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Adams Eyes a Reality TV Star Who Could Help Block a Mamdani Rent Freeze

✇NYT | Top Stories
Mihir Zaveri and Debra Kamin
Mayor Eric Adams has only weeks left in office, but he can use them to appoint people with the ability to shape policy beyond his tenure.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Eleonora Srugo, a real estate agent, reality TV star and friend of Mayor Eric Adams, said a member of the mayor’s administration had asked her to serve on the Rent Guidelines Board.

Is It ‘Subsidizing the Rich’ to Make Buses and Child Care Free for All?

✇NYT | Top Stories
Eliza Shapiro
Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, would make some public benefits available to everyone. Andrew Cuomo, his top challenger, wants to help the neediest residents.

© Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times

The high cost of child care has been an animating issue in the New York City mayor’s race. The leading candidates have different philosophies about how to address it.
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