{"id":31889,"date":"2025-11-07T14:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/31889\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:18:18","slug":"morning-briefing-nov-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/31889\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing: Nov. 5, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, New York City. Here&#8217;s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n<p>Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be bright and breezy for today.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures will peak in the 60s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762525097_219_Mostly_Clear _day.png\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Highs:\u00a0Low 60s<br \/>Lows:\u00a0Upper 40s<br \/>Mild conditions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hourly Forecast<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/weather\/interactive-radar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrumnews1.com\/snpluslive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Spectrum_News_Plus_PromoCard_4-11-2023.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nIntroducing Spectrum News+<br \/>Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Around NYC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2025\/02\/25\/blog--nyc-2025-election-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Recapping the November general election<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Election Day for the November general election is over in New York City. Here\u2019s\u00a0a recap of what happened in <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/11\/05\/nyc-november-general-election-2025-wrap-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">some of the local races<\/a> on election night:<\/p>\n<p>Zohran Mamdani <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/11\/05\/nyc-mayoral-race-november-general-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">will be New York City&#8217;s 111th mayor<\/a>.\u00a0According to the Associated Press, with nearly 90% of the expected vote counted, Mamdani has 50.4% of the vote, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has 41.6% and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa has 7.1%.<br \/>\nMamdani <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/11\/05\/watch--zohran-mamdani-s-full-victory-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">gave a victory speech<\/a> Tuesday evening, telling supporters\u00a0\u201cthe future is in our hands.\u201d<br \/>\nMore than 2 million voters cast their ballot in the 2025 election, the biggest turnout for a mayor&#8217;s race since 1969, the city&#8217;s Board of Elections said.<br \/>\nNew York City residents\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/11\/05\/nyc-general-election-ballot-proposals-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">voted \u201cyes\u201d for ballot proposals 2 through 5 and \u201cno\u201d for ballot proposal 6<\/a>, the AP projects.<br \/>\nDemocrat Shirley Aldebol is the projected winner in the race for City Council District 13 in the Bronx. According to the AP, with more than 89% of the expected vote in, Aldebol had 51.7% of the vote, incumbent Republican Kristy Marmorato had 46.3% of the vote and Joel Rivera, who ran as an independent candidate, had 2.1% of the vote.<br \/>\nDemocrat Phil Wong is the projected winner in the race for City Council District 30 in Queens. According to the AP, with more than 87% of the expected vote in, Wong had 55.2% of the vote, while Republican Alicia Vaichunas had 44.8% of the vote.<br \/>\nDemocrat Kayla Santosuosso is the projected winner in the race for City Council District 47 in Brooklyn. According to the AP, with more than 88% of the expected vote in, Santosuosso had 59.4% of the vote, while Sarantopoulos\u00a0had 40.6% of the vote.<br \/>\nIncumbent Jumaane Williams is the projected winner in the race for Public Advocate, Spectrum News projects. According to the AP, with more than 89% of the expected vote in, Williams had 72.9% of the vote, Republican Gonzalo Duran had 24.9% of the vote and Marty Dolan, who ran as an independent candidate on \u201cThe Unity\u201d Party line, had 2.3%.<br \/>\nDemocrat Mark Levine is the projected winner for city comptroller, Spectrum News projects. According to the AP, with more than 89% of the expected vote in, Levine had 75.1% of the vote, Republican Peter Kefalas had 22.8% of the vote and Ismael Malav\u00e9 P\u00e9rez, who ran as an independent candidate on &#8220;The Unity&#8221; Party line, had 2.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Around the Nation<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/11\/04\/white-house-insists-it-is-following-court-order--will-issue-partial-snap-payments-after-trump-indicated-otherwise\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">White House insists it is following court order, will issue partial SNAP payments after Trump indicated otherwise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/11\/05\/democrat-mikie-sherrill-elected-governor-of-new-jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Democrat Mikie Sherrill elected governor of New Jersey, defeating opponent who aligned with Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/11\/04\/louisville-plane-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">7 people dead after UPS plane crash, airport reopens in morning<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York City. Here&#8217;s what you need to know today. 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