Tara Guaimano

.@NYCMayor Mamdani has made efforts to connect with Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, according to several sources familiar. They say the CEO seems in no rush to speak w/ Mayor & may be holding out for a public apology. (One the Mayor seems in no rush to offer up) nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/…

@MickmickNYC Hi! I'm with WNBC-TV - we'd love to inquire about using this video. Can we chat via DM?

Michael Bloomberg and Diana Taylor arrived at the ballet gala tonight when a photographer started begging him to run for mayor again 😭 “We need you back… we’d vote for you” Bloomberg’s response: “You’re on your own” 👀😂

@TimmyFacciola_ @Oliver_hall1 @ReynosoBrooklyn new media ambitious

Just finished recording the first episode with my intrepid co-host @Oliver_hall1 We spoke with @ReynosoBrooklyn about his Democratic primary in NY-7, his opinions on the Mayor, and his thoughts on the term “Commie Corridor.” Will be out next week…

“There is no budget deal,” Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie tells reporters immediately after @GovKathyHochul. “I don’t care what the governor says,” when asked if the final # is $268B spending plan.

.@nycmayor on St. Patrick’s Day: “As we know, it was on Irish soil that the British Empire developed their colonial project. So much of the exploitation later imposed elsewhere across the world was first homed in the plantations of Ireland.”

I asked @NewYorkStateAG about her office’s determination that the home where NYPD arrested Chi Osse was the subject of a land dispute instead of deed theft: “Technically it wasn’t a deed theft. It emanated from deed theft.”

Coming up on the 6:00 news on NBC:

@TimmyFacciola_ is this play about me

If any producers wanna have me on to talk about how a Substacker got the president on the phone, I’m media trained (been making TikToks for five months)

NEW: @ZohranKMamdani endorses @LindseyBoylan's bid for City Council: nytimes.com/2026/04/17/nyr…

Mayor Mamdani just called CEO Citadel Ken Griffin an example of why new pied-a-terre tax is needed. He noted Griffin’s alleged $200+ MIL UWS penthouse as an example of “the kind of wealth being stored in the city.” Griffin has been critical of @NYCMayor tax the rich policies.

We all get to hear AI generated Eric Adams speak Yiddish and Haitian Creole thanks to the FOIL persistence of @NBCNewYork’s @glorioso4ny. Hats off.

New: @NYCMayor on the campaign trail said he wanted to get rid of the NYPD’s gang database but now? “The NYPD has implemented reforms…the implementation..the results of that implementation, that's the subject of the active conversation I'm having with the police commissioner.”

Developing: @NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani has selected an ACS Commissioner: nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/…

Happy #StJosephsDay to all but especially my fellow Italian-Americans. #BuonaFesta to everyone celebrating their feast day today. Hopefully, we can all resolve the sfinge versus zeppole debate by just having one of each!

Tisch also pushes back on criticism of Mayor Zohran Mamdani taking out of the budget the former mayor's proposed addition of 5,000 cops to the NYPD headcount. "The narrative that we cut 5,000 cops is frankly absurd because they never existed," Tisch says.

Timmy's question spurred a mini news cycle that helped reveal a bit more about the mayor's worldview. Also, seemingly off-the-wall questions like these are a great way of getting highly scripted pols off book, especially in the "on topic only" PR age x.com/TimmyFacciola_…

With St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ coming up, I was wondering about @NYCMayor’s parade politics. As a candidate, he told @MelissaRusso4NY he hadn’t thought much about them. That’s changing! Mayor Mamdani steps off into New York City parade politics gothamist.com/news/mayor-mam… via @gothamist

New: NYPD Jessica Tisch condemns WABC radio host Sid Rosenberg’s recent description of @NYCMayor as “a cockroach” and “jihadist.” Mamdani sidestepped a Q today about Tisch who recently had dinner w/ Rosenberg. Mayor said Rosenberg’s words were painful but not surprising.

So far, neither of these two candidates who City Hall insiders confirmed were finalists have been hired. Both are critical of ACS for disproportionately harming families of color. Interim Cmsr Hester currently serves as Dep Cmsr for HR at the agency. nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/…

City Hall has named Melissa Hester as interim ACS commissioner - a sign that @NYCMayor either hasn’t chosen a replacement for outgoing cmsr Jess Dannhauser - or - the new person won’t be in place by 3/2 when he leaves. Last weekend we reported on controversial finalists /intvws.