It's Wednesday in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s three endorsed candidates for Congress won their Democratic primaries last night.
Former City Comptroller Brad Lander defeated incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman. State Assemblymember Claire Valdez won the seat held by outgoing Rep. Nydia Velázquez. And community organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier — whom the mayor endorsed in the closing weeks of the campaign — eked out a tight win over incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
"What you all have shown this evening — whether for state Assembly, state Senate or Congress — is that a year ago, it was not the end of a political movement," Mamdani said at Valdez's event last night. "It was the beginning."
Here's what else is happening:
Frank Carone, former Mayor Eric Adams' longtime advisor and chief-of-staff, was arrested this morning as part of a possible FBI bribery investigation, according to several media reports.
Advocates for trans youth are calling on organizers of Sunday’s annual NYC Pride March to ban the participation of hospitals that have ended gender-affirming care for minors under pressure from the Trump administration.
MTA Chair Janno Lieber this week dismissed an offer by Amtrak to become a "fully involved" partner in the Trump administration’s reconstruction of Penn Station, saying the federal government’s oversight of the project has been "bizarre" and has "the appearance of impropriety."
The long-abandoned Jacob Riis Bathhouse is set to begin reopening as a private club and hotel at the end of July.
Sticker entrepreneur and amateur rapper Anthony Constantino, who earned President Donald Trump's endorsement, won the Republican primary in New York’s 21st Congressional District.
"There weren’t as many helicopter parents in those days, and a lot of people lost track of their children. On a busy day like July 4, one shack might see two dozen lost kids": Janet Fash, New York City's first female chief lifeguard, has a new memoir about her years in the Rockaways.
After his father died suddenly last year, 23-year-old Kyota Umeki inherited Search and Destroy, a vintage clothing store that's one of the last bastions of punk culture on St. Marks.
Millions flooded streets across the five boroughs on Saturday, June 13 to watch the championship-clinching game. NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said the crowds sent overnight ridership “through the roof.”