Jeffery C. Mays

I shut it down because folks were being disrespectful. I’m fine with disagreement but I don’t have to tolerate disrespect from you or anyone else.

Mayoral Candidates Navigate a Mass Shooting That Has Rattled New York

Monday’s mass shooting may put concerns over gun violence back on voters’ minds, and have already lead some to scrutinize Mr. Mamdani for his views on policing. “He clearly does not understand what public safety is all about,” said Cuomo w/ @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/n...

Bangladeshi Community Mourns Officer Killed in Midtown Manhattan Shooting Didarul Islam had a hard-won house, a job that brought respect and the esteem of his neighbors. “He said serve the community and you’ll do fine,” a friend said.

On a sleepy Bronx street, relatives, friends and leaders of the Muslim community that enveloped Didarul Islam came to pay their respects just hours after he was gunned down while providing security at a Park Avenue skyscraper on Monday.

Mamdani Victory Could Represent Expansion of the Left’s Influence

NEW: While business leaders are anxious over the prospect of Zohran Mamdani in City Hall, the Democratic Socialists of America are contemplating how they would wield power and influence policy. w/ @jeffcmays.bsky.social
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Adams Eclipses Mamdani in Recent Fund-Raising, as Cuomo Lags Behind

Mamdani's campaign quickly replied to Cuomo’s relaunch video w/a fund-raising link that received 175k more likes & the campaign received $110k from 2,400 donors 24 hours after the post, its second highest fundraising in 1 day, w/ @emmagf.bsky.social & Urvashi Uberoy www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/n...

Eric Adams Asked Top Donors to Vet Campaign Manager Before Hiring Him

NEW: As Mayor Eric Adams of New York City searched for a new campaign manager, he asked his leading candidate to sit for private interviews with two crusading hedge fund titans he wants to bankroll his re-election effort. w/Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/n...

“All of these things sound good because the affordability issue is real,” Adams says about Zohran Mamdani’s campaign focus on affordability: free buses, universal child care, rent freezes. “Nothing is more harmful than promising things you can’t deliver.” (Previous mayor did freeze the rent).

After Mamdani’s Win, Some Democrats Are Determined to Stop Him

“If I were to use that term on the air, they probably would censor us,” NYC Mayor Eric Adams says on Fox Business News when asked his response to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking him to bow out of the Nov. election. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/n...

After Mamdani’s Win, Some Democrats Are Determined to Stop Him

Keith L.T. Wright, the Manhattan Democratic chairman, backed Mr. Cuomo in the primary but said in an interview Monday that “the electorate spoke loudly and they spoke clearly. Sometimes, you’ve got to know when to show ’em and when to fold ’em.” w/ Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/n...

Speaking on CNBC, Eric Adams attempts to explain away his connection to Donald Trump around the dismissal of his federal corruption indictment, says Cuomo has asked him to drop out of general election: “I’m the sitting mayor of New York and you’re asking me to step aside when you lost by 12 points

How Zohran Mamdani Stunned New York and Won the Primary for Mayor

How Zohran Mamdani Stunned New York and Won the Primary for Mayor w/ Nick Fandos, Ben Oreskes and @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/n...

Major Unions Are Dropping Cuomo to Back Mamdani in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race

Leaders of the three unions, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, Local 32BJ and the New York State Nurses Association, said they were supporting Mr. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, because he had made affordability his campaign’s centerpiece.

‘Re-elect Eric’: Adams Kicks Off Bid to Oppose Mamdani for Mayor

A victory would not only represent a Lazarus-type resurrection for Mayor Eric Adams, 64, who is fond of comparing himself to biblical figures, but would also make him the first Black mayor to be elected to a second term in New York City. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/n...

Eric Adams announcement interrupted by protesters who call him a criminal and accuse him of selling out the city to Donald Trump

In a sign of how divisive the race might be, protesters outside City Hall’s gates chant “F you Eric.” The crowd standing with the mayor drowns out the chants with chants of “Four more years.”

The crowd breaks into chants of “Eric, Eric” and “Four more years” as the mayor descends the City Hall steps.

Outside City Hall where Mayor Eric Adams is officially announcing his re-election campaign. His slogan: “Delivers. Never Quits.”

The Closing Arguments of the N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates

With the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City looming on Tuesday, the candidates are making their closing arguments to voters: w/ @mayaking.bsky.social @emmagf.bsky.social & Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/n...

Mamdani Helped a Rival Candidate. She Isn’t Returning the Favor.

“The Democratic establishment, I see them take a lot from progressives but they don’t give a lot back,” said @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social . “That’s why we have Donald Trump in the White House and that’s how we keep recycling people like Andrew Cuomo.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...

Mamdani Narrows Cuomo’s Lead in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race, New Poll Finds

"The Democratic primary for NYC mayor has tightened into a two-man sprint in its final days, with former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo maintaining a modest but diminished lead over Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, according to a new poll released on Wednesday." Via Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/n...

Banned From YouTube, but Welcomed by Eric Adams at Gracie Mansion

Mayor Adams says conservative influencer/OnlyFans model Amber Rose brought Sneako, the streamer accused of antisemitism, to Gracie Mansion. Adams wanted his son to meet Rose and Rose brought Sneako. The mayor's reps claimed yesterday to not know who invited Sneako. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/n...

Cuomo and Mamdani Vie for Support as Early Voters Flock to the Polls

The first day of early voting was a busy one for two of the leading candidates. On the campaign trail with @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/n...

“You gotta have a fighter against Trump,” the Rev Sharpton says in Harlem with Andrew Cuomo seated nearby. “Don’t bring no punks to the real fight! Andrew didn’t say that, I said that.”

10 Questions With Bill de Blasio About Andrew Cuomo’s Run for Mayor

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Andrew Cuomo for Mayor? Bill de Blasio Has Thoughts, None of Them Good.

“He is a vindictive person,” Mr. de Blasio said. “He’s a bully. He’s obsessed with revenge.” Call it BdB’s revenge. Via @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...

Mamdani’s Delicate Quest to Become New York City’s First Muslim Mayor

“I don’t see anybody asking anyone else to qualify their stances on Islamophobia or anti-Muslim sentiment,” said Imam Khalid Latif, executive director of the Islamic Center of New York City. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/n...

Andrew Cuomo’s Dodge Charger, parked slightly crookedly in front of Amy Ruth’s in Harlem, is driven away because four reporters waiting outside on the sidewalk refused to leave.

Cuomo is criticizing President Trump and his handling of the protests in L.A.: “It’s authoritarianism in a way we’ve never seen it before.” Says Trump claims to be deporting “dangerous criminals” but his deporting “children out of classrooms.” Predicts Trump will try to send federal troops to NYC.

Taking a swipe at the experience level of Zohran Mamdani, a 33 year old three term Assemblyman who is rising in the polls, Cuomo says: “You don’t know what you don’t know,” he said. “There’s nothing easy about governing New York City.”

“It’s great to be in a building where there are no ICE agents outside,” said former Gov. David Paterson betore endorsing Andrew Cuomo.