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Several mayoral candidates pushed back against the Trump administration and frontrunner former governor Andrew Cuomo.

A New York City rapper who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in the Bronx last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges after prosecutors say he used earnings from his music career to fuel gang violence in Brooklyn.

With three months left until the Primary Election, candidates are jockeying for the spotlight in a crowded field of household names.

Mayor Eric Adams insisted that even though he hasn’t attended Democratic forums, he is campaigning as a Democrat. As he and frontrunner Andrew Cuomo exchanged barbs, another contender, Zohran Mamdani, said he was the first to raise the maximum $8 million in public financing dollars  NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

President Donald Trump has praised tariffs and announced an array of import duties on specific countries and products since taking office.

The Democratic congresswoman from New York has been on the road with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for his “Fighting Oligarchy” rallies.

The phrase was reportedly first used 250 years ago Sunday by lawyer Patrick Henry to persuade colonists to prepare for war against Great Britain.

In the race for New York City mayor, a handful of Democratic candidates pitches themselves for the position at a weekend forum, minus a couple of big names in contention. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports. 

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is suing the New York State Comptroller’s office to get taxpayers to pay his legal bills for yet another lawsuit Cuomo filed against the office of his political nemesis, State Attorney General Letitia James.

At the first stop of their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour out West, two of the Democratic Party’s most unabashed progressive lawmakers had plenty to say about President Donald Trump. But they also had some strong words for their own party.

Various scandals that cost former Gov. Andrew Cuomo his job have already cost New York taxpayers almost $60 million in legal fees. But the New York state comptroller’s office says they are drawing a line, refusing to pay the legal fees Cuomo has racked up specifically battling his political nemesis Attorney General Letitia James. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo...

The MTA’s camera’s for congestion pricing will stay on for now, but for how much longer? The U.S. Department of Transportation originally set March 21 as the deadline to pull the plug on the toll, but that has been pushed back to allow for a 30-day extension. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports. 

New York City never actually implemented its 2022 law that would have let 800,000 cast a ballot for mayor, city council and other local offices, but not for president, Congress or state officials

With just hours remaining before a federal deadline to bring an end to congestion pricing, New York City’s controversial tolling program was given a last-minute extension by the Trump administration.

Ben & Jerry’s claims its CEO was wrongly fired because of the ice cream company’s progressive political stance.

While New York transit officials point to publicly available statistics showing major crime on the subway system is trending down this year, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy noted “a number of high-profile safety related incidents” in a letter sent to the head of the MTA.

Tracie Strahan reporting on MTA could lose federal funding over subway safety.

Why is Mayor Adams thinking about ditching the Democratic primary and mounting a third party bid for mayor in November instead? His close friend Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn shares some of the Mayor’s thinking with NBC New York. She’s the Assemblymember and Brooklyn Democratic party chair who backed Andrew Cuomo on Sunday. Melissa Russo reports.

Romney Smith reporting on Trump, Hochul at odds over future of congestion pricing.

The race for New York City’s next mayor loomed over Monday’s oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.