Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City's first Muslim mayor, stepping into office with a promise to uplift the city's ...

Mayoral candidate and New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani speaks at a press conference. (Photo by Melissa Bender / NurPhoto via AP) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become ...

GOTHAM GAZETTE: With us today is Joshua Freeman, author of Working Class New York. A good place to start, I thought, would be the attacks of 9/11. About a month and a half after the attacks, you wrote ...

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, host Emily Bazelon spoke with author Jonathan Mahler about his new book, The Gods of New York. This ...