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Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold

Reporter covering New York City Hall for the New York Times. Past lives: POLITICO, New York Post, Staten Island Advance, Star-Ledger, Hillsborough Beacon.

Joined June 2008
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Andrew Giambrone @AndrewGiambrone
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NYC’s rent-stabilized apartments are increasingly vacant after a pandemic-era jump. the vacancy rate was 5.6% as of April 2025, up from 3.7% in 2016. the rise in vacancies comes as New Yorkers face a deep affordability crisis (via @sssmaldo for @THECITYNY) thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/…
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“If Long Island is competitive, that stands to spell trouble for Republicans across New York running in what’s shaping up to be a tough political environment,” @NickReisman writes of the @KathyHochul @NassauExec race. Battle for the ‘burbs politi.co/4p6Q08q via @politico

Battle for the ‘burbs

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s campaign is making a push on her Republican foe Bruce Blakeman’s home turf.

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A tremendous loss for NYC: Mike Wallace, maybe the most significant NYC historian to ever live, has passed away. His “Gotham” trilogy is the most thorough social history of the city ever written. There will never be another like him. May he Rest In Peace. nytimes.com/2026/07/05/books…

Mike Wallace, Who Wrote a Radical History of New York, Dies at 83

His 1998 book, “Gotham,” which told the city’s story to 1898, focused on social and economic conflict. It won a Pulitzer Prize and inspired two sequels.

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NEWS: State Sen. Mallory McMorrow is expected to suspend her U.S. Senate campaign, sources say. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…

Mallory McMorrow ends her U.S. Senate campaign

Mallory McMorrow's departure makes it a two-way race between U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and former Wayne County health chief Abdul El-Sayed.

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“I don’t see the scars anymore,” Ms. Ikram said. “I just see me.” nytimes.com/2026/07/05/nyreg… via @NYTimes

Searching for What Pretty Means After an Acid Attack

Nafiah Ikram was steps from her home when a stranger threw acid in her face. Five years later, she is trying to rebuild her life and cope with a stunning twist in her case.

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This piece lays out the many fiscal liabilities facing @ZohranKMamdani (and argues he should’ve done more to resolve them.) A major one is upcoming contract negotiations with the city’s unionized work force, when politics and reality often collide for pro-union mayors.
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Mamdani fancies himself a financial whiz — he’s in for a NYC budget surprise come January trib.al/LBNwYpI
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He didn’t just survive, he crushed his opponent. Tides may turn for Torres, especially if DSA targets him in 2028, but it seems that for now, his constituents care more about issues at home than those in the Middle East. (And some agree with him, though that’s probably changing.)
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How Ritchie Torres, diehard Israel supporter, easily survived a brutal primary cycle - via @fariharahman_ @CityAndStateNY cityandstateny.com/politics/…
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“The Trump family’s earnings, experts said, have moved him into an echelon of enrichment more associated with strongmen in Russia and Turkey.” nytimes.com/2026/07/02/world… via @NYTimes

Trump’s Huge Windfall Has Few Known Global Precedents

President Trump’s earnings in office are at a level once unimaginable for any leader of a liberal democracy, particularly a sitting American president.

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“He didn't use the word manager,” Greenman said. “So he sees the role as multifaceted, and he really does not shy away from the piece of the role that is philosophical, political messenger.”
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Mayor Mamdani has favorite phrase. We counted him saying it 80 times. gothamist.com/news/mayor-mam…
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Gothamist
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Mayor Mamdani has favorite phrase. We counted him saying it 80 times. gothamist.com/news/mayor-mam…

Mayor Mamdani has favorite phrase. We counted him saying it 80 times.

Arguably, Mamdani's been relying on that turn of phrase "for too long."

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“He said the word ‘communism’ so many times, you might’ve thought the Cold War was still on,” @ShawnMcCreesh writes of Trump’s July 3 speech at Mt. Rushmore. nytimes.com/2026/07/03/us/po… via @NYTimes

At Mount Rushmore, Trump Veers From Patriotism to ‘Communism’

On the eve of July 4, President Trump extolled the nation’s founders while branding his opponents as “communists” in what seemed to be a warm-up for November.

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Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt
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Flanked by newly-naturalized citizens, Mayor Mamdani delivers an extensive critique of the "flaws" of the U.S. (part of the transcript below). This address acts as a counterweight of sorts to the speech President Trump's expected to deliver later today.
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Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt
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It's the late afternoon before a holiday and — hallelujah — the full New York City budget book for fiscal year 2027 has been released: nyc.gov/assets/omb/downloads…
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In her endorsement of El-Sayed, AOC notably makes an electability argument rather than an ideological one. Via @ShaneGoldmacher nytimes.com/2026/07/02/us/po…
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"Is there still a place in the Democratic Party for liberal Jews who believe in Israel’s right to exist? It remains to be seen," @GregBerman50 writes.
Alyssa Katz @alykatzz
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A @VitalCityNYC moment in @jdforward: @GregBerman50 writes on the place of Jews in a new era for New York City. forward.com/opinion/835154/j…
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"Democratic voters aren’t necessarily pining for a hard left turn on policy. Instead, they’re responding to candidates who have the backbone to take the fight to Donald Trump," @SarahLongwell25 writes: thebulwark.com/p/the-real-re…

The Real Reason the Democratic Socialists Are Surging

More Democrats aren’t becoming socialists, they’re just really pissed.

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Recent results in New York and Colorado primaries "have emboldened many on the left to believe that 2026 is the year to take power, not just from Republicans, but inside the Democratic Party itself," @ShaneGoldmacher writes.
Shane Goldmacher
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NEWS: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells me she is endorsing Abdul El-Sayed, her first Senate primary endorsement of 2026 in critical Michigan. Her thinking, the Schumer collision, the state of the race, the left's emboldened moment and more—> nytimes.com/2026/07/02/us/po…
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MEYER @dahvnyc
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Safe streets could be on the ballot this November. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/…

Mamdani's 'COGE' Panel Sets Its Sights on Anti-Safety 'Major Transportation Projects' Law -...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Committee on Government Efficiency wants to change a 17-year-old law created to slow down bike lanes and bus lanes.

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Emma Goldberg @emmabgo
Jul 2
Zohran Mamdani (and Mahmood Mamdani) on the big speech coming Friday and how to mark the 250th right now nytimes.com/2026/07/01/nyreg…

What America’s 250th Means to Mamdani

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not actively pushed New York City’s role in the nation’s anniversary celebrations, in part because of the complexities he sees in the country’s past and present.

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“It has taken less than fours years for generative A.I. to go from a novelty useful mostly for writing limericks to a powerful tool adopted by the world’s largest corporations.” nytimes.com/2026/07/02/busin…

A.I. Is Reshaping the Economy. Good Luck Measuring How.

Some data suggest artificial intelligence is already causing job losses. Other sources show the opposite. Why is it so hard to figure out what’s going on?

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Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold
Jul 2
“Make maximal use of technology to fuel innovation across government” is interesting given debates everywhere over how local governments should be using/regulating AI.
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