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Extensive delays at major tri-state airports due to weather
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Travelers heading to major tri-state area airports may experience delays of up to two hours, according to the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday. As of 5:30 p.m. on Friday, delays were a little over two hours at LaGuardia Airport, nearly three hours at John F. Kennedy International Airport, and up to three and a half hours at Newark Liberty International Airport. More Local News The delays come as a result of wind and thunderstorms moving into the area, the FAA's website said. There's a 40% chance of rain for the evening according to forecasters from the National Weather Service. Showers are expected over the area between 11 p.m. into 2 a.m. Dominique Jack is a digital content producer from Brooklyn with more than five years of experience covering news. She joined PIX11 in 2024. More of her work can be found here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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a day ago
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Andrew Cuomo not dropping out of NYC mayoral election: sources
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo does not plan to drop out of the New York City mayoral election despite conceding to Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, sources told PIX11 News on Friday. Sources said Cuomo's name will still be on the ballot in November, as he does not plan to drop out of the independent line for the race. Click here for election results The deadline for independents to withdraw from the election is Friday. Cuomo wants to see what the ranked-choice simulation looks like next week to determine if he'll run a campaign, according to sources. This is a developing story. Please refresh the page for updates. Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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2 days ago
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Mayor Adams launches independent reelection bid, targets Mamdani
City Hall (PIX11) — Mayor Eric Adams officially launched an independent bid for re-election Thursday, two days after Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani stunned the city's political establishment by becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for Mayor. Adams was flanked by hundreds of supporters on the steps of City Hall, including many members of various religious communities. More Local News Adams is still trying to move past his now-dismissed federal corruption case, and has made at least one top aide caught up in the investigation, a campaign staffer. Adams said that for all the controversy, he led the city out of COVID, grew the economy, improved schools and quality of life, while making real progress on housing. 'In my second term, I'm going to continue to bring down crime, build a citywide mental health initiative, expand workforce development and vocational education,' Adams said. The mayor also took direct aim at Mamdani, calling him a 'snake oil salesman' and accusing him of making big promises he could never deliver. 'This is not a city of handouts,' Adams said. 'It's a city of hands up. We're going to continue to lift New Yorkers up, and I ask you to continue to stand with me.' Mamdani spoke one-on-one with PIX11 for the first time since Election night. 'This is a mayor who exacerbated the cost-of-living crisis, raised rents, and brought the water bill to its highest level in 13 years,' Mamdani said. The Assemblymember, who represents parts of Queens, is campaigning on a progressive platform that includes freezing rents on stabilized apartments, making city buses free, and creating universal child care. He said many of these proposals could be paid for through new taxes on the wealthy and corporations. More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State PIX 11 pressed Mamdani on how he would move forward with his agenda without support from Albany, particularly after Gov. Kathy Hochul said she would not raise taxes. 'To be clear, freezing the rent requires nothing from the state,' he said. 'It was done three times during the previous mayoral administration. And while raising taxes may be called a non-starter, so was our campaign. What we've done is build a movement unlike much else in this city's history, and that's the movement that will deliver this agenda.' In the full interview, Mamdani also addressed questions about what compromises he'd be willing to make to accomplish his agenda. Plus, how he plans to keep the city safe with his past criticism of policing. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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2 days ago
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NYC mayor Eric Adams to announce re-election campaign
NEW YORK (PIX11) — After Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani claimed victory in New York City's Democratic primary, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams is expected to announce his independent run for re-election. He's expected to make his campaign announcement at City Hall on Thursday after opening his campaign website for re-election and touting his record as mayor. More Local News 'I'm looking forward to being on the campaign trail and showing New Yorkers we can't go backwards,' said Adams during a Fox News interview posted to his campaign's social media account. 'New Yorkers never surrender or quit, I'm never going to quit for the city.' More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State Adams will run as an independent in November's general election and will go up against Attorney Jim Walden, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, and presumptive Democratic nominee Mamdani. The Brooklyn-native has served as the 110th mayor of New York City since 2022 after previously working as the Brooklyn borough president since 2013. Adams became the first NYC mayor to be indicted while in office in Sep. 202 on charges of bribery, solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States. The case was permanently dismissed in April 2025. New York City general election day is set for Nov. 4. Dominique Jack is a digital content producer from Brooklyn with more than five years of experience covering news. She joined PIX11 in 2024. More of her work can be found here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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3 days ago
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Zohran Mamdani appears to pull ahead of Andrew Cuomo, according to new poll
Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, has drawn level with Andrew Cuomo in the city's primary, according to a new poll, as voters brave record-breaking temperatures to cast their ballots. Mamdani, a 33-year-old New York assemblyman, may even be leading Cuomo, the 67-year-old former governor and scion of a prominent New York political family, if the poll's simulation of the system of ranked-choice voting is correct. A survey by Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill, found that Cuomo led Mamdani 35% to 32% – within the margin of error – for first-choice votes but when calculated by voters' final round choices, with six other candidates eliminated, Mamdani came out on top at 52% to Cuomo's 48%. Related: 'New Yorkers have been betrayed': can Zohran Mamdani become the most progressive mayor in the city's history? Under the new 'ranked choice' system, voters select their top five candidates in order of preference. If no candidate surpasses 50% in the first round of voting, the candidate who's last is eliminated and their votes are redistributed. That could, in theory, favor candidates that have not until now featured strongly in the polls, including comptroller Brad Lander, who was last week detained by Ice agents, or Adrienne Adams, the city council speaker, or Scott Stringer, the former comptroller. But the mayoral primary does not include Eric Adams, the current Democratic mayor who has decided to run in November's election as an independent after becoming embroiled in a fundraising scandal. Cuomo, too, is still tarred by the sexual harassment claims that forced him to resign as governor in 2021. The down-ticket race also features another New Yorker, or 'boomerang candidate', with a clouded reputation. Anthony Weiner, subject of multiple sexting scandals, is running for the city council. Cuomo has led the polls until now, but Mamdani has surged in recent weeks, setting up a contest between a centrist and a progressive that may, or may not, indicate the direction of travel for Democrats nationally. Both factions of the party will welcome a win as significantly indicative. Cuomo, whose campaign is lavishly backed by some of New York's richest people, is endorsed by Mike Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, as well as Bill Clinton and Jim Clyburn, the influential South Carolina congressman. Meanwhile Mamdani scored endorsements from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, but not the New York Times editorial board, which called him 'uniquely unsuited' for the city's challenges. The race between the leading candidates has been colored by international politics, with some accusing Mamdani of being antisemitic after he defended the phrase 'globalize the intifada'. Mamdani says the phrase has been deliberately misinterpreted to smear him and others who stand up for Palestinian rights. After the US strike on Iranian nuclear facilities at the weekend, Mamdani slammed the military action as heralding a 'dark new chapter' for the US. 'Donald Trump ran for president promising to end wars, not start new ones,' he said on X, adding: 'unconstitutional military action represents a dark, new chapter in his endless betrayals that now threaten to plunge the world deeper into chaos.' Cuomo later addressed the subject: 'Iran cannot have nuclear capability. That's number one,' he said. 'It's dangerous, not only for the region, it's dangerous internationally. It's dangerous for the United States.'
