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Good Morning, New York! We finally figured out the other donors to Adrienne Adam’s secretive PAC, election day is tomorrow, and where different NY reps stand on Iran. This is your Tammany Times AM Briefing for Friday, June 23rd, 2025.

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Hall Monitors

— New Yorkers hit the polls hard on the last day of early voting in the mayoral Democratic primary. Despite a heatwave, residents lined up across the city, with early voting numbers as of Saturday hitting 305,896. Election day will take place on Tuesday, June 24th. (The City)

— NYC is taking the rat fight to the streets, targeting 600,000 tree beds with carbon monoxide. Mayor Adams is backing the $877,000 plan that uses carbon-monoxide pumps to kill rats in their tree-bed burrows. While city officials tout the "non-toxic" approach as safe for trees, animal advocates are blasting it as a cruel and ineffective killing spree. (Gothamist)

— The Long Island Railroad is finally getting rid of its 'rust buckets'! A newly proposed $2.3 billion deal to purchase 316 new electric train cars would retire the 40-year-old M3 trains, recognizable by their wood paneling and duct-taped seats. Set to be in service by 2030, the new M9A cars promise modern amenities and should be manufactured here in New York. (Newsday)

Capitol Gains

— Looks like New York's GOP and Democratic representatives in D.C. are on opposite sides of the Iran debate. While several Republican representatives are reportedly okay with bombing Iran, Democrats are pushing for Congressional consent before any military action. The IAEA has stated they haven't detected any increased radiation after the US Airstrikes. Read quotes from several reps at —> (Buffalo News)

— Massapequa's fight to keep its 'Chiefs' name and Native American mascot just hit a snag. Seems the state denied the district's request for a deadline extension on the mascot ban, citing the district's lack of effort to comply. Massapequa is digging in its heels, arguing the ban is discriminatory and promising to fight it in federal court. (Newsday)

— A New York bill aimed at creating a state gender-affirming care program bit the dust in committee, leaving advocates scrambling after a federal bill banning Medicaid funding for transition care cleared the U.S. House. With the LGBTQ+ community feeling "devastated," the NY bill's sponsor, Assemblywoman Gabriella Romero, laments that her attempt to shield New Yorkers from federal measures failed. Now, providers are eyeing abortion coverage as a potential model for how the state might continue to provide gender-affirming care if the federal bill becomes law. (Times Union)

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Trail Mix

— Adrienne Adams is getting a financial boost from a secretive spending group and we now know who's bankrolling it. The group's donors have been revealed and include big names in real estate and labor unions. Specifically, the largest donors are DoorDash, AFSCME Working Families Fund, and CUNY's Faculty Union's PSC PAC. (The City)

— Andrew Cuomo's experience is his weapon against democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in the NYC mayoral race. Cuomo's camp is painting Mamdani as too inexperienced to manage the city, while Mamdani is leaning into his outsider status. This battle between experience and fresh ideas could signal the future of the Democratic Party, which also faces a reckoning between the establishment and younger progressive voices as they look to tackle Trump. (Politico)

— The final Emerson poll of the cycle shows a tightened race: Cuomo still leads first round votes (although by a smaller margin,) but Mamdani passes him for the final round, with a tight result of 51.8% Mamdani - 48.2% Cuomo. (Emerson)