On the last day of January, hundreds of people filled the pews of Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Koreatown to hear not the word of God but the gospel of the Democratic Socialists of America. It was the local chapter's bimonthly meeting and also a kickoff event for a year during which they planned to build on an already impressive foothold in L.A. politics.
Bright yellow sweatshirts emblazoned with I TIM KELLER are being handed out to city residents experiencing homelessness, but no one seems to know who is behind them. Tim Keller running for re-election as mayor says it isn't him, and his campaign called it a disgraceful stunt. Some people said they got the hooded sweatshirts at shelters; others said they were handed out on the street. Pebblez, who is unhoused, said the people distributing them did not reveal who they were: They didn't identify themselves. They had no tags. They weren't wearing anything. They just asked if we wanted sweaters.
BED-STUY, NY - It was a clean sweep for Democratic incumbents in Bed-Stuy, where voters weighed in on races for mayor, comptroller, public advocate, Brooklyn borough president and City Council Districts 36 and 41. Turnout in the 2025 election hit record highs, with more than 2 million New Yorkers casting ballots in the three-way mayoral contest between Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, and Curtis Sliwa - marking the city's largest voter participation since the 1960s.
Elected in 2022, Adams made his mark in office by mitigating rising prices with affordability announcements, including a 2024 proposal to lift income taxes for low-income New Yorkers. This administration has put $30 billion back into the pockets of working-class people, the mayor told amNewYork. On July 10, Adams also announced an additional $80 million for expanded child care, another costly but essential service that hurts many low-income families in the city.
"You have to speak and act with moral clarity, and when supporters of yours say things that are blatantly antisemitic, you can't leave room for that to just sit there," Shapiro said.
The people of the Democratic primary have spoken, and I accept the results. I have profound differences of opinion with Assemblymember Mamdani, but we had a mutually respectful conversation.
"It is the role of this board to balance the reality of rising cost and financing challenges facing owners with what are deep affordability challenges facing tenants," said Doug Apple, the board chair, to boos from the crowd.
