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He’s taking a left hook. State Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs’ refusal to back socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid is turning the party’s ideological rift into a full-blown crater — as lefties call on the longtime boss to resign and moderates hail his “common sense” take. Moderate mayoral candidates Eric Adams, the incumbent, and Andrew Cuomo, the former thrice-elected Democratic governor, were among those praising Jacobs on Friday for standing up to Mamdani’s radical views. But support from the pair – who are Dems running as independents – was arguably lost in the progressive blowback against Jacobs for bucking newfound Mamdani...

As Rep. Lee Zeldin campaigns to be New York’s first Republican governor in nearly two decades, Democrats have repeatedly brought up one item in particular: his vote against certifying last year’s presidential election results in January. Zeldin was one of four Republican members of Congress from New York who voted against certifying the results in Pennsylvania and Arizona, both of which were ultimately confirmed by a majority of lawmakers. When Republican leaders met in Albany last month to select Zeldin as their presumptive nominee for governor, Democrats immediately seized on the moment, labeling Zeldin as “radical,” and tying him to...

In a rider passed in the last state budget, the legislature upped the ante for minor parties in New York. So, two of those minor parties, the Greens and the Libertarians, are suing. In the past, to achieve ballot status, minor parties needed to earn 50,000 votes for their gubernatorial candidates. In other words, they needed 50,000 votes to qualify for the ballot every four years – rules that have been in place for decades. The new rules are far more restrictive. They require that minor parties garner 130,000 votes or two percent of votes cast. Additionally, they demand that...