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Ross Barkan

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My new novel, GLASS CENTURY, will be published in May. Contributing writer, @NYTMag. @NYMag columnist. Editor-in-Chief of @the_met_review

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The NBA finals and the Stanley Cup finals start this week. If you're a literary man who doesn't watch sports, this is a good week to start. If you don't know what's happening at first, that's okay. Keep watching. You'll start rooting and cheering sooner than you think.

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All day there has been debate on my timeline about the 100 plus people shot at an aid distribution site in Gaza and how it occurred. But one way to get around he said she said is to let outside journalists into Gaza. Israel has banned them since 2023.

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I don't know who and who doesn't have business being mayor, tbh, but Eric Adams in theory was very experienced heading into City Hall

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The state of the NYC mayoral race on June 2, 2025. 1) Cuomo is sputtering but still the overwhelming favorite 2) Zohran is surging but still needs to do work to push past him 3) The professional left is crippled nymag.com/intelligencer/…

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Unless Hochul runs into a real scandal, she is going to walk to the Democratic nomination next year. Running as an insurgent for governor is very hard, and Hochul will have mountains of money. She's also not that unpopular.

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No, the reality of this race is she missed the window to matter. There are 0 AOC fans on the fence about Zohran. In April she could have said "no Cuomo for mayor" and raised $1m for an IE against him. She toured America with Bernie instead. She owns this if Cuomo wins.

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Cuomo thinks it was the wrong move but there was an 80-90% chance he was getting impeached and then convicted by the State Senate

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Because the "national" resistance is mostly performative right now unless you are filing lawsuits. Whereas an ex-gov who resigned in disgrace and is being backed to the hilt by Bill Ackman and co. is on the verge of becoming mayor of New York, her city.

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As Ross Barkan notes, Cuomo coasts while everyone separately chases name ID for a last-minute breakthrough. Shadowboxing each other instead of consolidating on air to lower Cuomo’s favorability. Time’s up for solos—start airing big hits or lose the race. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

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.Ross Barkan: “A six-figure check to Fix the City is a good way to remind Cuomo you are a friend, not a foe. He has a deep memory and likes to settle scores.” crainsnewyork.com/politics/polit…