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zaterdag 18 oktober 2025
WORLD WORLDWIDE US USA - New York NY - New York City NYC - THE CITY SCOOP - Did the debate change your mind?
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Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
Dear New Yorkers,
Early voting begins in just over a week, on Oct. 25. Did last night’s debate change your mind, or help you make it?
We were there in Midtown to watch the three major candidates trade barbs, take questions and make their second-to-last televised pitch to voters.
Some highlights: Republican Curtis Sliwa showed up without his signature red beret — and said he wouldn’t be so tough on President Donald Trump that it would cost New Yorkers major funding.
Andrew Cuomo said he’d double the number of specialized high schools, and repeatedly bashed Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani for his lack of experience.
And Mamdani stuck to his progressive proposals including plans to freeze rent, make buses free and send outreach workers to mental health crises.
Read more here — and mark your calendar for the final debate on Wednesday, Oct. 22, co-hosted by us.
Weather ☀️
Sunny, with a high near 60.
MTA 🚇
There will be no late night R trains between Whitehall Street-South Ferry and Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
On Wednesday, October 15th, journalists from THE CITY joined non-profit leaders and experts from JPMorganChase for a panel discussion on affordable housing at Chase’s Bronx Community Center Branch. At the event, New Yorkers heard from a panel moderated by THE CITY Managing Editor Rachel Holliday Smith that included senior reporter Samantha Maldonado, University Neighborhood Housing Program Executive Director Jim Buckley, JPMorganChase Global Philanthropy Program Officer Marco Villegas, and JPMorganChase Community Development Banking Managing Director Sharmi Sobhan.
The conversation, which included audience Q&A, was covered topics ranging from the economics of building affordable housing in New York City to how housing vouchers can help both tenants and landlords afford the high cost of living – and many topics in between.
New York City taxpayers will save about $1 billion on their federal income taxes from the higher state and local tax deduction (SALT) limit included in the Trump tax-and-spending cut bill, according to an Independent Budget Office report issued Thursday — which IRS data suggests is between 1% and 2% of all income tax paid by residents.
The IBO report — the first deep dive to come up with a dollar projection — also notes that virtually no one making under $100,000 a year receives any benefit because such taxpayers do not itemize deductions.
The Republican bill increased the potential SALT deduction to $40,000 from $10,000 but phased out the increase for taxpayers making more than $500,000. By raising the standard deduction, the bill also makes it more attractive for taxpayers to not itemize.
A statewide assessment by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli did not provide a similar number for taxpayers outside the city. The tax law is likely to become a key issue in next year’s elections as Republicans in swing congressional districts campaign on their success in lifting the cap.
Saturday, Oct. 18 and Sunday, Oct. 19: Check out Gowanus Open Studios, where hundreds of artists open their work spaces to display their latest projects.
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