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Governor Kathy Hochul won a second full term in a Democratic sweep, making history with Lt. Gov.-elect Adrienne Adams as New York's first all-woman winning ticket; Attorney General Letitia James and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli were also reelected; city voters approved all five COGE charter proposals on permits, contracts, street safety and the rainy day fund; Rep. Mike Lawler conceded NY-17 to Cait Conley as Mamdani-endorsed candidates won House seats and Hakeem Jeffries moved into line for Speaker; Westchester's countywide scanner failure sent ballots into orange emergency bags for an 11 a.m. count today; parents blasted Election Day remote learning for almost a million students; Floyd Bennett Field's historic hangars got $10 million in state funding; and previews begin tonight for It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play on Broadway.

In today's brief:

• Hochul wins: a second full term, and a first in New York history — https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/03/ny-governors-race-results-as-hochul-projected-to-win-over-blakeman/92515329007/

• The sweep down the ballot: James and DiNapoli win with her — https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/gop-ny-ag-candidate-saritha-komatireddy-loses-against-dem-letitia-james/

• You rewrote the City Charter: all five COGE proposals pass — https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/nyc-voters-approve-all-five-ballot-proposals-tuesday/

• The House flips through New York: Lawler concedes, Mamdani's allies win, Jeffries eyes the gavel — https://epicenter-nyc.com/midterm-elections-results-2026-new-york-lessons/

• The Westchester mess: every scanner failed, and the count resumes at eleven this morning — https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/new-yorks-17th-congressional-district-race-thrown-into-chaos-over-bizarre-issue-with-voting-ballot-thickness/

• A million kids on Zoom: parents blast Election Day remote learning — https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/nyc-parents-blast-election-day-remote-classes-as-busywork/

• Ten million dollars for the hangars that have waited a century — https://www.6sqft.com/floyd-bennett-field-historic-hangars-get-10m-in-state-funding-for-redevelopment/

• And finally: first preview tonight — a Wonderful Life, live on the radio, on Broadway — https://www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf-stages/broadway-fall-preview-2026-15-new-shows/

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It is Election Day in New York: polls are open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., Governor Kathy Hochul goes into the day with a double-digit lead over Bruce Blakeman after early voting surged nearly 70% statewide to 1,965,043; city voters also decide five charter questions from Mayor Mamdani's Commission on Government Efficiency; NYPD officers shot a man who police say opened fire outside a Bronx deli next to a daycare; a $10,000 reward is offered in the random stabbing of Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez; the subway set an all-time Sunday record at 3.14 million riders and the marathon became the first ever to exceed 60,000 finishers, with 61,146; Upper West Side tenants discovered a 2023 supportive-housing deal for their building after it was done; and HEAP heating assistance applications are now open.

In today's brief:

• Election Day: Hochul leads, and the city already voted in record midterm numbers — https://gazettenewyork.com/hochul-heads-into-election-day-with-double-digit-lead-over-blakeman

• Down the ballot: the attorney general, the comptroller, the House, and five charter questions — https://citizensunion.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-Ballot-Questions-_-Citizens-Union-Press-Release.pdf

• A gunfight outside a Bronx deli, next to a daycare — https://nypost.com/2026/11/02/us-news/nypd-cops-shoot-career-criminal-after-shootout-near-bronx-daycare/

• The Brooklyn jogger: a $10,000 reward, and a case police call random — https://nypost.com/2026/11/02/us-news/cops-offer-10k-reward-in-baffling-case-of-stabbed-nyc-jogger/

• The subway's biggest Sunday ever, and the marathon's biggest field ever — https://www.einpresswire.com/article/954067789/record-breaking-ridership

• The Upper West Side building whose tenants found the deal after it was done — https://thedailybs.com/2026/11/02/nyc-tenants-discover-secret-deal-to-house-ex-cons-in-their-building-up-to-23-apartments-and-6000-monthly-subsidies/

• Heating help is open: HEAP applications started Monday — https://suncommunitynews.com/news/128824/new-yorkers-can-now-apply-for-home-heating-assistance/

• And finally: after you vote, fifty artists you have not heard of yet — https://nycscope.app/this-week

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A debut winner, a record field, and one day left to decide the state: Sweden's Andreas Almgren won the New York City Marathon in the first marathon of his life while Sheila Chepkirui reclaimed the women's title; city early voting closed at 690,526; Hochul and Blakeman make their final arguments before Election Day tomorrow; Ghana will fly Javits Frimpong's mother to New York; the paraprofessionals' RESPECT checks hit a court deadline today; the MTA gets a deficit warning and a jobs recommendation; the Council checks the snow plan before winter; and Waiting for Lefty opens Off-Broadway tonight.

In today's brief:

• A debutant wins the marathon, and a champion reclaims it — https://nypost.com/2026/11/01/us-news/almgren-chepkirui-win-nyc-marathon/

• Early voting closes at 690,526 in the city — https://vote.nyc/page/early-voting-check-ins

• The governor's race: one day of campaigning left — https://thisnewsroom.com/new-york-governor-race-final-push/

• Ghana will fly Javits Frimpong's mother to New York — https://channelonenewsonline.com/2026/11/01/govt-to-fund-javits-frimpongs-funeral-cover-mothers-us-travel-costs/

• The paraprofessionals' $10,000: a court deadline today — https://columbianewsservice.com/2026/10/06/paraprofessional-educators-struggle-to-make-ends-meet-as-10000-payments-face-court-challenge/

• The MTA's money: a deficit warning and a fare fight — https://wisevoter.com/world/us/ny/2026/10/26/mta-faces-900-million-budget-deficit-2030

• Before the first snow, the Council asks about the plows — https://www.1stheadlines.com/from/365

• And finally: opening night for the taxi drivers, on Election Eve — https://playbill.com/production/waiting-for-lefty-off-broadway-classic-stage-company-lynn-f-angelson-theater-2026

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A city mourning a child, a city running, and a city voting: Mayor Mamdani says President Trump agreed to a visa for the mother of Javits Frimpong, the fifteen-year-old killed walking to school in the Bronx; the TCS New York City Marathon marks fifty years of the five-borough course; early voting ends today ahead of Election Day on Tuesday; Hochul and Blakeman make their final push in the city; five charter questions sit on the back of the ballot; eight people were arrested at a Bushwick protest after an ICE arrest; the paraprofessionals' $10,000 RESPECT checks head to court; and the New York Botanical Garden closes its Día de los Muertos celebration with a parade of puppets.

In today's brief:

• Mamdani says Trump agreed to a visa for the mother of Javits Frimpong — https://www.kcau9.com/news/national/ap-mamdani-says-trump-agrees-to-grant-visa-to-mother-of-ghanian-teen-killed-in-bronx-shooting/

• Marathon Sunday: fifty years of the five-borough course — https://marathonhandbook.com/live/2026-new-york-city-marathon/

• The last day of early voting — https://hpl.nyc/2026/10/2026-nyc-early-voting-tallies/

• Hochul and Blakeman make their final push in the city — https://hispanicbusinesstv.com/new-york-governor-race-hochul-blakeman-make-final-campaign-push-in-nyc/

• Flip the ballot over: the five charter questions — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_City_ballot_proposals

• Eight arrested at a Bushwick protest after an ICE arrest — https://kvnutalk.com/8-people-arrested-at-protest-during-ice-arrest-in-brooklyn-nypd-says/

• The paraprofessionals' $10,000 goes to court — https://www.uft.org/chapters/doe-chapters/paraprofessionals/news-paraprofessionals

• And finally: a parade of puppets in the Bronx — https://www.nybg.org/event/dia-de-los-muertos/

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Halloween Saturday in New York: the Council hears a plan for a full Department of Community Safety, the racial equity chair fight settles into a deal that keeps Linda Tigani until July, Governor Hochul's $100-$200 rebate checks land in mailboxes as her own allies question one-time handouts, early voting heads into its final weekend, the marathon starts closing bridges tonight at 11, the Village Halloween Parade takes Sixth Avenue at 7, the attorney general race goes to the subway, and seven barn owls try to hold onto a West 75th Street water tower.

Stories: Department of Community Safety hearing · Tigani and the Commission on Racial Equity · Hochul rebate checks · Early voting's final weekend · Marathon weekend closures · Village Halloween Parade · AG race and subway safety · And finally: the Upper West Side owls

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Mayor Mamdani says the pied-a-terre tax will still collect $500 million after a judge sent its rollout back to square one, nobody is currently enforcing the bus fare while the MTA's EAGLE teams are suspended, and eight people are charged in a $7 million SNAP fraud scheme — plus a Bronx vigil for 11-year-old Zion Maine, Empire Bins arriving in Brooklyn, the Council's Hunts Point hearing, and A Few Good Men opening on Broadway.

Stories: Pied-a-terre tax $500M • Bus fare enforcement pause • $7M SNAP fraud indictment • Bronx e-bike fire vigil • Empire Bins in Brooklyn • Hunts Point Produce Market • A Few Good Men opens • Halloween and marathon weekend

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City Hall cancels the $225 million joint public safety training facility, SNAP shoppers get 40 percent more in Health Bucks, and early voting surges — plus the five ballot questions, the Third Avenue redesign, new MTA fare gates, the Chinatown jail ruling, and the 2027 minimum wage freeze.

Stories: Public safety training facility cancelled • Health Bucks increase • Early voting surge • Five ballot questions • Third Avenue redesign • MTA fare gates • Chinatown jail late-night work halted • Minimum wage freeze • Halloween, the clocks, and marathon Sunday

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