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November 2, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

*** What Follows was posted Week Ending 11.2.25

NYC Mayoral Marathon Election Special

Candidate Positions, Funding, Endorsements, Polls & Media Malfeasance

November 2, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

This week we dedicated most of our news reporting resources to the NYC Mayoral Race, as there are only a couple days left before the majority of the electorate cast their votes. The second headline above, describes what will be covered in this report, which will be followed by a brief report about what's going on with SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, which will include information and links to resources to help those who need it.

The photo above or at right was taken at the first NYC Mayoral Debate in the NBC TV Studio at Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan. Photo credit to Adam Gray at Politico.

Billionaires Appear to be Going All, Out to Defeat Mamdani - including Cheating

There's an old expression that goes something like this, "If you aint' cheating, you ain't trying hard enough." I personally find that axiom distasteful, as I was taught to play fair. But I have found it beneficial to keep it in mind when competing, as there are plenty of people among us, who embrace that philosophy. And as we all know, the rich are not immune from breaking the rules, and in fact oftentimes seem to relish the thought.

Billionaire Real Estate Developer and Certified Cheater Stephen Ross Supports Cuomo

For example, one of New York's wealthiest real estate developers, Stephen Ross, who is also the owner of the Miami Dolphins, was found by the NFL to have committed "tampering violations of unprecedented scope and severity". Ross famously rose from not being listed as a billionaire prior to the election of Michael Bloomberg, to being listed as the wealthiest NYC real estate developer around or shortly after Michael Bloomberg exited the NYC Mayoralty. Bloomberg provided Ross with possibly the best package of land deals, tax abatements, public financing and public infrastructure support that any real estate developer in NYC, ever got from any NYC Mayor in NYC history.

Stephen Ross lives in Florida - not New York. So presumably he does not pay any NYC or NYS personal income tax. And yet, during Eric Adams four years in office, Stephen Ross and his Related Companies and associated entities, have continued on the 'hot streak' that they started during the Bloomberg years, accelerating NYC public land transfers into Ross's seemingly 'clean' private hands. Stephen Ross also won the right to the Wollman Rink operations in 2021, after the Trump Organization was relieved of it, because of the January 6th Insurrection. The contract expires in 2027 and currently Ross and Trump - neither of which is a resident in NYC nor NYS - the top two - possibly the only two - contenders cited for the Central Park skating rink operations contract.

Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, set records for homelessness during his three Administrations, during which he facilitated and implemented massive transfers of public land to private billionaires. Stephen Ross was the biggest beneficiary, getting acres of public land for someting like $1 a pop. But there were a number of other wealthy real estate developers who cashed in as well.

Bloomberg - A Funder of Eric Adams an Alleged Cheater - Supports Cuomo

Bloomberg has reportedly funded Cuomo-supporting PAC's to the tune of $8 million in order to defeat Mamdani. Probably because Bloomberg and the other billionaires expect Mamdani will end the Oligarchy-Express gravy train, that Bloomberg appeared to start and Eric Adams seemed to resume via massive land and rights transfers of NYCHA public housing, which is a HUGE ASSET.

Former Mayor de Blasio does not appear to have participated in what appear public rip offs. This is likely why Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire Fox TV News owner, lambasted de Blasio for all 8 years of his Mayoralty. Murdoch is famous for using his NYC media outlets to manipulate voter perceptions so that they will vote for Murdoch's favored candidates who appear to take care of the billionaires at the expense of the people - like both Bloomberg and Adams have done.

Billionaire TV News & Ads Contain Numerous False Narratives

Murdoch launched a private propaganda campaign against Mamdani using his mass media outlets [Fox News, the NY Post & the Wall St Journal] and it has continued ever since. The barrage includes multiple dishonest narratives, some of which are somewhere between false to outright lies - more coming shortly. I'll give you two examples.

False Narrative One - The Rich Will Leave NYC

One is that the rich people will leave NYC so they don't have to pay higher taxes. Studies have been done showing that while some rich people do leave, most do not. Florida in not NYC. And thankfully, NYC is nothing like Florida.

Where you live, is where you learn - or in Florida's case - not learn. I don't have time to take this side route of Ron De Santis' book banning [burning?] efforts, and defunding education [in real terms via a funding freeze], and trying to muzzle the academics in that state with the imposition of various censures. And most of the super rich are too smart to end up spending the bulk of their time surrounded by the slow learners. See report written by Emily Eisner at the Fiscal Policy Institute - https://fiscalpolicy.org/new-tax-data-confirm-that-tax-flight-is-a-myth

The London Times' Election Interference Reporting?

The second false narrative looked to me, a lot like billionaire Rupert Murdoch election interference. Murdoch is famous for bending to breaking the law when it comes to trying to get his pols elected. Often enough he pulls out all stops. And I believe it's what he lives for - screwing the public, in public.

In this case Murdoch appeared to use the London Times - which he controls - to amplify a false report, about fake negative things said, by a 'de Blasio' imposter. Come on. Who believes this crap? Murdoch's crap. Especially after seeing Murdoch poop on the public - Trump style - over and over again after for so, so, so many decades of repeating the same.

You know who seems to believe reports like this? The same billionaire TV Newspeople who go running to Ohio, looking for Jamaicans eating their neighbors' dogs and cats, after Trump tells them to look into that. Too many TV Newspeople are just plain unqualified for the job, and they don't even know it. They think they are supposed to be 'modeling' the news instead of investigating and reporting it. They don't know their history, they don't seem to know the context, they don't seem to know what questions they should be asking, they don't show good news judgment, and they don't know how to filter out the chaff, which is the primary reason why so many New Yorkers and so many Americans are making poor, billionaire manipulated choices, in the voting booth.

Was Rupert Murdoch - an Alleged Cheater - Lying?

Murdoch, of course, apologized for his newspaper's error, which he had already amplified by repeating it in his other news outlets, including the NY Post [some other billionaire press outlets did the same]. Just like he so sincerely apologized for hacking the phone of a mother who lost her child, so his media outlets could break headlines on her without her permission or knowing it, and for the 2021 completely dishonest reporting of the January 6th Insurrection thanks to Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, and now for trying to sabotage Zohran Mamdani's chance to become NYC Mayor and tax the billionaires like Murdoch, so that the non-billionaires can catch a break and slow down what seems like the looting of the public's assets.

As my Mother used to tell me, "Don't worry about the rich. They know how to take care of themselves. That's why they are rich.".

Why are the Billionaires Afraid? For Us? Come On. You Know Better.

So, in closing, I want to ask you this. If Republicans really believed Mamdani would be harmful to the Democratic Party, why are they spending so much money to try to defeat him? If Cuomo is right about Mamdani's inexperience and inability to get things done, why are they spending millions upon millions of dollars attacking him with TV News ads that aren't honest - but in fact just the opposite? If 'he's not who we think he is', as the billionaire sponsored TV ads tell us - we think he will try to tax the rich and help everyone else - why are they so afraid of him? Because the billionaires are floating false narratives they know are false. They are the things the billionaires want us to believe by virtue of their teleprompter readers on TV News.

Zohran Mamdani is keeping them up at night because they are afraid the uninhibited oligarchic hog feeding at the public trough that they've enjoyed for the past four years, may be ending. And that they will have to deal with someone in the Mayor's Office who is smart, honest and working for us instead of them. Go Zoro Go.

Eric Adams' Charter Revision Ballot Measures 2 - 6: IMPORTANT - VOTE NO

Click Links that Follow to See for Yourself

November 2, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Charter Revision Ballot Measures / One Last Betrayal of Voters by Eric Adams. Eric Adams has floated five of the six measures [#'s 2 - 6] on the November 4th Ballot, in one last service to the billionaires and real estate developers who funded his campaigns and corruption legal bills. The donors have already received numerous Adams' favors including zoning changes, tax breaks, financing and / or even public land at what appears super discount prices.

Here's what the NYC Council thought of Adams ballot proposals.

https://council.nyc.gov/press/2025/09/02/2955/

TV News is Failing you. Reasons to Vote NO on Ballot Measures 2 - 6. These ballot measures will strip you, the NYC voters, of most of your rights to legally object to any billionaire funded real estate developments in your communities. I urge you to VOTE NO on the ballot measures in order for you to maintain some sort of community control / legal rights, at a time when international money and billionaire real estate investors are hiking up the rents and cost of living here.

The graphic above or at right, was taken from the Village Preservation website, as they would like us and anyone else who's interested to help spread the word about how Eric Adams Ballot measures. Adams' Charter Ballot Revisions represent one of Eric Adams' last major efforts to aid and abet NYC and international billionaire investors and developers in being able to bulldoze through any community in NYC without obtaining much - if any - input from the community before they begin demolition and construction. Use the links below to view half hour videos, by various non profit community groups, opposing the measure.

Use One of Links Below to Learn Why You Should VOTE NO. But you don't need to trust me on this, as you can watch one of these half hour videos by different community groups explaining why you should vote against the pro billionaire developer measures, which 'working class' Mayor Eric Adams served up as an 'affordable housing fix'. To Adams 'affordable housing' usually means affordable to folks making between $100,000 and $250,000 per year.

And then Tell / Email / Text Your Family & Friends the Links. And after you inform yourself, make sure you inform your family and friends [aka We, The People] because the billionaire developers and international investors are already advertising deceitful narratives about how voting yes will be good for you - when in fact it is not. And they will use the uninformative, disinformative and distracting TV News to pummel the NYC electorate with the very dishonest, decades-old 'this is good for 'affordable housing' pitch' to convince NYC voters into giving up their rights. Why NYC should vote NO to the Charter Revision Ballot Questions November 2025.

https://www.villagepreservation.org/campaign/the-2025-charter-revision-proposal/

Click to access a City Club video presentation regarding their take on Eric Adams Ballot proposals which rescind communities' rights vis-a-vis real estate development by billionaires and international investors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w5oEIPR__Y

An OpEd by a former NYC Councilmember and retired Supreme Court Justice urging Voters to protect their rights and VOTE NO to Eric Adams' pro billionaire real estate and international investor / anti community rights charter changes.

https://eastriverparkaction.org/2025/10/22/adams-vs-adams-family-values-nyc-style/

NYC Council Leadership Calls on Board of Elections to Reject Three of Mayor Adams’ Ballot Proposals for Using Language That Seeks to Deceive Voters by Concealing Their Effect, Violating State Law

https://council.nyc.gov/press/2025/09/02/2955/

Scroll down to the ads with red white and blue coloring, that include the statement '2025 General Election / Early Voting' for details about where to find your poll site, their early voting hours, as well as other election related information.

Federal Leadership in Washington Continues to Fail the American Public

November 2, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

House Republican Speaker Johnson closes Congress' doors so he doesn't have to swear in the new Congresswoman from Arizona, and deal with a majority bipartisan vote to open the Epstein files to the public.

Senate Republican Majority Leader Thune keeps submitting the same bill for a vote over and over and over again [13x] getting the same result. That is the definition of insanity.

Trump flies overseas where both America's friends and foes appear to humor / deal with him like a child.

About the only thing the Republican leadership doesn't seem to be doing, is trying to find a working compromise, with the Democrats, to end the government shutdown.

TV News won't tell you this, because they don't know how to contextualize the news. But Republicans control all three branches of government and the courts. So, how some 40% of Americans can blame the Democrats for the shutdown is beyond me - except to say that they must be pretty damned ignorant not to know that, and that they must be relying on news sources operated by Murdoch or other dishonest billionaires [Elon Musk?] who are hoodwinking them.

SNAP BENEFITS - COMING SUNDAY OR MONDAY

Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

Halloween / Daylight Savings Time / NYC Marathon. Scroll Down to see Each Boro's Headline Events & Things to Do: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island - NEXT WEEK - Halloween, NYC Marathon & DST

October 31, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Sunrise 7.25 am. Sunset 5.53 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 10 hours & 27 minutes of daylight or four hours and 39 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.

The photo above or at right was taken at the NYC Halloween Parade in a prior year. The parade returns tonite. See details below.

NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. Cloudy, but no rain all weekend, continuing an extremely dry Fall, and year in NYC & NYS, due to climate change. The temperature highs will be in the high 50's all weekend and the temperature lows will be in the mid 50's Friday, low 50's Saturday and the high 40's on Sunday. The humidity will range from about 50% to 90% on Friday, 50% 65% on Saturday and 50% to 80% on Sunday. The humidity highs peak each morning around 8 or 9 am and the humidity lows bottom out mid to late afternoon between 2 and 4 pm. The winds will range from 10 - 20 mph Friday, 10 - 15 mph on Saturday and from 5 - 10 mph on Sunday. Looks like another dry and comfortable Fall Weekend. Enjoy.

Saturday Morning Edition @ 6 am. Done.

Weekly News Updates will follow this on late Friday or early Saturday, so check back in for some local news that too often gets passed over on billionaire TV Network News. And while we will only partially update the Halloween page [also see below for parades and related events], the Halloween page contains the events from last year, which provides clues as to what might be planned this year. We include the urls so you can easily see what's in the works this year.

New. Note the Changes Below. In late September we started adding a weekly new segment with multiple stories with links to deeper reports. Scroll down the page for some enhanced local news coverage and check out our local news section using the drop down button, on the main tool bar in the upper left corner under the header. This will continue evolving over time. Stay tuned and thanks for clicking in.

NYC EARLY VOTING ENDS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2025

Saturday - Sunday, October 25 to November 2, 2025 - Early Voting Municipal Elections - This election the following government offices are up for election - Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, City Council and Borough Presidents. Also there are six Ballot Referendums, five of which were engineered by Mayor Adams and his billionaire real estate developer campaign funders.

Read the following paragraphs to inform yourself of the details, because the 'affordable housing' ads you'll see by the billionaires are deceitful - unless you're making between $100,000 to $250,000 per year. And the community control you'd be voting to give up, would be somewhere close to impossible to claw back from them. The same is true of the billionaire Mamdani attack ads [deceitful], which are distortions of the truth reflecting the billionaires's desire to manipulate voters' perceptions, so that voters will vote for the candidates that will serve the billionaire class - like Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo have - and not work for you, the working and middle class citizens of NYC.

Scroll down to the ads with red white and blue coloring, that include the statement '2025 General Election / Early Voting' for details about where to find your poll site, their early voting hours, as well as other election related information.

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 6 am to 9 pm - Election / Voting. For all voting details scroll down and click into ads on this site that say '2025 General Election'. Please Vote NO on the Ballot Questions 2 - 6. They favor the billionaires and developers over the community, and you will be giving up your rights to having a say that is supported by the legal system, regarding real estate developments in your community.

Eric Adams' Charter Revision Ballot Measures 2 - 6: IMPORTANT - VOTE NO

Click Links that Follow to See for Yourself

Charter Revision Ballot Measures / One Last Betrayal of Voters by Eric Adams. Eric Adams has floated five of the six measures [#'s 2 - 6] on the November 4th Ballot, in one last service to the billionaires and real estate developers who funded his campaigns and corruption legal bills. The donors have already received numerous Adams' favors including zoning changes, tax breaks, financing and / or even public land at what appears super discount prices.

Here's what the NYC Council thought of Adams ballot proposals.

https://council.nyc.gov/press/2025/09/02/2955/

TV News is Failing you. Reasons to Vote NO on Ballot Measures 2 - 6. These ballot measures will strip you, the NYC voters, of most of your rights to legally object to any billionaire funded real estate developments in your communities. I urge you to VOTE NO on the ballot measures in order for you to maintain some sort of community control / legal rights, at a time when international money and billionaire real estate investors are hiking up the rents and cost of living here.

The graphic above or at right, was taken from the Village Preservation website, as they would like us and anyone else who's interested to help spread the word about how Eric Adams Ballot measures. Adams' Charter Ballot Revisions represent one of Eric Adams' last major efforts to aid and abet NYC and international billionaire investors and developers in being able to bulldoze through any community in NYC without obtaining much - if any - input from the community before they begin demolition and construction. Use the links below to view half hour videos, by various non profit community groups, opposing the measure.

Use One of Links Below to Learn Why You Should VOTE NO. But you don't need to trust me on this, as you can watch one of these half hour videos by different community groups explaining why you should vote against the pro billionaire developer measures, which 'working class' Mayor Eric Adams served up as an 'affordable housing fix'. To Adams 'affordable housing' usually means affordable to folks making between $100,000 and $250,000 per year.

And then Tell / Email / Text Your Family & Friends the Links. And after you inform yourself, make sure you inform your family and friends [aka We, The People] because the billionaire developers and international investors are already advertising deceitful narratives about how voting yes will be good for you - when in fact it is not. And they will use the uninformative, disinformative and distracting TV News to pummel the NYC electorate with the very dishonest, decades-old 'this is good for 'affordable housing' pitch' to convince NYC voters into giving up their rights. Why NYC should vote NO to the Charter Revision Ballot Questions November 2025.

https://www.villagepreservation.org/campaign/the-2025-charter-revision-proposal/

Click to access a City Club video presentation regarding their take on Eric Adams Ballot proposals which rescind communities' rights vis-a-vis real estate development by billionaires and international investors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w5oEIPR__Y

An OpEd by a former NYC Councilmember and retired Supreme Court Justice urging Voters to protect their rights and VOTE NO to Eric Adams' pro billionaire real estate and international investor / anti community rights charter changes.

https://eastriverparkaction.org/2025/10/22/adams-vs-adams-family-values-nyc-style/

NYC Council Leadership Calls on Board of Elections to Reject Three of Mayor Adams’ Ballot Proposals for Using Language That Seeks to Deceive Voters by Concealing Their Effect, Violating State Law

https://council.nyc.gov/press/2025/09/02/2955/

Scroll down to the ads with red white and blue coloring, that include the statement '2025 General Election / Early Voting' for details about where to find your poll site, their early voting hours, as well as other election related information.

Things To Do This Weekend / Week in NYC

NYC Marathon Events & Details, Daylight Savings Time Sunday at 2 AM & Tuesday is the NYC Municipal General Elections Day

Friday, October 31, 2025 - Happy Halloween. Boo. Don't be scared. Be brave.

Friday, October 31, 2025 from 4 to 8 pm - The Parade of Nations in Central Park - will be followed by fireworks tonight as part of the NYC Marathon Festivities. This will be free and viewable from the finish line in Central Park which is located in the southwest corner of Central Park at 63rd Street and Central Park West. For details see - https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon/raceweek/opening-ceremony

Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2 am - Daylight Savings Time - Turn your clock back an hour.

The photo above or at right was taken last weekend at the recently renovated Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Mahattan. In addition to many famous works of art, they feature new and unknown artists worthy of note, like Ruth Asawa. The Asawa exhibit runs through the end of the year.

• Sunday, November 2, 2025 from 8 am - 5 pm - The NYC Marathon runners begin congregating at Fort Wadsworth at the foot of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge on Staten Island beginning at 7 am.
  • The Professional Wheelchairs take off at 8 am, the Handcyclists at 8.22 am, the Professional Women at 8.40 am, and the Professional Men at 9.05 am, with the last wave at 11.40 am. Staten Island is the starting poinit, while Brooklyn is the first leg, the Queens segment of the course is around the midpoint before heading into Manhattan, then north to the Bronx over the Willis Avenue Bridge, where they do a U turn by heading west over the Madison Avenue Bridge before turning south into Manhattan and Central Park. Use the link to the front page below to view a map of the Marathon course for 2022.
    • So you can do some math to figure out when to greet them in your borough. The fastest men complete the race in a bit more than two hours, while the average is 4 hours and 40 minutes. The midpoint is in Queens. The biggest wave of runners travel through Queens around 11 am, so you can figure out the rest. The weather is expected to be pleasant. Enjoy.
  • CLICK here for a MAP of the NYC Marathon Course and attendant road closures -
  • https://webassets.nyrr.org/nyrrwebsiteassets/TCSNYCM25_Map_Course_102925_M3.pdf

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 6 am to 9 pm - Election / Voting. For all voting details click into ads on this site that say 'Don't Wait / Vote by Mail'.

Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Manhattan

NYC West Village Halloween Parade, NYC Marathon, Dia de Muertos Times Square, Short Comedy Film Fest, Baltic Film Fest, Washington Heights Jazz Fest

Friday, October 31, 2025 beginning at 7 pm & ending around 10.30 pm - NYC Halloween Parade. The 52nd Annual Manhattan Halloween Parade NYC in the West Village begins at Spring Street / Canal and 6th Avenue and marches north along 6th Avenue to 15th Street in the West Village neighborhood. The parade runs for three to four hours with the official end time at 10.30 pm. There are 50 bands and an innumerable showing of creative costumes. The theme is Imagine All the People / Potluck / What do you Bring to the Table. The official after party is at Webster Hall in the East Village and it begins at 8 pm with the late night show beginning at 11 pm. West Village Halloween parade in Manhattan NYC. For details see - https://halloween-nyc.com/

The photo above or at right, was taken at the NYC Marathon as runners are traversing the Pulaski Bridge from Greenpoint, Brooklyn into Long Island City Queens. The photo was taken at the foot of the bridge in Queens at Jackson Avenue. The weather looks good for a 26 mile run that starts on Staten Island and ends in Central Park, after winding through all five boroughs - see times and route details below.

Sunday, November 2, 2025 from 3 to 9 pm - Dia de Muertos - Between 42nd and 47th Street and between Broadway and 7th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan NYC. Also known as the Day of the Dead, this festival originated in Mexico and is a combination of remembering the dead, with a humorous twist. People oftentimes dress in costume that recalls a humorous event of their loved ones' lives. There will be performances in Times Square during times noted above. Done in tandem with the Times Square Alliance and the NYC DOT - Department of Transportation. For details see - https://newyorkhispano.net/dia-de-muertos-times-square-2025-nyc | 2024 - https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pr2024/dia-de-muertos-celebration.shtml

Midtown _ Sunday, November 2, 2025 begins at various times between 12 noon to 6 pm - 11th Annual Short Comedy Film Festival - at the Producers Club at 358 West 44th Street, 2nd Floor in Midtown Manhattan. For $20 tickets and details see - https://nycscff.com/tickets/

Washington Heights _ Monday, November 3, 2025 - Pre Party for the Washington Heights Jazz Festival - at the United Palace at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights. See festival below for details. Free, with rsvp at - https://unitedpalace.boletosexpress.com

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 6 am to 9 pm - Election / Voting. For all voting details scroll down and click into ads on this site that say '2025 General Election'. Please Vote NO on the Ballot Questions 2 - 6. They favor the billionaires and developers over the community, and you will be giving up your rights to having a say that is supported by the legal system, regarding real estate developments in your community.

Wednesday thru Sunday, November 5 - 9, 2025 at various times - The Baltic Film Festival. At Scandinavia House at 58 Park Avenue in Midtown just south of Grand Central Station. Tickets are $55 up to $675 which includes multiple film viewings and group rates. They also have a virtual option and special events option(s). For details see - https://www.scandinaviahouse.org | https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nybff-2025/2025-11-06/

Thursday - Sunday, November 6 - 9, 2025 - Washington Heights Jazz Festival. Four days of live jazz by 65 musicians from the neighborhood. At six locations, but the primary one appears to be Le Cheile at 839 West 181st Street. Also at Kismat at 603 Fort Washington Ave and 181 Cabrini at 854 West 181st St. Then on the last day, Sunday, November 9th, there's a free performance at the Bonnefont at One Margaret Corbin Drive in Fort Tyron Park, followed by a paid performance at St. Frances Cabrini Shrine at 701 Fort Washington Avenue, followed by another free performance at the Dutch Baby Bakery at 813 W 187th St in Washington Heights. Tickets are $20 / $15. For details see - https://jazzwahi.org

Click this link for Manhattan Halloween parties & events - Manhattan Halloween Parties and Events NYC.

• Click here to view the Manhattan Farmers Markets NYC.
• Click here for Manhattan Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• CLICK here to view Manhattan street fairs and festivals NYC 2025. There are Mom's Day gift markets.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Manhattan NYC.

• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Manhattan Buzz NYC - see top of this report under NYC, for the headlines of them.

MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS - Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Manhattan Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Manhattan Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.

November 2025 _ Purefinder is hosting a couple of tours each week in Manhattan thru late November - see MCAL link above for details and links.

Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Queens

Jackson Heights Kids Halloween Parade, Queens County Farm Pumpkin Patch Ending, Mex Fest Art Opening & Next Week Queens World Film Festival and Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair

Ending _ Daily September 30 to October 31, 2025 [there are a few days closed] from 12 noon to 4 pm weekdays and beginning 10 am on Saturday and Sunday - Queens County Farm Pumpkin Patch at 75-30 Little Neck Parkway in Queens. Free with admission. For details see - https://www.queensfarm.org

* Click this link for Queens Halloween parties & events - Queens Halloween parties, parades & events Qns NYC.

Jackson Heights _ Friday, October 31, 2025 beginning at 5 pm - Kids Halloween Parade in Jackson Heights Queens. The parade begins at 89th Street and marches down 37th Avenue to PS 69 at 76th Street. At the end of the parade, goodie bags have historically been handed out.

Flushing _ Saturday, November 1, 2025 from 6 to 7.30 pm - Mex Fest / Dia de Muertos - at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing. This is the opening reception and includes honoring the dead, an art exhibit, a workshop and story telling. THE ART EXHIBIT runs from October 15 - November 30, 2025. For details see - https://www.flushingtownhall.org | https://www.flushingtownhall.org/event-detail.php?id=902

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 6 am to 9 pm - Election / Voting. For all voting details scroll down and click into ads on this site that say '2025 General Election'. Please Vote NO on the Ballot Questions 2 - 6. They favor the billionaires and developers over the community, and you will be giving up your rights to having a say that is supported by the legal system, regarding real estate developments in your community.

The photo above or at right was taken last week at the Mayoral Debate at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City. Early voting ends Sunday and Election Day is Tuesday. The billionaires have been playing dishonestly and dirty in this election as they are truly afraid that Zohran Mamdani is going to try to deliver on his promises, which will require them to take less and give more, and sharing with others is something that too many of the super-selfish rich don't like to do. They are takers - not givers.

Be sure to vote No on the Referendum Issues 2 - 6, as the billionaires are attempting to take your power and your rights away from you, which they are dishonestly selling as a solution to affordable housing. But like we've seen the past two decades, affordable the housing they refer to, is unaffordable to anyone not making $100,000 - $250,000 per year.

Next Week.

Wednesday - Sunday, November 5 - 16, 2025 at various times - Queens World Film Festival - at the Museum of the Moving Image at 36-01 35th Avenue in Astoria. There are 124 films, from 17 nations, some of which will be projected on the big screen each day for 17 days. For details, the schedule and $20 - $25 tickets see - https://queensworldfilmfestival.org/festival-schedule/

Thursday, November 6 to December 14, 2025 weekday evenings & weekend afternoons & evenings - Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair - at Culture Lab LIC at 5-25 46th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. The fair hosts an opening reception from 6 to 9 pm on Thursday 11/6/25. The Gallery is open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Last year all art work priced was under $999 and I expect this year the same but I haven't confirmed that with anyone. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/LICArtists | the following are from 2024 - https://www.culturelablic.org OR https://www.licartists.org/off-the-wall-2

• Click here to view the Queens Farmers Markets NYC.
• Click here for Queens Parades and large Ethnic / Cultural Festivals NYC.
• Click here to view Queens street fairs & festivals NYC 2025.
• CLICK this link to view things to do this weekend in Queens NYC.

• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Queens Buzz NYC - see top of this report under NYC, for the headlines of them.

MCAL _ MEMBERCALENDAR EVENTS - Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Queens Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Queens Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. This month includes

Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Brooklyn

Dumboween Parade & Festival, NYC Marathon [see above] & Next Week Election Day, The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Folk Music Fest & Holiday Markets Begin

Friday, October 31, 2024 from 4 - 7 pm - Dumboween - at the Dumbo Arch. The March to the Arch parade starts at 4 pm at Washington Street between Front and Water Streets in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn. From 4.30 - 7 pm there's an Archway Kids Party under the arch at Water & Pearl Street. There's also trick or treating with 50 businesses participating. Organized by the Dumbo Business Improvement District. Brooklyn Halloween parties and events in the Dumbo neighborhood NYC. For details see - https://dumbo.nyc/dumboween/

Click this link for Brooklyn Halloween parties & events - Brooklyn Halloween Parties and Events NYC. Still updating.

The photo above or at right was taken a week or two ago in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. As some of Trump's skeletons come out of the closet, even the ghosts show more spine than Senate and Congressional Republican leaders.

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 6 am to 9 pm - Election / Voting. For all voting details scroll down and click into ads on this site that say '2025 General Election'. Please Vote NO on the Ballot Questions 2 - 6. They favor the billionaires and developers over the community, and you will be giving up your rights to having a say that is supported by the legal system, regarding real estate developments in your community.

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 from 10 am - 6 pm. Fulton Mall / Metro Tech Area Fair - click into street fairs page for details.

Next Week.

Thursday - Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2025 - The Other Art Fair - at ZeroSpace in Brooklyn. Three Brooklyn creative hubs : Clay Space, Dirtbag ArtHaus & the Textile Arts Center are presented by Saatchi Art and for sale at prices ranging from $100 plus.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 7 - 9, 2025 at various times - Brooklyn Folk Music Festival - at St Ann and the Holy Trinity Church on 157 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. Organized in tandem with the Jalopy Theater [of 315 Columbia Street in Carroll Gardens / Red Hook]. For details and tickets ranging from $25 [kids] to $48 [adult] up to $152 for a full festival pass see - https://www.brooklynfolkfest.com/ or https://www.jalopytheatre.org

Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.

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November 11, 2025 from 6 to 8.30 pm - A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of Community and Connection - GRIOT Circle honors LGBTQ+ elders of color at the Loft in Downtown Brooklyn - see MCAL link above for details.

Things To Do This Weekend / Week in the Bronx

Flip Circus in the Bay Plaza Mall Parking Lot, Veterans Memorial Event in Van Cortlandt Park, General Municipal Election Next Week

Saturday - Tuesday, October 18 to November 4, 2025 at various times - Flip Circus in the Bronx. In the Mall at Bay Plaza in the parking lot. For details and tickets ranging from $104 for two and up, see - https://www.flipcircus.com

The photo above or at right was taken earlier this month in the Bronx near the Hub, which is an old fashioned shopping district serving the Melrose and Mott Haven neighborhoods and beyond.

Click this link for Bronx Halloween parties & events - Bronx Halloween Parties and Events NYC.

Sunday, November 2, 2025 from 12 noon - 1 pm - Veterans Day Memorial Event. A procession and flag raising ceremony with remarks. Color guard units from SUNY Maritime College will participate. Organized by the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and Community Board 8 in collaboration with the NYC Parks Department. It's to be held in Memorial Grove which is just north of the southwest corner of the park. For details see - https://vancortlandt.org

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 6 am to 9 pm - Election / Voting. For all voting details scroll down and click into ads on this site that say '2025 General Election'. Please Vote NO on the Ballot Questions 2 - 6. They favor the billionaires and developers over the community, and you will be giving up your rights to having a say that is supported by the legal system, regarding real estate developments in your community.

Wednesdays, November 19, & December 17, 2025 from 4 to 9 pm there's a Vegan Bazaar - at the Andrew Freeman Home - for details see street fairs page.

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MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Bronx Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Bronx MCAL Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 beginning at 7 pm - Sheriff Anthony Mirdanda - at the Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association (PPNA) monthly meeting - see MCAL link above for details.

Things To Do This Weekend / Week on Staten Island

Halloween, Marathon and Scandinavian Holiday Fair

For the Marathon, see details above, in the NYC Things To Do section.

Saturday, November 1, 2025 from 10 am to 3 pm - Scandinavian Christmas Fair - at Zion Lutheran Church at 505 Watchogue Road. Nordic and domestic vendors, with food, music and raffles. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Zion-Lutheran-Church/104969012879288 or call 718.981.3151.

The photo above or at right was taken earlier this year, looking east at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, from the Staten Island Ferry. The Verrazzano Bridge connects Staten Island to Brooklyn, and on Sunday, some 50,000 marathon runners will traverse it, leaving Staten Island from Fort Wadsworth.

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 6 am to 9 pm - Election / Voting. For all voting details scroll down and click into ads on this site that say '2025 General Election'. Please Vote NO on the Ballot Questions 2 - 6. They favor the billionaires and developers over the community, and you will be giving up your rights to having a say that is supported by the legal system, regarding real estate developments in your community.

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Have a nice weekend.

Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

Scroll Down to see Each Boro's Headline Events & Things to Do: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island - NEXT WEEK - Halloween, NYC Marathon & DST

October 24, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Sunrise 7.17 am. Sunset 6.02 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 10 hours & 44 minutes of daylight or four hours and 22 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.

The photo above or at right, was taken Wednesday at the Spectrum News NY1 NYC Mayoral Debate at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, in Queens. From left to right are Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa. The debate was suprisingly spirited and interesting. We'll provide details over the weekend, or early next week.

NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. No rain all weekend, continuing an extremely dry Fall, and year in NYC & NYS, due to climate change. The temperature highs will be in the 60's all weekend and the temperature lows will be around 50 all weekend. The humidity will range from about 50% to 80% all weekend with the humidity highs peaking each morning around 8 or 9 am and the humidity lows bottoming out mid to late afternoon between 2 and 4 pm. The winds will range from 5 - 10 mph all weekend. Looks like a very nice Fall Weekend. Enjoy.

Saturday Early Morning Edition @ 3 am. Done with the Front Page Weekend Post of events and attendant pages. Weekly News Updates coming later in the weekend, so stay tuned.

New. Note the Changes Below. In late September we started adding a weekly new segment with multiple stories with links to deeper reports. Scroll down the page for some enhanced local news coverage and check out our local news section using the drop down button, on the main tool bar in the upper left corner under the header. This will continue evolving over time. Stay tuned and thanks for clicking in.

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Editor's Note. Our regular weekend things to do post coming either late Thursday, October 9 or by midday Friday, October 10, 2025. The following post contains some special Columbus Day weekend events, as well as a number of suggestions of things to do over the holiday weekend. Enjoy.

NYC Mayoral Race - Polls

September 21, 2025 / NYC Mayors Race / Bronx Politics / Bronx News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Bronx Buzz NYC.

This section is dedicated to providing our audience with a weekly update of recent polls surrounding the NYC Mayoral Race, and select other NYC public positions to be decided in this upcoming election.

• CLICK here to view our running report of polls of the NYC Mayor's Race of 2025.

Billionaires are Rapidly Changing TV News & Not in a Good Way

Billionaires are Amassing a Huge Concentration of Mass Media Assets, in What Appears to be the Privately Owned Propaganda Press

September 18, 2025 / New York City News / NYC Billionaire Press Billionaire TV News & Free Speech in America / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz.

All six TV Networks are controlled by billionaires [or folks whose wealth rounds up to billionaires or are members of billionaire families]. Increasingly they appear to be turning the TV networks into privately controlled propaganda machines. Too often they appear to resemble Rupert Murdoch's mistreatment of the truth in the news. This means they seem to omit key facts and even entire stories from view, while amplifying falsehoods and outright lies spoken by politicians and their teleprompter readers alike, which go uncorrected, leaving those who still trust Network TV News, ignorant and in the dark as to what's really going on in this country.

Network TV News Corps Appear to be Trading Journalistic Integrity for Media Market Share so they can Price More Aggressively. America Beware, as they will have Even More Influence over what you / we Americans see, hear & think.

Colbert was cancelled by CBS and numerous seasoned journalists departed for journalistic integrity reasons. CBS appeared to be compromising their integrity, as Colbert is the top rated show in the time period. But Trump doesn't like Colbert, and CBS had a merger deal that needed to be approved by the Trump Justice Department and FCC, so poof, Colbert cancelled. CBS denies this reasoning, saying they have other [unannounced] plans.

Disney / ABC paid off Trump in a lawsuit many attorneys were sure they could have easily won. And this week Disney / ABC took the Jimmy Kimmel Show off the air for making an opinionated comment of which Trump didn't approve, on the Kirk assassination shooter. Kimmel had joked that the shooter was a MAGA Republican which he does not appear to be, although reportedly the rest of his family is.

The alleged shooter was reportedly in a relationship with someone working through gender identity issues, which is just one of the many important issues of our day, that billionaire TV News repeatedly fails to fully inform upon. This link will take you to the Metropolitan Museum website, of a past photo exhibit, wherein in the mid 1800's a French photographer documented a hermaphrodite, which is someone with both male and female genitalia. That's a fact, that I have NEVER seen raised nor discussed by the flunkies on TV News, who don't seem to be knowledgeable about the world around them, and definitely far too often, just simply do not do their basic homework on important issues.

And the sad thing is that this translates to an increasingly ignorant American public, as up until this year TV was the dominant news source. This year news on the web FINALLY passed TV News, and I am hoping that that trend will accelerate as more Americans start paying attention to how badly TV News fails them, daily.

If you decide to click this link you'll encounter what is likely a shocker to most folks [was to me the first time I saw it at the Metropolitan Museum exhibit in the late 1990's]. But the idea isn't to shock, but rather to instruct - Metropolitan Museum photo exhibit by Nadar of hermaphrodite.

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Buglisi Dance Theatre Company at Lincoln Center 911

Weekend Events / Things To Do & Update Coming Later Today

Reposted September 11, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / Things to do NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

This is a video of one of the rehearsals for the Table of Silence performance this morning at Lincoln Center, commemorating the 19th anniversary of 911. They return to perform the Table of Silence at Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center on Thursday 9/11 at 8.10 am. Free.  Or catch the live stream - https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/table-of-silence-project-911-259

• Heartfelt wishes to all.  May you have a harmonious day and success working toward having a harmonious life.

Live Interview with Key Representatives / Activists about FEC Chelsea NYCHA

9.10.25 _ Queens News / News Analysis & Opinion _ Click here to learn a bit more through an interview by Erroll Louis on Spectrum TV on August 28, 2025, who interviewed an author / community activist and the President of the FEC Tenants Against Demolition about what's going on there - NYC Oligarchy - Stephen Ross, Related Companies, Essence, Eric Adams transferring huge amount of public wealth & NYC billionaire TV doesn't much report it. Also on the front page scroll down to the Landlord Tenant Harassment button to become familiar with the bigger picture.  And click into the drop down OpEd section from the front page tool bar to learn more about the FEC Chelsea NYCHA land grab by Stephen Ross and Related Companies.  Ross and Related Companies have been the beneficiaries of the transfer of acres upon acres of prime public NYC land all over NYC for what seem like fire sale / corruption prices.

In the meantime, see front page, government and politics, neighborhoods and things to do sections.

Click for our report series on Landlord / Tenant Harassment in NYC

Please be advised that this series will be evolving slowly starting sometime in Q4 2025 and continuing thereafter. Thus far we've posted some of our historical coverage, but by far and away, the best is yet to come.

In Nearly Four Years has Eric Adams done Anything to Rein in Landlord Harassment & Slumlord Millionaires? Have Privately Controlled TV News Networks Spread & Amplified another seemingly Trump Epstein Big Lie? Why Did Trump Have to Travel to Scotland to Find out that the Palestinians are Starving in Gaza?

August 1, 2025 / NYC Politics & Government / NYC Social Issues / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Eric Adams has Succeeded in Helping Billionaires Build Luxury Housing, but He has Failed to Stop Landlord Harassments of NYC Tenants & the Alleged Cheating of Black & Brown Homeowers out of Their Properties via Deed Theft - Documented in Film Slumlord Millionaire and in an OpEd by FEC NYCHA Tenants

News Analysis, Opinion & Insight. This story is not likely to show up on your TV screen in a timely fashion, because real news stories and real news insights rarely do. And too often, by the time they do, it's far too late to make a difference.

This is the trailer to a recent film that came out regarding landlord harassment in NYC, as well as about black and brown homeowner deed theft - neither of which Eric Adams appears to have done much about, during his nearly four years in office as NYC Mayor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuuBlQJh86M

If you find the trailer interesting enough, you can watch the full one hour and 22 minute long film on PBS until 8.26.25 - at which time it expires. Viewing the film now is free, but it is preceded by two short PBS promos before the film begins - https://www.pbs.org/video/slumlord-millionaire-3sgi7g/

Eric Adams claims to be a pro housing Mayor. It is true that he's been very supportive of housing projects by billionaires and international investors. But Adams has not advocated much - if at all [eg. the Rent Guidelines Board rent increases during his one term in office] - for tenants. And he's not been a champion of the black and brown people to whom he tells what now seems his phony personal housing insecurity story. You know, the one about him bringing his clothes to school as a child for fear of eviction. This story wouldn't be the first nor the only lie he has publicly told New Yorkers. And Adams appears to be helping multi-billionaire real estate developer Stephen Ross move FEC NYCHA tenants out of their homes, so that Ross can grab even more NYC land than he already has.

But don't take my word for it.

• CLICK here to read the rest of our report about Eric Adams doing nothing to rein in Landlord Harassment & Slumlord Millionaires? Billionaire controlled TV News Networks Spread & Amplify what seems another Trump Epstein Big Lie and Why Did Trump Have to Travel to Scotland to Find out that the Palestinians are Starving in Gaza?

Mamdani Beats out Cuomo for Union Support, While Adams is Facing More Corruption Charges & Trump Tries to Put the Epstein Genie back in the Bottle

July 25, 2025 / NYC Politics & Government / NYC Social Issues / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Eric Adams Facing More Corruption Charges vis-a-vis NYPD & Mamdani Beats out Cuomo for Union Support

News Analysis & Opinion.

Meanwhile former NYPD Captain, Mayor Eric Adams, was hit with yet another set of corruption charges in court, this time alleging that Adams had turned NYPD operations into a criminal enterprise. See graphic above or at right.

We'll provide details sometime later, but in the meantime, take a look for yourself at what kind of a 'law and order' Mayor Adams is - https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/16/nypd-donlon-lawsuit-adams-racketeering/

NYC mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, has secured the backing of a number of large NYC unions support, beating out former Governor Cuomo for unions that had previously supported him.

We'll provide details sometime later, but in the meantime here's a video Mamdani did, taking a pre-emptive shot mocking the adolescently edited NY Post, instead of the other way around https://www.facebook.com/reel/1066919915568285

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Primary Election Day, Tuesday June 22, 2025 & Andrew Cuomo's Record

Consider the Source - A Word about Billionaire Bloomberg & Big Real Estate Funding of NYC Mayoral Race TV Attack Ads - Vote for 'Their' Mayor or Vote for One of Ours?

Links Include - Working Family Party Recommendations & Poll Site Locator

June 20, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Politics Media & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

A Word about Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Trying to Impose his Well Funded Will on the NYC Mayoral Race. Former Mayor Bloomberg and Big Real Estate have been spending millions of dollars on TV attack ads targeting NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. The ads are filled with accusations about things Mamdani may have said, but nothing nothing he has ever acted upon in support of alleged statements.

The billionaires want Andrew Cuomo to win, because Cuomo is 'their guy' who will keep a lid on public spending on transit, education, police, sanitation, the arts and infrastructure, so that NYC billionaires can keep a lid on tax rates and keep more money they don't need, for themselves. The billionaire funded pols, like Cuomo and Adams, will try to keep a lid on public spending so that they can keep giving the super rich lavish tax breaks on their real estate investments in NYC 'affordable housing' ... that's 'affordable' to those making $100,000 plus.

CLICK here to read the rest of our report on the part of Andrew Cuomo's Record as Governor that they don't want you to think about.

Local & National [Primarily Web] News Sources we Currently Trust

7.7.25 Update / Opinion / Work in Progress

We've entered The Disinformation Age. Much of the mass media is controlled by billionaires, especially TV assets. They changed the FCC laws so they are no longer required to behave ethically, accurately and so the billionaire press does what it does best, pursues profits regardless of community collateral damage. They're only sharing information that they want you to know. They omit key facts they don't want you to know or even entirely ignore important stories that may embarass their billionaire friends. They try to manipulate viewers' perceptions in order to get them to vote for candidates representing the billionaires' interests, and provide open mics to the candidates their choice - not fact checked - even when these pols are making numerous false or misleading statements.

Trusted Web News Sources - Gotham Buzz

6.20.25 _ Currently Recommended News Sources to Help You Wean Yourself from Servile Dependence on Billioniare TV News. We currently favor The City, Politico, Axios, Vox, Wikipedia, the Gotham Gazette, Gothamist, City & State, Mother Jones, Wired, the browser Firefox curates a fair news offering, finance.yahoo.com is good for business news, and moderated social media outlets like BSky.app hace an intelligent audience that does a fair job of identifying key news reports, and use the search engines to look things up. Collectively these news sources should enable you to effectively do your civic duty to inform yourself about people and issues before voting. The NON-Billionaire TV News that we currently find reliable, includes left-leaning Democracy Now [on FNX & CUNY TV], PBS News Hour, and PBS Documentaries are also very informative. The Washington Post and New York Times are still fairly reliable, but not as implicitly so as in the past. Both the NYT and Wapo have undergone ownership / top management changes within the past six years. And the new management teams' values appear to differ from their predecessors, so pay attention to editorial changes / impacts. I no longer find any of the Network TV News outlets to be sufficiently informative. I doubt they ever were, but back in the day they used the newspaper reporting to help keep them informed, which today no longer cuts it. But that said, you can still pick up a few leads from TV News, which you can then use to more fully inform yourself, by doing further research on the internet. Also Vox & Axios. 6.20.25 Murdoch Iran War Monger.

• CLICK here to view our list of trusted news sources on the web for local politics and news in NYC and for national politics and news in the USA.

NYC Mayoral Race Tightens

Candidates Mamadani & Lander Cross Endorse Each Other

June 13, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Politics Media & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

On Friday, the top two NYC Mayoral contenders to Andrew Cuomo - Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander - cross endorsed each other for Mayor. This should help both of them as contenders and according to one pundit, reduces Cuomo's sure lock on the Mayoralty from 80% down to 60%. Which means Mamdani and Lander need to reach out to other NYC Mayoral candidates who realistically are no longer contenders, like Zellnor Myrie, Michael Blake, Jessica Ramos, and Jim Walden [running as an anti-corruption Independent] to increase their odds, while detracting from Cuomo's.

The photos above or at right were taken earlier this year at two different debates. On the left is NYC Comptroller Brad Lander and on the right is NYS Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani - the top two contenders for NYC Mayor following Andrew Cuomo. On Friday they cross endorsed each other, which will likely lead to increased TV ad spending by big real estate on their also-ran, straw horse candidates [see below]; as well as increased TV ad spending for attack ads trying to discredit real challengers to big real estate's choice for Mayor - Andrew Cuomo. Most TV political ads are such distortions of the truth, that they seem to be more fake news than informative.

Please do your homework on the candidates, using some of the high quality information sources below, to move up the learning curve on who the candidates are and who's funding them. TV News doesn't cut it any more, as it's controlled by billionaires. A long while ago, they rolled back FCC regulations requiring fair and balanced reporting, which is why what TV News presents today, is no longer consistently credible.

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New Years Resolutions 2025: The Road Ahead

A Few Axioms To Keep In Mind Throughout The New Year

January 1, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Holidays / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

For all of us, today starts the beginning of a new year. It's an opportunity to start anew. And even if we don't fulfill our highest expectations, moving the needle in the right direction, is always a good thing.

The rest of this report is about some of the things you can do personally to make 2025 a better year for you.

• CLICK here to read the rest of our report on New Years Resolutions 2025 - The Road Ahead.

Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year Weekend with Holiday Markets, Holiday Events & NYE Parties - are Some of the Top Things to do this Weekend & Next Weekend in NYC

December 26, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.

NYC Weather. Sunrise 7.18 am. Sunset 4.35 pm. For the first time since June, the days are starting to get longer. We're up 2 minutes of sunlight versus last week.

It looks to be a rainy weekend, on both Saturday [1/3 inch] and Sunday [over 3/4 inch]. There are bound to be plenty of times, during both days, when there's little rain falling; so be brave, and don't let a little water stop you from enjoying your precious time with family and friends.

The temperature highs will rise from about 30 on Thursday, to 34 on Friday, 44 on Saturday, and into the low 50's on Sunday. The temperature lows will rise from the mid teens on Thursday, to the high 20's on Friday, into the low 40's on Saturday and Sunday. The winds will range from 5 - 7 mph on Thursday and Friday, kicking up to 5 - 10 mph Saturday and then again up to 15 mph on Sunday. It's going to be a humid weekend ranging from 70% on Thursday up to 90% on Sunday. These temperature statistics are unusually high for this time of year versus historical norms.

The photo at right, taken in Sunnyside Queens a year ago this week, shows an example of the holiday home decorations one can find in the five boroughs of NYC.

This weekend use the links below to find holiday events, holiday markets and look for things to do over the New Years Eve weekend. We'll be updating the NYE pages over the weekend.

• CLICK here to view the rest of our report about things to do Christmas / New Year week in NYC - Events NYC the last week of December.

City of Yes Passes by a Vote of 31 - 20

Stephen Ross, REBNY Members & the Adams Family Won & NYC Lost

December 6, 2024 / NYC Real Estate & Business / NYC Government & Politics / City of Yes Special Section / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz.

The City of Yes for Housing Opportunities bill passed yesterday afternoon / evening in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. The City of Yes or NYC Municipal Legislative Bill - L.U. 181 & Res 689 - App. N 240290 ZRY (City of Yes Zoning for Housing Opportunity) amendment of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, modifying multiple Sections to expand opportunities for housing within all zoning districts, Citywide. *

The photo snapshot at right shows the NYC Council voting on the City of Yes.

City of Yes [Wo]Men - Roll Call Vote Tally 31-20

Voting For the City of Yes Members. Carlina Rivera District 2, Eric Bottcher District 3, Keith Powers District 4, Julie Menin District 5, Gale Brewer M District 6, Shaun Abreu District 7, Diana Ayala District 8, Yusef Salaam M District 9, Carmen De La Rosa M District 10, Kevin Riley Bx District 12, Pierina Ana Sanchez District 14, Oswald Feliz District 15, Althea Stevens District 16, Rafael Salamanca Bx District 17, Amanda Farias District 18, Francisco Moya Q District 21, Tiffany Caban Q District 22, Shekar Krishnan Q District 25, Julie Won Q District 26, Nantasha Williams Q District 27, Speaker Adrienne Adams Q District 28, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Q District 31, Lincoln Restler District 33, Jennifer Gutierrez District 34, Crystal Hudson District 35, Chi Osse District 36, Sandy Nurse District 37, Alexa Aviles District 38, Shahana Hanif District 39, Rita Joseph District 40, Justin Brannan Bk District 47.

Pay attention to the delineation of NYC Council members by the boroughs noted above by letters. Speaker Adrienne Adams delivered enough Queens council member votes (7) in favor of the legislation, which had they voted as their Community Boards did, would have killed the City of Yes bill.

Did Adrienne Adams and these NYC Council members betray the people of Queens they were elected to represent? Well, if so, keep in mind they are up for re-election in June 2025. So please educate yourself, fact check the statements made herein by using the power of the internet, and then after you've done enough research to know what's true, start spreading the news and get behind people who will represent you, the voters, not the big money that funded their campaigns.

Voting in the Negative. Joann Ariola District 32, Chris Banks District 42, Joseph C. Borelli District 51, David Carr District 50, Eric Dinowitz District 11, James Gennaro District 24, Kamillah Hanks District 49, Robert Holden District 30, Linda Lee District 23, Farah N. Louis District 45, Kristy Marmorato District 13, Christopher Marte District 1, Diane Mealy District 41, Mercedes Narcisse District 46, Vickie Paladino District 19, Lynn Schulman District 29, Sandra Ung District 20, Inna Vernikov District 48, Kalmar Yeger District 44, Susan Zhuang District 43.

We will keep this roll call of the vote on our site indefinitely in the City of Yes Special Report Section, because you, the voters, can use it as one benchmark vote, that helps you understand who is representing you, and how they are representing you. This becomes particularly important as there is the Democratic Primary in June 24, 2025 and the general election is November 4, 2025. Almost all of the elections are decided in the June primary because 56% of NYC is Democratic and only 26% is Republican. The remaining 18% are independent.

* Editor's Note.  The summary of the bill leaves out the part about the NYC Council members forfeiting their power, and because they represent us, they are forfeiting our power and legal rights to weigh in on new developments in our neighborhoods.  The summary also leaves out the part where by rushed passage of the 1,388 bill, the real estate developers and international investors can harvest a huge amount of tax abatements for 'affordable housing' that would be 'affordable' to individuals making up to $141,000 and a family of three making up to $183,00 per year or making rental payments of $4575 per month.  And the summary leaves out the part about the negotiated deal, wherein how Eric Adams is going to miraculously fund the $4 billion, that magically appeared just by Eric Adams promising it, after Eric Adams tried to cut $100 million from the budgets of public schools in January 2024 and cut $22 million from the budget for public libraries as recently as November 2023.  Adams promise of $4 billion is just that, and only that - a promise - as it is NOT IN THE BUDGET. And we all know the value of a politician's promise, especially when it's made by someone like Eric Adams, who has a documented history of lying, and is managing a tight budget that doesn't have $4 billion of funding lying around. He's going to have to take that funding from other places like public schools, public libraries and the NYPD.

Click this link for holiday parties, party venues, party halls and catering halls in Jackson Heights Queens NYC.

Get it While it's 'Hot' - 'Affordable Housing' Lottery in LIC

150 'Affordable Housing' Units Available for Folks w/ Incomes of 'Only' $99K to $250K

October 23, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Real Estate & Business / Gotham Buzz NYC.

'Better hurry' to participate in this 'affordable housing' lottery for apartments in the Jasper at 49-20 5th Street in Long Island City, Queens. Studios are renting for the 'low, low price' of $2,900 per month and two bedroom apartments are a 'steal' at only $4,400 per month.

To qualify you 'only' need to be earning between $99,000 and $250,000 per year. These annual incomes, which are an eligibility requirement, are only 'slightly' higher [+50% to +291%] than the median NYC salary of $64,000 per year.

But don't worrry, if you miss this 'great' opportunity for 'affordable housing', because the real estate developers, real estate investors, billionaires, property owners and Mayor Adams, are pushing hard to get through the City of Yes Zoning Law changes, which will provide huge tax breaks to investors, billionaires and real estate developers to make even more of this kind of 'affordable housing' available all over NYC.

Isn't that 'exciting'? It looks like more 'affordable housing' is finally on its way ...

See related stories below and in our City of Yes Special Report section on Gotham Buzz.

And you still have time to be heard by the NY City Council regarding your opinion of the City of Yes. Written Testimony is accepted for 72 hours after the hearing that was held Tuesday 10.22.24. Use this email address to send them your opinions - landusetestimony@council.nyc.gov - mailto:landusetestimony@council.nyc.gov. I believe the comment period expires at the close of business on Friday 10.25.24.

Coop City Fireworks in the Bronx

July 6, 2024 / Coop City / Bronx Buzz NYC. Story and video by Michael Wood.

I attended and recorded the Coop City fireworks in the Bronx this year. The fireworks display was launched from the Coop City Field located along the Hutchinson River which empties into the Long Island Sound.

They started around 9.30 pm and went for about 15 - 30 minutes, and I fouind it to be a fireworks display worth watching. Check out a few clips we put together from the show.

Juneteenth - Things To Do NYC

Juneteenth Things to do in NYC, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx & Staten Island

June 17, 2024 / Things To Do NYC / Holidays, Parades & Ethnic Culture / Gotham Buzz.

Over the past ten years or so, interest and awareness of Juneteenth has grown fast. Juneteenth commemorates American slaves obtaining their freedom on June 19, 1865 in Texas, when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, wherein President Abraham Lincoln officially freed the slaves effective January 1, 1863. Unlike today, word didn't travel so fast, and in the Confederate states, the white slave owners did their best to keep the slaves from learning of Lincoln's Executive Order. Juneteenth is a word blend denoting June [nine]teenth. President Biden declared Juneteenth a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, taking effect immediately and in time for folks to first celebrate the holiday two days later, on June 19th, 2021.

In the photo at right is John Watusi, who was a Founder and the Executive Director of the Afrikan Poetry Theatre in years gone by [now deceased]. John was a poet and a civil rights activist who recognized, along with others, the important role that history and culture play in people's lives. So, while Juneteenth is a celebration of an African American liberation day, it is also a celebration of African American culture.

This year NYC Mayor Adams cited a number of NYC cultural and historical sites and tours related to Juneteenth and the African American experience in NYC. In an OpEd he penned and we published Monday, you'll find links to some of the sites and tours he references of interest. Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Gotham Buzz NYC.

Juneteenth Historic Sites in NYC - Brooklyn, Manhattan & Online

Here are a couple of African American Historical Sites in NYC, some of which are referenced in the Mayor's OpEd. Brooklyn Juneteenth Historic Sites - Juneteenth Grove at Cadman Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. It's there 24/7. Manhattan Juneteenth Historic Sites - African Burial Ground - located at Elk and Duane Streets just a block north of City Hall in downtown Manhattan. Online Juneteenth Historic Sites - African American Landmarks and Historic District Interactive Map & Seneca Village Online - created by the Landmarks Preservation Committee.

• CLICK here to view the rest of our report about things to do on Juneteenth NYC - Juneteenth Events.

Click Manhattan 4th of July fireworks for Manhattan independence day fireworks or click July 4th fireworks in NYC for NYC independence day fireworks in the 5 boros of NYC.  And of course, click this link for the Orchard Beach fireworks 2024 in the Bronx.  Enjoy.

NYS Primary Voting Tuesday, April 2, 2024

In addition to the presidential primary, there are also NYS primary races on the ballot.

911 Commemoration Events & Remembrances in NYC & Boros

911 Commemorations this Weekend and Monday

September 10, 2023 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.

This weekend, there are a number of events around the five boroughs commemorating the losses of 911. The following are a few of those events.

The collection of photos at right shows an cultural performance at Lincoln Center honoring the victims of 911. The performance returns Monday at 8.05 am.

911 Remembrances / Commemorations NYC

Ongoing _ Daffodil Project in NYC Parks. For details see - https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/sept-11-memorials

• CLICK here to view our report on 911 Memorial and Commemoration events in all 5 boroughs of NYC.