New York Headlines

• I.M.F. Says Inflation Fight Is Largely Over but Warns of New Threats

  (by Alan Rappeport for The New York Times an hour ago)
  The International Monetary Fund said protectionism and new trade wars could weigh on growth.
  
  

• Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, Will Run Against Mayor Adams

  (by Emma G. Fitzsimmons for The New York Times an hour ago)
  Zohran Mamdani, a state lawmaker from Queens, has entered the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, joining a crowded field hoping to unseat Eric Adams.
  
  

• Rikers Island inmate grabs NYC council member’s butt during facility tour: sources

  (by Tina Moore, Steve Janoski, Craig McCarthy for The New York Post an hour ago)
  A locked-up sex offender groped New York City Councilwoman Sandy Nurse during a Tuesday morning tour of Rikers Island, The Post has learned.
  
  
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• Democrat Gillen opens double-digit lead over Republican D’Esposito in contentious LI House race: poll

  (by Carl Campanile for The New York Post 2 hours ago)
  The Newsday/Siena College found Gillen with the support of 53% of likely voters, while D'Esposito could only garner 41% backing.
  
  

• Pink-haired thief with 14 arrests busted for robbing boy, 7, and slapping his mom in NYC — then cut loose again

  (by Amanda Woods, Larry Celona, Georgett Roberts for The New York Post 2 hours ago)
  Monique Fort, 48, was busted Oct. 16 – about three weeks after the caught-on-video ordeal at Richard’s Fruit and Vegetable on Jerome Avenue near Marcy Place in Mount Eden around 11:40 a.m. Sept. 24, cops said.
  
  

• Despite Global Crises, Gas Prices Slide as U.S. Election Nears

  (by Rebecca F. Elliott for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  Fuel prices, which had soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have dropped to their lowest level since February.
  
  

• U.S. Charges Iranian Revolutionary Guards Official in Assassination Plot

  (by Benjamin Weiser and Hurubie Meko for The New York Times 3 hours ago)
  The failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, a human-rights activist, had already led to murder-for-hire charges against members of an Eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran.
  
  

• Why New York’s Orthodox Jewish Voters Could Tip the Battle for the House

  (by Nicholas Fandos for The New York Times 6 hours ago)
  In three key swing districts in New York’s Hudson Valley, candidates are pressing for the support of ultra-Orthodox Jews, who tend to vote as a bloc.
  
  

• Gov. Josh Shapiro Tries to Deliver Pennsylvania for Harris

  (by Jonathan Weisman for The New York Times 7 hours ago)
  Pennsylvania’s governor may not be on the verge of the vice presidency, but he says he has everything — including his “heart and soul” — riding on a Kamala Harris victory.