Zohran Mamdani has promised to transform New York City government when he becomes mayor.

New York has become the latest state to ban the sale of cats, dogs and rabbits in pet stores in an attempt to target commercial breeding operations decried by critics as “puppy mills.”.

Big techs outsized influence over society has become one of the biggest battlefronts in state legislatures this year. Gianaris, a Democrat, is pushing a landmark antitrust bill in the New York Legislature. Tech companies aren't content to play defense. Supporters say the law seeks to modernize the state’s tax system and make thriving tech companies pay their fair share. “With that has come rising backlash against the tech companies in terms of the power they have and ways in which they exercise it," he said.

Polling workers inspect and count absentee ballots, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in New York. Some county election boards chose to give absentee vote tallies to the candidates, but not the public. “The process lacks for transparency.”The slowness of some New York counties in releasing absentee vote tallies has been less of an issue in past years because, historically, the state hasn't had a very big mail-in vote. But news of that dwindling lead came mostly from the candidates themselves, not the county election boards tallying the vote. “This race is quickly becoming a poster child for the need for a fundamental overhaul of the way we conduct elections in New York State,” he said.