Hell Gate Presents: March Madness of NYC Hot Takes 2025...THE ELITE EIGHT
The brackets have been filled. The take offense and take defense have been flowing. Who has advanced to our Elite Eight? And who will be our eventual champion?
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The Park Slope City Council Race That Is Somehow All About Israel
Shahana Hanif, the first Muslim woman elected to the City Council, is being challenged by Maya Kornberg, a Brennan Center researcher.
Adams Administration Slashed Community and Ethnic Media Advertising by 84 Percent
Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander slammed the Adams administration for failing to follow City law and use advertising dollars to support local news organizations.
Andrew Cuomo, Once New York's 'Biggest Obstacle' to Major Housing Reforms, Now Says He'll Be a Pro-Tenant Mayor
The governor who fought historic rent protections "every step of the way" is now pitching himself as someone who will stand up for tenants.
Zohran Mamdani Is Banging on Andrew Cuomo's Front Door
The Queens state assemblymember held a press conference outside Cuomo's Sutton Place home to highlight his mayoral race rival's refusal to hold a real press conference.
Hell Gate Presents: March Madness of NYC Hot Takes 2025
What's that dull yet powerful roar in the distance? It's us, defending these takes with our lives.
EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Cuomo Bears Uncanny Resemblance to Flayed Hide of St. Bartholomew as Depicted by Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel
Impact of bombshell revelation on mayors race could be significant.
It Is Time to Get Into St. John's Men's Basketball
A quick primer on New York City's college basketball team to prepare you for March Madness.
'They've Chosen to Concede and Capitulate': New Yorkers Seethe Over Columbia's Collaboration and Trump Administration's Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil
Downtown, thousands of New Yorkers took to the streets to call for the Columbia campus activist's release from ICE detention. Meanwhile, uptown, Columbia professors for accountability from their administrators.
NYC Mayoral Power Rankings, Early March Edition: CUO-MENTUM
We know that you are hungry for a different breed of information—one that is fast and pre-metabolized by some of the sharpest minds in politics.
The Wild City Council Race to Replace 'Common Sense' Democrat Bob Holden
Holden has endorsed two members of his staff to succeed him—one Democrat and one Republican. Also running: a teachers union strategist, a priest, and an anti-vaxxer known as the "Sperminator."
Andrew Cuomo Would Be a Lousy Mayor, According to Former Cuomo Staffers
Several people who worked for Governor Cuomo say voters should be deeply skeptical of his candidacy.