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Jeff Coltin

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Editor-in-chief of City & State NY. 🌵➡️🗽 Used to be at Politico.

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Goddard Riverside @goddardriverside.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Thanks to candidates @stephanieruskay.bsky.social and @elinorthrup.bsky.social, as well as moderator @jccoltin.bsky.social of @cityandstateny.bsky.social for joining us for a State Assembly candidate forum earlier this week! Watch it here: vimeo.com/1190165887?f...
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Assembly 69 Forum 2026
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ebottcher.bsky.social @ebottcher.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Hats off to @cityandstateny.bsky.social, @jccoltin.bsky.social for running with this! 😂
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New York League of Conservation Voters @nylcv.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Fantastic #CongressionalDistrict7 Environmental Candidate Forum last night! Thank you to candidates @claireforny.bsky.social @juliejwon.bsky.social & @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social and moderator @jccoltin.bsky.social of @cityandstateny.bsky.social Watch the recording: buff.ly/D5jS4K9
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New York League of Conservation Voters @nylcv.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Join us Tue 3/10 @6pm for an Env.Candidate Forum for Congressional District 7 at Pratt Inst (Brooklyn Campus Library). Moderated by @jccoltin.bsky.social of @cityandstateny.bsky.social w/candidates @claireforny.bsky.social, @juliejwon.bsky.social, & @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social. RSVP buff.ly/bJxypMs
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Gov. Hochul is giving her 2026 State of the State address. Here's some of the biggest issues included in the agenda she's laying out. With @jccoltin.bsky.social www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...
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What’s in the 2026 State of the State?
The biggest policy proposals from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s fifth address
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 06/01/2026
NEW: Socialist tenant organizer Samantha Kattan hopes to succeed DSA-backed Assembly Member Claire Valdez, who's expected to run for Congress: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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DSA member Samantha Kattan hopes to succeed Claire Valdez in the Assembly
Valdez is expected to run for Congress, which would open up her western Queens Assembly seat for another socialist.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Guy getting on the M104, to the bus driver: “Sir, is it not free? Because the mayor said…” His friend: “fucking God, just GO.”
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 01/01/2026
Just before midnight, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani rode into City Hall and was officially sworn in as NYC’s 112th mayor. City & State’s @jccoltin.bsky.social was there: www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani rides into City Hall
After being formally sworn in as mayor in the old City Hall subway station, Mamdani promptly announced his pick for DOT commissioner.
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
"Eric Adams goes out fighting the City Council: Vetoes and a brand new charter revision commission marked the New York City mayor’s last day" from @jccoltin.bsky.social and Co. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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Eric Adams goes out fighting the City Council
Vetoes and a brand new charter revision commission marked the New York City mayor’s last day
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Kamar Samuels is Mamdani's pick to lead the DOE, three sources with knowledge of the plan tell City & State. Big city team scoop by @hollypret.bsky.social, @anniemcdonough.bsky.social and @sahalied.bsky.social www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
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Mamdani to name Kamar Samuels as schools chancellor
The Manhattan superintendent will lead the nation’s largest public school system.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Brad Lander approached Nancy Pelosi at a gala and told her he was running for Congress. “I am a Dan Goldman Democrat,” she responded. “Democrats don’t run against Democrats.” “Was I too much of a b—?” she asked after. @donlemonofficial.bsky.social tells the story:
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
New York City is seeking to tighten control over who can get press credentials, extend its ability to revoke existing press cards, and create a new "premier" card for journalists with 20+ years of experience rules.cityofnewyork.us/rule/mome-pr...
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NYC Rules
Every year, City agencies make over 100 changes or additions to the City rules that are an important part of how government interacts with the public. New Yorkers can review proposed rules and voice t...
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Some professional news: I’m coming back to @cityandstateny.bsky.social as editor-in-chief. I was a fan of C&S when I was a college student emailing to ask for an internship, and I’m still a fan today. Excited to take the helm heading into such a crucial and interesting time in NY politics.
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Politico @politico.com · 20/11/2025
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani hasn’t endorsed fellow democratic socialist and NYC Council Member Chi Ossé in his bid to unseat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Our @jccoltin.bsky.social breaks down why Mamdani is in a tough spot. Read more: politi.co/4o6S6mx
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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Per @jccoltin.bsky.social, Mamdani on discouraging Chi Ossé from primarying Jeffries: Appreciates his work for tenants, but “I believe that there are many ways right here in New York City to both deliver on an affordability agenda and take on the authoritarian administration in the White House.”
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
i regret to say that i have to support this ugly tie photo via @jccoltin.bsky.social
Wearing a cat tie and holding “Pawverbs,” Curtis Sliwa joins his wife to vote for him on the Protect Animals ballot line. 
“The most powerful people in the world who sided against me (i.e. Trump) have made fun of the work that my wife Nancy and I and other animal lovers do.”A close-up of the cat tie. It's yellow-ish and has a bunch of cats printed on it
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 24/10/2025
Virulent anti-Mamdani push poll combines questions about his actual positions (housing affordability, millionaire tax) with Islamophobic questions implying that he supports "making halal mandatory in all city restaurants" and investigating "Israel's role in 9/11" (via @jccoltin.bsky.social)
What impact, if any, do you think Zohran Mamdani
would have over the following areas if he were to be elected as Mayor?
Affordability of housing
Better
Worse
No change
Unsure
Risk of terrorism
Better
Worse
No change
UnsureDo you support or oppose the following policies?
Making halal mandatory in all city restaurants
Support
Oppose
Neither support nor oppose
Unsure
Launch a commission on
Israel's role in 9/11
Support
Oppose
Neither support nor oppose
Unsure
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
After the City Council won the lawsuit blocking Mayor Eric Adams' efforts to let ICE on Rikers, Cabán and the council are hoping to add to sanctuary city laws and speficially block ICE from all DOC facilities.
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 08/10/2025
NEW: Brian Romero, a DSA member who worked as chief of staff to Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, is running for González-Rojas' Assembly seat, which she'll be vacating to run for state Senate. Romero is applying for DSA's endorsement in the race, though he might not get it.
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Brian Romero hopes to succeed his former boss in the Assembly
He is running for Jessica González-Rojas’ seat, after serving as her chief of staff for more than four years.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Man in the black and white flag mask biked in circles around the Zohran Mamdani presser in Jackson Heights this morning calling the mayoral candidate “a terrorist.” After a minute or two of that, the muscular man screamed at him to get out of here with his bigoted shit.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Filings 8/19-9/29: Mamdani: Raised $431,567 (stopped 9/5); Spent $1,347,344; 6,543 contributors; $63 avg.; 51% NYC Cuomo: Raised $939,857; Spent $1,513,042; 2,754 contributors, $325 avg.; 75% NYC Sliwa: Raised $429,472; Spent $1,542,993; 4,240 contributors, $100 avg.; 60% NYC
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
As an activist in 2019, Mamdani shamed the pols who voted to build the borough-based jails. Now on the cusp of being mayor, he’s shed his revolutionary No New Jails pose for a stance more akin to a traditional liberal reformer. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Mamdani protested new jails. Now he’s committing to building them.
Managing Rikers Island — and moving to close it once and for all — will be one of the thorniest issues for New York City’s next mayor.
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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 26/09/2025
"The major players behind an ill-fated deal to make Mayor Eric Adams the Trump administration’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia have financial ties to a developer trying to win approval for a New York City casino." What a lede.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Steve Witkoff, Frank Carone, Vito Pitta... a look at all the threads connecting Adams, Trump, and a casino bid in the Bronx: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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Adams’ allies push Trump ambassadorship — and a New York City casino bid tied to his veto
Middlemen orchestrating a deal for Adams to join the Trump administration have ties to a Bronx casino project the mayor recently rescued.
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 26/09/2025
It's interesting that both Mamdani's supporters (www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...) and his opponents (nypost.com/2025/09/26/u...) are trying to persuade homeowners by highlighting his support for Local Law 97, which requires larger buildings to reduce their emissions.
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New pro-Mamdani PAC targets Black homeowners
Can messaging around reducing energy bills and pollution win over Cuomo voters in East Flatbush and Wakefield?
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Politico @politico.com · 25/09/2025
A NYC corrections investigator shared sensitive data with federal authorities about two migrants in custody, unwittingly violating sanctuary laws and helping ICE agents arrest one of the men.
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NYC staffer violated 'sanctuary' laws by sharing migrant info with feds: report
A city probe revealed a correction department worker didn’t know he was breaking the law
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Layla Law-Gisiko filed in Tony Simone's Assembly district. It could be open, since Simone is considering the special election for Hoylman-Sigal's Senate seat, or the open primary for Nadler's House seat. Law-Gisiko finished second to Simone in the open #AD75 primary in 2022.
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The City Council is expected later this week to approve the "Just Home" plan to build a housing complex in the Bronx for ex-inmates with serious health issues, bucking a last-ditch effort from Mayor Adams’ administration to block the project. www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/23/n...
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NYC Council to vote on Bronx ex-inmate housing plan, bucking Adams’ opposition
The City Council is expected later this week to approve a plan to build a housing complex in the Bronx for ex-inmates with serious health issues, bucking a last-ditch effort from Mayor Adams’…
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Alex Bores @alexbores.nyc · 23/09/2025
Bahaha @cityandstateny.bsky.social
Photo from city and state asking readers to match electeds to their beards.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
One single write-in vote was enough to elect Yamid Jaramillo a Democratic district leader in East Harlem: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Politico @politico.com · 12/09/2025
NYC Mayor Eric Adams denied that he would decide whether to continue his reelection campaign after conducting a poll — just a day after his campaign spokesperson said that was his plan.
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Mixed messaging: Adams now says polling won’t affect fate of his campaign
The New York City mayor doubled down on staying in the race against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
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Nathaniel Styer @nathanielstyer.com · 09/09/2025
My prayers, answered. Cuomo has an education plan!!!!!! Let’s take a look: Idea 1: close every single public school and reopen them as a SHSAT or charter school. This is a supercharged version of the RADIOACTIVE peak ed reform policies. Most ppl like their kids school! nypost.com/2025/09/08/o...
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The BOE voted resoundingly to approve the ballot proposals, in a blow to Speaker Adrienne Adams and the City Council. Only one vote in opposition. Background: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch started the Citizens Budget Commission breakfast saying “In my opinion crime went up as a result of the drastic changes being made in our criminal justice laws in New York state, not as a result of the pandemic.” www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Tisch blames bail
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Robert Shields @rshields37.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Meanwhile on that slender riotous island …
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
“I think Mayor Adams did this presser to get a better offer from Trump,” Council Member Shaun Abreu tells me — a former Adams ally who’s now endorsed Mamdani, expressing what seems to be a widely held view in the political class: they still think Adams *could* drop out later.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
“I want to be clear: Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar. I am in this race. And I’m the only one who can beat Mamdani,” Adams said. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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Mayor Eric Adams insists he's not quitting reelection campaign
The New York City mayor has discussed potential jobs in the Trump administration, part of an effort to deny Zohran Mamdani a November victory.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Ran into Gov. Kathy Hochul walking up Third Ave, just as I left the PIX 11 studio. What’s happening with the mayor? I ask. “That’s what I just said, what’s happening with the mayor? She responded. “We’re not fucking selling out our city.”
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empirereportny.bsky.social @empirereportny.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
POLITICO: PRESSURE BUILDS on Hochul, Schumer, Jeffries Amid Trump Meddling in Mayor Race… bit.ly/466BlAK
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Theoretically, a one-on-one race with Mamdani would be a best case scenario for Cuomo. Practically, it seems unlikely (especially with Sliwa). And politically, Trump's now-public involvement would be toxic to some would-be Cuomo voters.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The result of Rev. Rubén Díaz's meeting? "It was unanimous... they all asked for Adams to pull out," he tells me. "Because the polls show that Adams has no chance... We don’t even know if we could beat Mamdani. But at least if he’s out, we may have an opportunity.”
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
“I’m surprised how the standards of reporting in The New York Times has flopped so much,” Adams says this morning in Qns. “I’ve never asked for a job with HUD, I’ve never been promised a job with HUD, I have not communicated with the president.” Asked about *other* admin jobs, the mayor walks away.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Seeing a #NY12 poll for what seems to be for Micah Lasher. Asks favorability for Lasher, Carolyn Maloney, Bores, Menin, Nadler, Bloomberg and Hochul… also message tests for Lasher, and asks for positions on Israel and Palestine.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
SCOOP, with Nick Reisman and Emily Ngo: Eric Adams has been offered a position at the HUD, according to a person with direct knowledge of the offer. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces a decision: A Trump administration post to drop his reelection campaign
The embattled New York City mayor was offered a HUD post, a person familiar with the talks tells POLITICO.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Credit to PIX 11's Dan Mannarino for asking the mayor about his trip to Florida amid drop-out rumors - and then noting that no, we actually can't just take his word on things:
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 03/09/2025
It's just like the Democratic Party to be worried because their nominee is comfortably *winning* a high-profile race. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
While Democratic socialists are on the verge of a high-profile victory in a deep blue metropolis, that success stands to be curdled by Trump’s vow to exert more federal power over American cities. Trump’s focus on urban crime has further driven a wedge into a party struggling to find its identity. And Mamdani’s since-qualified support for slashing police budgets while pushing to increase taxes on rich people to pay for services like free bus fare and child care has put Democratic officials on edge as their party’s nominee barrels into the general election with a comfortable polling lead.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
“It’s the most coveted and arguably important congressional seat in New York because of the history of political influence from that seat, and also the fundraising base that comes with it.” On the upcoming #NY12 primary to succeed Nadler: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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Coming soon: A primary in the media capital of the world
With Rep. Jerry Nadler announcing he’ll step down, the jockeying for a replacement is on.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
“Mayor Adams is in Florida for the day attending to a personal matter. He will return this evening,” the mayor’s office says after I asked. Campaign spokesperson also says it’s personal, and not campaign related and he’s not fundraising.
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empirereportny.bsky.social @empirereportny.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
POLITICO PLAYBOOK: 5 things to watch as NYC mayoral race barrels toward THE END… bit.ly/3UTa2oH
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
NEW: AG Pam Bondi is meeting with NYPD leadership today in New York City, at a particularly tense time www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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Bondi to meet with NYPD, as Trump threatens ‘cashless bail’ cities
The president signed an executive order that could cut federal funding to New York in response to its criminal justice laws.
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