Mayor Zohran Mamdani notably refuses to say when exactly he was informed by his lawyers that NYC doesn't have the authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "I have answered the question," he says (he didn't).

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is appointing Anthony Shorris, a de Blasio administration alum, as the new head of NYC's Economic Development Corporation after a lengthy search. Notably: Lina Khan, a key outside adviser to Mamdani who has no formal role in his admin, is here.

"I would consider myself the mayor of our city," Zohran Mamdani says when asked if he considers himself "working class." The issue of how Mamdani defines working class came up in his The Daily interview that ran over the weekend: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/z...

The Mamdani admin is seeking to disqualify Randy Mastro from representing Eric Adams’ Charter Revision Commission in an ongoing case over the survival of the zombie-like entity — and things have turned tense between the lawyers duking it out in court. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Anthony Miranda, the ex-NYC sheriff and Eric Adams ally whose home was raided by federal agents yesterday, kept this signature on his official email while still in government, source shares: "Everyday We are Building Our Testimony." www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Poop scoop in today's Playbook: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Citizens Union, the NYC government watchdog group, is no fan of Mayor Zohran Mamdani deciding to forego public matching funds for his reelection run. "We hope the mayor will recognize what made his own campaign successful, and stay in the program that made it possible."

“I will continue to work with Morris Katz. He remains a top adviser of mine," Mayor Zohran Mamdani says when asked about some DSA members calling on elected officials to cut ties with Katz over his role on the Graham Platner campaign. theintercept.com/2026/07/10/d...

Mapgate update: Mamdani says his administration will add Little Italy to the city's "Immigrant Enclaves" map after pushback. He notes the map was first released by the last administration.

Last minute addition to Mamdani's schedule: Attending a non-profit roundtable with Councilmember Althea Stevens. Stevens was the only Dem to vote no on the city budget last week because she felt Speaker Julie Menin deprived her of discretionary funding: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Mamdani says he's “quite content" with NYC's current election system when asked for his thoughts on open primaries. He says the current system of closed primaries "doesn't preclude greater participation," citing the fact that 1 million+ people voted for his campaign in 2025.

"I think that it's time for him to drop out of the race," Mayor Zohran Mamdani says of @grahamformaine.bsky.social.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul are at City Hall to announce that Gotham FC is moving to a new Queens stadium in 2028. Addressing the USMNT loss last night, he says: "Thank you for playing with such a tenacity and creativity and love for the beautiful game."

New York City Council Majority Leader Shaun Abreu, a close ally to Speaker Julie Menin, has signed on to a bill that would ban the Big Apple’s horse carriage industry, giving the long-stalled legislation a big jolt of momentum. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Flanked by newly-naturalized citizens, Mayor Mamdani delivers an extensive critique of the "flaws" of the U.S. (part of the transcript below). This address acts as a counterweight of sorts to the speech President Trump's expected to deliver later today.

NYPD just released details on the street closures around Madison Square Garden tomorrow for Taylor Swift's wedding. This reads like it might shut down an even bigger slice of the area around MSG than the NYPD did during the NBA Finals.

A person familiar with team Menin's conversations says there's more to the situation involving Stevens though... www.politico.com/newsletters/...

City Councilmember Althea Stevens, the only Democrat who voted against the NYC budget yesterday, tells me she opposed it because she believes Council Speaker Julie Menin "punished" her by shortchanging her on discretionary funding for her Bronx district. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

The Mamdani administration just released budget docs showing that it projects next fiscal year's deficit at $6.4 billion. Will be another interesting budget season next year...

Ex-Mayor Eric Adams’ Charter Revision Commission is expected to file a lawsuit today claiming Mayor Mamdani enlisted the help of Gov. Hochul to illegally kill the panel — a move that ensures the battle over the zombie-like entity will drag on. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Handshake agreement between Mamdani and Menin set for 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.

Kendra Wharton, one of Donald Trump's personal defense attorneys and a former Trump DOJ official, is representing Anthony Carone, the brother of Frank Carone, in the federal corruption case that both siblings have been indicted in. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Mamdani's admin is at this point floating a $175M funding increase for the CityFHEPS program, $50M of which would come out of Council's discretionary spending pots, per sources. Council is rejecting that offer, saying it needs at least $200M, sources say. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Mamdani's admin and the City Council made little progress in city budget talks over the weekend, with a dispute over how to fund a rental assistance program continuing to gum up the process, per sources. The budget is due tomorrow. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Council member Pierina Sanchez said a late budget is a real possibility because of the standoff with Mayor Mamdani over CityFHEPS funding. "It is a big fucking deal that she cancelled the handshake today,” she said of Council Speaker Julie Menin. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Mayor Mamdani's 2029 reelection campaign is fundraising off of the Rent Guidelines Board's decision to freeze rent on all stabilized apartments in the city. "We have to be ready to defend this win - and keep going," a fundraising text reads.

"How can we say we don't have that money when we have money to grow the police headcount by 580?" Council Progressive Caucus Tiffany Cabán, a DSA member and Mamdani ally, says of a CityFHEPS expansion, underscoring what a political headache this budget is becoming for the mayor.

“The handshake could have been today … but we have not gotten there," Council Housing Committee Chair Pierina Sanchez says of the city budget, faulting Mayor Mamdani for standing in the way of a deal by not backing a CityFHEPS expansion. The budget must pass before Wednesday.

Mamdani calls tonight's RGB vote to freeze rent on both one and two year stabilized leases "a historic victory for New York City tenants."

Carone's lawyer claims his client has been aware of the investigation into him for 3 years — and suggested there’s a throughline to the Adams administraton's beef with Joe Biden. Adams also claimed his indictment was an outgrowth of Biden admin animus. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...