
Nicholas Fandos
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Nicholas Fandos
@npfandos
NY political correspondent for @nytmetro. Former congressional reporter. Tips and other emails to [email protected]







Democrats have officially voted to kick Blakeman out of the public financing program, denying his campaign between $3.5-7 million. Five others were also booted. This is the only gubernatorial candidate still eligible for a publicly funded campaign: manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-anno…





NEW The Wealthy House Candidate w/a History of Bawdy Facebook Posts Peter Chatzky speculated about how much Melania Trump would charge him for sex. Joked about sleeping with an intern. And boasted—evidently facetiously—about paying to watch him masturbate nytimes.com/2026/03/19/nyr…

"After the call ended, an email was waiting in Mr. Ossé’s inbox: His invitation to Mr. Mamdani’s victory party the next day had been rescinded." nytimes.com/2026/03/16/nyr…




NEW, from me in @J_Insider: a longtime Rahm Emanuel operative has launched a new PAC aimed at fusing the political operations of two men Zohran Mamdani beat last year—Andrew Cuomo and Scott Stringer—to battle state-level candidates aligned with the mayor



