Tourists and locals alike know they can emerge from the dingy subway stations along roughly five blocks of New York City’s Canal Street to be greeted with rows of sparkling, polished designer knockoff bags, watches, jewelry — and their hawkers.

NEW YORK — In the most Jewish city in America, debates over antisemitism have exploded in the final days of the mayoral race as New Yorkers appear close to electing a 34-year-old Muslim who does not believe Israel should exist as a Jewish state.

Voters will have a chance to weigh in on ballot questions concerning the housing crisis and when local elections should be held.

One day before early voting begins in the New York mayoral race, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani condemned the “racist, baseless” attacks he’s faced in recent days, saying the attacks exemplify the islamophobia Muslims all over New York face every day.

Newsweek’s latest tracking poll shows Mamdani widening his advantage in the New York mayoral race, securing 45 percent support.

New York’s highest court threw out a lawsuit alleging broad discrimination against Black and Latino students in admissions to New York City’s most elite public schools.The Court of Appeals in Albany ruled Thursday that the suing students failed to show they had been denied a “sound basic education.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Jeffries' counterpart in Congress and a fellow New York Democrat, has so far declined to endorse anyone in the mayoral race.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will endorse Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor on Friday, two people familiar with the decision told Politico on Friday. The long-awaited endorsement comes just ahead of the start of early voting on Saturday.

Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid were seen spending time together in New York City on Thursday, Oct. 21, more than two years after the pair were first romantically linked. A source told PEOPLE in August that the couple "are on the same page about what they want long-term,

The Italian at Faicco’s on Bleecker Street is hands-down my favorite in New York City,” says 2006 F&W Best New Chef Jonathan Benno, culinary director of Four Twenty Five. This Greenwich Village deli specializes in cured meat and imported Italian goods.