An ultra-progressive candidate pulled off a shock victory in the Democratic primary for New York’s 13th District — and people there say it was down to one thing: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s blessing.

Democratic socialists are gaining ground on the national political scene, championing left-of-establishment ideals and rattling mainstream Democrats with big wins ahead of the midterms. New York City ...

State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie downplayed concerns Thursday over the growing influence of the Democratic Socialists of America after a string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates ousted ...

After democratic socialists captured two House primaries and several state legislative contests in New York, the group’s leaders mulled how to use their expanding influence. By Benjamin Oreskes and ...

Socialists are sweeping through and taking control of America’s big cities, replacing the old Democrat establishment and imposing their will on local politics. And “the squad” is looking more like an ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A clean sweep by candidates backed by democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani in elections on Tuesday could make things tougher ...

Outside Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s primary night party, four men on the sidewalk were dressed in full neon sequins, trying to get the party started. Inside, the bar had barely opened. Espaillat spent 20 ...

Sign up for Staying Focused, our newsletter keeping readers up to speed on New York politics. Socialist candidates racked up victories in New York’s primary ...

They just aren’t the people who live here. Over 60% of Mamdani-backed congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier’s roughly $350,000 fundraising haul comes from out-of-state donors despite ...

Abstract: Accurate and efficient question-answering systems are essential for high-quality patient care in the medical field. While Large Language Models (LLMs) have made remarkable strides across ...