{"id":13832,"date":"2025-06-25T15:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/13832\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:26:11","slug":"morning-briefing-june-25-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/13832\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing: June 25, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, New York City.<b> <\/b>Here&#8217;s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n<p>Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n<p>Today will be hazy, hot and humid, with an Air Quality Alert and Heat Advisory in place.<\/p>\n<p>Isolated afternoon storms are also possible.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 110px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Scattered_Thunderstorms_day.png\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\"\/>\n<\/td>\n<td><b>Highs:<\/b>\u00a0Mid-90s<b><br \/>Lows:<\/b>\u00a0Mid-70s<br \/>Hot with isolated storms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hourly Forecast<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/weather\/interactive-radar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrumnews1.com\/snpluslive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/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><b>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/06\/24\/nyc-democratic-mayoral-candidate-first-choice-june-2025-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamdani declares victory, and Cuomo concedes, in Democratic mayoral primary<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani declared victory in the Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will be your Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City,&#8221; Mamdani told his supporters at his campaign party.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Associated Press, Mamdani has the most first-choice votes so far in the Democratic mayoral primary.<\/p>\n<p>Since the results for all the candidates did not top 50%, the city\u2019s Board of Elections will go through the process of ranked-choice voting. However, Mamdani has a lead of about 7% over Cuomo with more than 90% of the vote counted, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<p>The official ranked-choice voting results will not be announced until Tuesday, July 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/06\/24\/nyc-june-2025-primary-wrap-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Local 2025 NYC primary races: Here&#8217;s what we know<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers on Tuesday also casted votes in public advocate, city comptroller, City Council and borough president primaries.\u202f<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where many of those races stand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incumbent Jumaane Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/06\/24\/nyc-public-advocate-democrat-june-2025-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is the projected winner<\/a> in the Democratic primary for public advocate, Spectrum News projects.<\/li>\n<li>Mark Levine is <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/06\/24\/nyc-city-comptroller-democrat-june-2025-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leading in the Democratic primary<\/a> for city comptroller, according to The Associated Press.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Incumbent Pierina Sanchez is the projected Democratic winner City Council District 14 in the Bronx.<\/li>\n<li>Incumbent Alexa Aviles is the projected Democratic primary winner for City Council District 38 in Brooklyn.<\/li>\n<li>Incumbent Inna Vernikov is the projected Republican primary winner for City Council District 48 in Brooklyn.<\/li>\n<li>Incumbent Frank Morano is the projected Republican winner for City Council District 51 on Staten Island.<\/li>\n<li>Two incumbent borough presidents &#8211; Vanessa Gibson\u00a0in the Bronx and Antonio Reynoso in Brooklyn &#8211; are the winners of their respective Democratic primaries, Spectrum News projects.<\/li>\n<li>In addition, incumbent Alvin Bragg is the winner of the\u00a0Democratic primary for Manhattan district attorney, The Associated Press projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out more results <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/election-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Around the Nation<\/p>\n<p><b>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/06\/24\/us-intelligence-iran-nuclear-program-strikes-months\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early U.S. intelligence report suggests U.S. strikes only set back Iran\u2019s nuclear program by months<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/06\/24\/whistleblower-emil-bove-court-order-deportations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump judicial nominee suggested ignoring court orders on deportations, whistleblower claims<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/06\/24\/abortion-access-bill--senate-democrats--roe-v-wade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On 3rd anniversary of Dobbs decision, Senate Democrats introduce abortion access bill<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York City. 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