Officials Share New Analysis of Iran Strike, and Zohran Mamdani Talks Next Steps
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In New Assessment, C.I.A. Chief Says U.S. Strikes 'Severely Damaged' Iranian Program, by Julian E. Barnes, Mark Mazzetti and Maggie Haberman
Supreme Leader's Absence Raises Alarm in Iran, by Farnaz Fassihi
Mamdani Reflects on His Astonishing Rise and the Challenges Ahead, by Emma G. Fitzsimmons
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Politico
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- Politico
Mamdani makes RCV boring
Presented by the Coalition for a Better Times Square With help from Amira McKee Today's tabulation of ranked-choice votes could've been HUGE — the day we finally found out who won New York City's wild mayoral primary. Instead, we got a definitive Zohran Mamdani win on election night that few people predicted. So hot takes have already been published, the data has already been analyzed and general election endorsements have already been made — the latest, a shrug from City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. The Board of Elections plans to publish the RCV results on its website today at noon. That will effectively be the final results for all the city's primary races. The only votes that won't be tabulated yet are late-arriving absentee ballots. Those mail-in votes will be included in another RCV tabulation next week, before the election results are certified later this month. But those few remaining votes are highly unlikely to shift the outcome in any races. When the numbers drop today, we'll be checking what share of City Comptroller Brad Lander's votes go to Mamdani, what share go to former governor Andrew Cuomo — and what share of those ballots are exhausted, going to neither. Pre-primary polling showed people who preferred Lander splitting their lower-ranked votes between Mamdani and Cuomo. If a bunch more now go to Mamdani, it'll highlight the power of cross-endorsements in an RCV scenario. It could also keep feeding the rumors that Lander might challenge Rep. Dan Goldman in a 2026 primary, as City & State reports. Cuomo's team insists they don't have much interest in the RCV numbers. 'We don't expect the final tabulations tomorrow to be all that revelatory,' campaign spokesperson Rich Azzopardi said. They're looking at polling instead, and trying to predict the electorate in November to gauge whether he'll bother running a serious general election campaign on the independent 'Fight and Deliver' ballot line. Mayor isn't the only race in town. A handful of City Council races were too close to call on election night, and candidates on the east side of Manhattan, western Queens and central Queens are all hoping to be this year's Kristin Richardson Jordan, who pulled off a come-from-behind victory four years ago. RCV got a lot of hate in 2021. Mayor Eric Adams slammed it as 'voter suppression,' and there were widespread concerns that voter education was lacking. This year, 96 percent of city voters said their ballot was simple to complete, and 81 percent said they understood RCV 'extremely well' or 'very well.' That's according to a SurveyUSA exit poll of 991 Democratic primary voters conducted for government reform groups Common Cause New York and FairVote, which both support RCV. We'll get official numbers from the BOE, but 69 percent of voters say they ranked three or more candidates. 'Voting is becoming ranking in the nation's largest city,' said Deb Otis, director of research and policy at FairVote. 'Voters get more choice, more competition, and a majority winner without a costly, low-turnout July runoff.' The clear election night victory was a clear public relations victory for RCV too. There would have been a lot of grumbling from some stressed out New Yorkers this week otherwise. — Jeff Coltin IT'S TUESDAY. HAPPY FISCAL NEW YEAR IN NEW YORK CITY: Got news? Send it our way: Jeff Coltin, Emily Ngo and Nick Reisman. WHERE'S KATHY? In Erie County making a housing announcement, and then meeting with middle-class parents and announcing 'investments in New York families.' WHERE'S ERIC? In New York City meeting with senior administration officials, making a public safety-related announcement with NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and signing legislation related to insurance coverage for city-licensed vehicles. QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'It's not every day you see a pig, the Mayor, @NMalliotakis,@Curt i sSliwa, and me all on the same side — but here we are. Lucy stays with her family, as she should!' — City Council Member Frank Morano on a pet pig permitted to stay with her Staten Island family. ABOVE THE FOLD THE FRAUGHT POLITICS OF RENT HIKES: The promise of a rent freeze was a central tenet of Zohran Mamdani's winning campaign in last week's Democratic primary for mayor. But for now — at least — New York City's rent-regulated tenants will see another rent hike by the Rent Guidelines Board. The panel voted Monday night to raise rents by 3 percent on one-year leases and 4.5 percent on two-year leases in regulated housing. It's the fourth consecutive rent hike under Mayor Eric Adams, whose predecessor Bill de Blasio oversaw three rent freezes and otherwise very modest increases during his eight-year tenure. The landlord lobby still considers the Adams-era rent increases insufficient, this year's included. But some owner advocates — perhaps bracing themselves for a Mamdani mayoralty — praised the panel on Monday for rejecting a rent freeze. 'While we are disappointed that the RGB once again adjusted rents below inflation, we appreciate that they stood up to political pressure calling for rent freezes that would accelerate the financial and physical deterioration of thousands of older rent-stabilized buildings,' Kenny Burgos, CEO of the New York Apartment Association, said in a statement. Following the vote, Adams sought to distance himself from the board's decision. 'I am disappointed that [the panel] approved increases higher than what I called for,' he said in a statement. He had previously urged the board to 'adopt the lowest increase possible.' Mamdani, for his part, pledged Monday that 'change is coming.' 'As voters showed last Tuesday, New Yorkers are ready for a city government that lowers costs instead of padding real estate profits,' he said in a statement. Tenant activists were optimistic: 'This will be the last rent hike New Yorkers ever see from a mayor bought and paid for by real estate,' said Cea Weaver, director of the New York State Tenant Bloc. — Janaki Chadha CITY HALL: THE LATEST 'BEST BUDGET EVER': The New York City Council passed next fiscal year's $115.9 billion budget with unanimous approval on Monday — the council's first uncontested budget vote in years. 'This is the first time I will be voting yes on this budget, because we have finally surpassed the bare minimum,' democratic socialist City Council Member Alexa Avilés said Monday. She voted no the last three years to show opposition to budget cuts pushed by Mayor Eric Adams. Touted as a way to 'Trump-proof' the city, the election year budget is the largest in city history. Despite the record spending — or perhaps because of it — City Hall officials say the negotiations were relatively painless. The final spending blueprint, which Adams has touted as the 'best budget ever,' includes $10 million to pilot a cost-free childcare program and $74.7 million for immigrant legal services. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams celebrated the budget agreement as a victory and the culmination of a three year tug-of-war with the mayoral administration. 'We really did become what we never should have become, and that was the council of restoration instead of the council of building. Now, in this fourth budget, I believe that we have a clear vision,' she told Playbook. 'It's a monumental thing … finally putting forth … many of the things that should have been done years ago.'— Amira McKee & Jeff Coltin More from the city:— Eric Adams broke the law when he refused to implement elements of a city law severely restricting the use of solitary confinement in the jails, a state judge ruled. (Daily News) — A lease for city office space in a building owned by a billionaire Adams donor is moving forward, even as an investigation into the deal continues. (THE CITY) — Across New York City, political comebacks failed. (City & State) NEW FROM PLANET ALBANY SIENA POLL BLOWOUT: There's good and bad news for Gov. Kathy Hochul in today's Siena College poll. On the positive side: She's leading her likely Democratic primary opponents and potential Republican foes by double digits. On the not-so-great side: Hochul doesn't surpass 50 percent in either race. The survey is an indication the governor's bid for a second full term next year stands to be an unpredictable race — even in a deep blue state. Hochul would easily defeat Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado and Rep. Ritchie Torres — who is yet to declare whether he will run — by a blowout margin in a Democratic primary. Hochul received 49 percent, compared to Delgado's 12 percent and Torres' 10 percent. In potential general election matchups, Hochul would beat Rep. Elise Stefanik 47 percent to 24 percent, Rep. Mike Lawler 44 percent to 24 percent, and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman 44 percent to 19 percent. None of the potential GOP candidates have formally entered the race. Hochul's numbers, however, remain middling. Only 42 percent of voters have a favorable view of her, while 47 percent do not — virtually unchanged since the same poll last month. Hochul has arguably had a successful year. She won approval of a budget that included her measures to address affordability with taxpayer rebate checks and a ban on cellphones in schools — a measure that's drawn national interest. The governor still has a lot of work to do with crucial suburban and independent voters. While 55 percent of New Yorkers prefer 'someone else,' that desire is even stronger in the bellwether suburbs (62 percent) and among voters not enrolled in either party (63 percent). She is also yet to unleash her campaign war chest, which stood at more than $15 million in January. Hochul has been steering cash to the state Democratic Committee with a plan to use the party's political infrastructure to her advantage next year. The poll of 800 registered voters was conducted from June 23 to June 26. It has a 4.4 point margin of error. — Nick Reisman MORE ON THE GOV'S RACE: Blakeman is joining a long list of Republicans trying to leverage campaign donations from Mamdani's Democratic mayoral primary victory. Blakeman's Nassau County executive campaign sent a fundraising email Monday to donors that warned what happens in the city will impact the suburbs. 'The results of the New York City mayoral race have made one thing clear: the political tides in our region are shifting fast,' the email stated. 'The choices made in the city ripple out to every surrounding community. Policies on public safety, taxes, and quality of life are on the ballot every day — not just in NYC, but here too.' — Nick Reisman More from Albany: — Hochul's creation of a gun violence office was approved as a Trump rebuke. (Times Union) — In Auburn, regional GOP leaders urge 'battle-tested' Rep. Mike Lawler to run for governor. (The Citizen) — Western New York is trying to get back into Canada's good graces. (Buffalo News) KEEPING UP WITH THE DELEGATION TRUMP'S TAKE ON MAMDANI: Donald Trump isn't on board with Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles' call for Mamdani to be stripped of citizenship and deported, but that doesn't mean the president is at all a fan of the democratic socialist, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. 'I haven't heard him call for that, but certainly he does not want this individual to be elected,' Leavitt told reporters. 'I was just speaking to him about it and [Mamdani's] radical policies that will completely crush New York City, which is obviously a city that the president holds near and dear to his heart.' Trump has threatened to withhold federal funding from his hometown if Mamdani doesn't 'do the right thing' if elected mayor in November. He hasn't yet gone as far as Ogles, a Republican who called Mamdani 'little muhammad' and urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to remove him from the country. Mamdani was born in Uganda, but moved to New York at age 7. Several Democrats rushed to Mamdani's defense and condemned the Islamophobic attacks, including New York House moderates who've otherwise been critical of the candidate. Leavitt said Monday that general election voters in New York City should choose wisely, calling Mamdani a communist. Mamdani has clarified that he is a socialist. — Emily Ngo More from the delegation: — Elon Musk said he would follow through on threats to form a third party if Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' is enacted by Congress. (POLITICO) — Brad Lander calls Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's comments about Mamdani 'awful.' (WNYC) — A GOP city real estate developer says his experience with war in his native Kosovo will help him topple Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (New York Post) NEW YORK STATE OF MIND — The echoes of a crisis inside the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, a former migrant shelter. (New York Times) — Efforts intensify to make the Plattsburgh airport a port of entry. (Times Union) — Legal Aid Society lawyers in New York City were locked in a struggle for higher pay after authorizing their union to strike. (New York Times) SOCIAL DATA HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Diane Ravitch … former state Sen. Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. … Mike Schweinsburg of the 504 Dems … OCME's Persephone Tan … Julie Shiroishi of Eleanor's Legacy … NBC's Kristen Welker … Sally Quinn … Brett Zongker … Mike Czin of SKDK … Bloomberg's Olivia Alafriz … (WAS MONDAY): Noam Lustiger ... Abbey Taub Missed Monday's New York Playbook PM? We forgive you. Read it here.
Fox News
an hour ago
- Fox News
Dave Rubin warns Jews to 'get the hell out' of NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor
Political commentator Dave Rubin warned his fellow Jewish Americans on Friday that they should flee New York City if Zohran Mamdani becomes the new mayor in November. Mamdani, a Ugandan-born Muslim New York State Assemblyman from Queens, won the race to become the Democratic Party's nominee for New York City mayor, but Republicans and even some Democrats have blasted the democratic socialist as too extreme. He has also been criticized for his stance on Israel and refusing to condemn the phrase "Globalize the intifada," concerning many Jewish New Yorkers amid rising antisemitism. "This guy is an absolute radical," Rubin said about Mamdani. "He said that if Bibi Netanyahu showed up in New York City he would arrest him... He's still chanting 'From to the river to the sea,' all of this stuff." Mamdani immigrated to the United States when he was seven years old from South Africa and became a naturalized citizen in 2018 after he graduated from college. When asked on a podcast in mid-June about phrases like "From the river to the sea" and "Globalize the intifada," Mamdani responded, "I know people for whom those things mean very different things, and to me, ultimately, what I hear in so many, is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights." The clip went viral, as Jewish advocacy groups and influencers slammed Mamdani for what they say is a refusal to condemn the phrase "Globalize the intifada," a rallying cry that has been used by anti-Israel protesters against the war in Gaza. Many Democratic Party figures have called on Mamdani to denounce the phrase in recent days, including Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., and MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Sunday, "'Globalizing the intifada,' by way of example, is not an acceptable phrase. He's going to have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward." He continued, "With respect to the Jewish communities that I represent, I think our nominee is going to have to convince folks that he is prepared to aggressively address the rise in antisemitism in the city of New York, which has been an unacceptable development." Rubin warned that Mandani's New York could be yet another place Jewish people have to flee from for their safety. "I've said it on my show for weeks with this guy, if he wins in the fall, if you are Jewish, you leave New York City, period. And the Jews have an awful lot to do with a thriving New York City for over a hundred years. But you get the Hell out," Rubin warned. "Unfortunately, that's a bit of the story of the Jews, but you get out. There will be pogroms." "Already right now in New York City, they don't have functioning police," Rubin added. "Well, wait till this guy gets in charge where he's already calling for defunding the police, and all of the rest of it." He argued that citizens' ability to defend themselves may be compromised as well, pointing to a tweet from Mamdani saying, "We need to ban all guns." "I mean, regardless of what your feelings are on guns or the difference between, you know, a semi-automatic and a handheld or whatever, 'ban all guns,' I mean, no, that's a constitutionally guaranteed right," Rubin added. "So he is a radical of radicals." Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani for comment and did not receive an immediate reply.
Bloomberg
an hour ago
- Bloomberg
Mamdani's Rise Is a Gift Republicans Are Already Using
Zohran Mamdani isn't the most famous Democrat in America. But the frontrunner to serve as New York's next mayor is well on his way — and he'll get there, if Republicans have anything to say about it. Immediately after the previously little-known state assemblyman from Queens won the Democratic nomination for mayor, stunning his party's political establishment, Republicans got busy upping Mamdani's name recognition. In every upcoming contest in every corner of the country, Republicans are attempting to cast Democrats as the party of Mamdani.
