Stéphane Gerson

Zohran Mamdani’s writer on crafting a historic victory speech: ‘In New York, inspiration is everywhere’ The mayor-elect’s address pulled from Socialist titans, Astoria’s uncles and his rival’s father. Julian Gerson explains how the two collaborated on the ‘love letter to New York’

Truly insightful portrait of @juliangerson.bsky.social in the Guardian. Love the insider's view of writing for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's campaign www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Tomorrow evening! "Gurs, Les Milles, Rivesaltes: New Perspectives on French Concentration Camps (1939-2007)", with Emily Marker and Terry Peterson (FIU), NYU, 53 Washington Square North, 6:30pm. More info: as.nyu.edu/.../-gurs--l....

Unpacking Mamdani’s Viral Victory Speech A close annotation of the references, applause lines and barbs in Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s address to his supporters.

Unpacking Mamdani’s Viral Victory Speech www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“Mamdani’s speech was reminiscent of Walt Whitman’s ‘Crossing Brooklyn Ferry’ , with its passionate evocations of commuting New Yorkers, or even Woody Guthrie’s ‘This land is your land’

This is such an amazing lineup!

Join us next Tuesday: "Gurs, Les Milles, Rivesaltes: New Perspectives on French Concentration Camps (1939-2007)", with Emily Marker and Terry Peterson (FIU), NYU, 53 Washington Square North, 6:30pm. More info: as.nyu.edu/departments/...

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

Julian Gerson is Mamdani’s speech writer, and this is a barn burner.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio

There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.

Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

“Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan,” Mr. Cuomo said, mistaking Mr. Daniels for his co-host Jonathan Capehart, both of whom are Black. 🤨

Débats Les éditorialistes du Point BLOC-NOTES BHL : « Un maire antisémite à New York ? » BLOC-NOTES. La mairie de New York risque d’avoir à sa tête Zohran Mamdani, un partisan du boycott d’Israël. Un danger pour les Juifs et l’avenir de la démocratie en Amérique, souligne le philosophe. Par Bernard-Henri Lévy

Il sera difficile, même pour “Le Point“, de faire beaucoup plus immonde que ça.

This is the third death that I'm aware of this year where a person died trying to flee from ICE.

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

This Sunday, we’re SHREDDING 🎸

Join me (or someone who looks a lot like me) at one of two locations to safely dispose of old bills, bank statements and documents you no longer need.

+ DJs, family portraits and frozen treats.

12-3pm in Harlem and the Bronx. Details in the video ⬇️

So unexpected that letting people keep their freedom, safety, and not be arbitrarily deported to foreign torture gulags might resonate with voters….

79. American citizen.

UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2

When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.

109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Eric Adams surrounded by members of the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation. He is wearing a blue velvet jacket that is embroidered with gold Magen David’s and other Jewish seeming patterns, including multiple menorahs. Everyone else is just in button down shirts or normal suits. He is not blending in.

You guys do yourself a favor and look at what Eric Adams wore to Rosh Hashanah services at the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation

On June 24, I began my Election Night speech by quoting Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” That's the spirit of this campaign, and our city.

This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.

If you know about Korea, you know that people will tell this story for generations.

Given the scale, tech savvy, cultural sway, strategic importance, and national pride of ROK, this might be *the* most lastingly damaging, idiotic move team MAGA has made.

Blessed by SecState Marco.

South Korean press speaking the obvious truths American papers are too afraid to publish

You’re think *you’re* depressed? Try being at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association right now with 5,000 political scientists presenting their work on the state of democracy, public opinion, and media.

They are also drinking heavily.

Mamdani’s New Ideas on Crime Show Make His Opponents Look Old What he understands and they don’t.

"Even in a contest against men twice his age, Mamdani has begun to sound like the adult in the room on issues of public safety, offering detailed, thoughtful policy proposals."

🙏 @errollouis.bsky.social

Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in Mayor’s Race, Times/Siena Poll Finds

New NYT/Siena poll of the NYC mayoral race has-

*Mamdani: 46%
*Cuomo: 24%
*Sliwa: 15%
*Adams: 9%

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/n...

Rick Davies, Lead Singer of Supertramp, Dies at 81

😢 Rick Davies, Lead Singer of Supertramp, Dies at 81 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/w...