On the eve of Tuesday’s primary, the top candidates for mayor of New York City issued their sharpest criticism of the campaign. Source: New York Times
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Yang makes a final lap of the city, undeterred by a van with broken A.C.
By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2021
Andrew Yang and his campaign vehicle dubbed the Yangatron are leaving no borough unvisited today in his search for votes. Source: New York Times
Scenes From the Final Day of Early Voting
By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2021
The candidates make their last pitches, with Andrew Yang and Kathryn Garcia appearing together and Eric Adams denouncing gun violence. Source: New York Times
Who Do the Billionaires Want for Mayor? Follow Their Money.
By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2021
Ultrawealthy donors have given $16 million to super PACs dedicated to the New York City mayor’s race. Half of that money has gone to three moderate candidates. Source: New York Times
Adams Clashes With Rivals on Last Weekend of Mayoral Campaign
By Gotham Rex on June 20, 2021
Eric Adams and Andrew Yang tussled on questions of race in a frenetic day of campaigning, two days before the June 22 primary. Source: New York Times
Yang and Garcia Form Late Alliance in Mayor’s Race, Drawing Adams’s Ire
By Gotham Rex on June 19, 2021
Andrew Yang and Kathryn Garcia campaigned together on Saturday in a show of unity that their top rival, Eric Adams, sought to portray as racially motivated. Source: New York Times
Rising From Pandemic, New York Seeks a New Mayor to Face Looming Crises
By Gotham Rex on June 19, 2021
Eric Adams is considered the front-runner in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, but the race is fluid enough that another candidate may win. Source: New York Times
A Full Guide to Voting in NYC's Mayoral Primary
By Gotham Rex on June 19, 2021
What you should know about casting your ballot if you still want to do it early or are heading to the polls on Tuesday. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary: How and Where to Vote, Early Voting and More
By Gotham Rex on June 19, 2021
What you should know about casting your ballot if you still want to do it early or are heading to the polls on Tuesday. Source: New York Times
‘Keep an Eye on This Guy’: Inside Eric Adams’s Complicated Police Career
By Gotham Rex on June 19, 2021
Mr. Adams’s police credentials have helped him rise to the top of this year’s mayoral field. But his relationship with the department is complex. Source: New York Times
How the Candidates for N.Y.C. Mayor Would Tackle Homelessness
By Gotham Rex on June 18, 2021
In the Democratic primary’s last days, and with New York’s economy starting to regain its footing, a chronic problem gains new urgency. Source: New York Times
2 Children Out Walking Get Caught Between a Gunman and His Target
By Gotham Rex on June 18, 2021
The harrowing scene in the Bronx, captured on surveillance video, came about a week after a 10-year-old Queens boy was fatally shot. Source: New York Times
Yang and Garcia Announce Plans to Campaign Together
By Gotham Rex on June 18, 2021
Their plan to appear together over the last weekend before the primary, appears aimed at creating a bloc against the presumed front-runner, Eric Adams. Source: New York Times
Yang Faces Backlash for Comments on Mentally Ill
By Gotham Rex on June 17, 2021
The candidates remained focused on crime on the campaign trail, while Andrew Yang was criticized by his rivals for comments he made on the debate stage. Source: New York Times
Maya Wiley Takes Credit for Daniel Pantaleo’s Firing. Is That Justified?
By Gotham Rex on June 17, 2021
When she was the head of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, Ms. Wiley was criticized for not being more aggressive in pursuing discipline against officers. Source: New York Times