It’s an anxious time in New York. The next New York City mayor is going to bring a new administration into City Hall, prompting a dramatic rewiring of the city’s power structure. Amid this jockeying and uncertainty, the New York City Council is choosing a new speaker. The Trump administration seems hell-bent on wresting power away from New York, prompting a lawsuit to once again redraw the state’s congressional lines. If that suit is successful, the 2026 candidates in and around the 11th Congressional District could be scrambled.

Strung out from an exhausting election season, how will the political class cope with the turbulence? The day after the election, they’ll head to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the annual Somos conference. We asked six politicos about why they continue to go to the

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