgoing president Leon Botstein during their graduation ceremony, including after the known Jeffrey Epstein associate claimed onstage that "to get anything done, you’re going to have to dance with the devil."
• The family of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, the Indian tourist who died in a Central Park horse carriage crash last week, said in a letter to Mayor Mamdani that allowing the carriage rides to resume was “a profound insult to our family.”
• Among the people who lost their jobs for posting about Charlie Kirk after his assassination, some have received six-figure settlements and even gotten their jobs back.
• They're saying the observatory at the top of The Dink is great.  
• This grilled cheese also looks great.
• Gym goblin.