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In a video released to social media Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams descends the stairs at Gracie Mansion holding a large photo of his mother, with Frank Sinatra’s hit playing in the background.
After weeks of fervent denials, Adams then announced that he was dropping out of the mayoral race, admitting he couldn’t continue his run for a second term before rattling off his accomplishments over nearly four years.
“This campaign was for the underserved, the marginalized, the abandoned and betrayed by government,” he said.
Even before the Adams’ video was made public, the Democratic nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani pounced at the opportunity to reframe a somewhat altered race, telling supporters at an event in Brooklyn that “the billionaire-backed politics which found its home in Eric Adams is finding its home in Andrew Cuomo today.”
“He is running for that second term, running to ensure the legacy that Eric Adams has,” said Mamdani.
In Brooklyn, there will be no G trains between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts and Church Av from 9:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Three of the leading contenders for the next speaker of the City Council are making their fundraising bona fides — and generosity — well known ahead of the January 2026 vote. Democrats Julie Menin, Amanda Farías and Crystal Hudson have each dipped into their warchests and showered dozens of their colleagues up for reelection — as well as some new contenders — with contributions. Read more about who’s getting the cash.
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s stunning win in June’s primary shocked — and even terrified — some of the city’s business elite. But as the Assembly member from Queens barrels towards what’s looking like a decisive victory in November, many are coming to terms with his ascent. Read more about what they can — and can’t — get behind here.
On the latest episode of the LIT NYC podcast, New York Times Magazine writer Jonathan Mahler joins LIT NYC hosts Harry Siegel and Amy Sohn to discuss his sweeping new book, The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990.
Reporter’s Notebook
Trump Research Cuts Restored
When the Trump administration began cancelling research grants to New York City’s many colleges and universities, it appeared that one of the city’s major economic anchors would be badly hurt. But as the new academic year begins, schools are seeing the grants restored and employment hasn’t suffered.
Earlier this year, the Trump administration halted research grants to CUNY totalling $25 million, including $10 million in STEM grants that aided thousands of students. But 25 of those grants have already been restored, CUNY told its faculty Friday, and it believes more will soon be reinstated. CUNY also limited the impact by providing $800,000 in bridge money for programs that had seen funding interrupted.
While other universities have not disclosed whether grants have been resumed, employment at private colleges and universities ended August at 134,000 — 6,000 more than the same month in 2024.
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