The New Mayor of New York City:
A Post-Election Debrief
A City Works Media Roundtable moderated by Laura Flanders
Thursday, November 13
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Virtual-only via Zoom. Free and open to all.
Please register to access virtual event info and reminders.
(slucuny.swoogo.com/13November2025/register)
Guest Speakers:
Claudia Irizarry Aponte - Labor and Work Reporter, THE CITY; Faculty, CUNY Newmark School of Journalism
Liza Featherstone - Columnist, Jacobin and The New Republic; Contributing Writer, The Nation
Amir Khafagy - Senior Labor Reporter, Documented
Maya King - Politics Reporter, The New York Times
Moderator:
Laura Flanders - Host, Laura Flanders & Friends; Host, City Works
Tune in for a live City Works post-election roundtable that the Murphy Institute at CUNY SLU is organizing to discuss initial analysis and reactions to the election for the next mayor of New York City. The roundtable will be moderated by award-winning journalist Laura Flanders.
Panelists will compare actual election results to their pre-election reporting on the mayoral race, pre-election polls and voter analysis, and general media coverage of the candidates. Speakers will also provide our audience with insights on the actual voting results, including demographic/geographic trends that emerged in the electorate, and the impact that labor and social movements had on the election. Following the roundtable discussion, we will select questions from the live virtual audience to present to the panel for their comments.
Maya King
Amir Khafagy
Liza Featherstone
Claudia Irizarry Aponte
Laura Flanders
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES:
Guest Speakers:
Claudia Irizarry Aponte (she/her)
Claudia Irizarry Aponte covers labor and work issues for THE CITY, a nonprofit local news outlet in New York. Her reporting on the exploitative working conditions of the city’s app-based food delivery workers resulted in landmark legislation establishing minimum wage standards from the industry in New York City. She was awarded the James Beard Award in 2022 and the Edward R. Murrow Award in 2021, among other honors. She is from Lajas, Puerto Rico.
Learn more at thecity.nyc/author/claudia-irizarry-aponte
Liza Featherstone (she/her)
Liza Featherstone is an author, journalist, essayist, critic and teacher. She has written and reported extensively on left social movements in the United States. She is a columnist at Jacobin and The New Republic, as well as a contributing writer at The Nation. Featherstone is the author of Divining Desire: Focus Groups and the Culture of Consultation (O/R Books, 2018), and Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers’ Rights at Wal-Mart (Basic Books, 2004), among other books. She teaches journalism and writing at NYU and Columbia. Featherstone is also an active member of NYC-Democratic Socialists of America and ACT-UAW (Local 7902).
Learn more at jacobin.com/author/liza-featherstone and newrepublic.com/authors/liza-featherstone
Amir Khafagy (he/him)
Amir Khafagy is an award-winning New York City-based journalist. He is currently the Senior Labor Reporter with Documented NY. Much of Amir's beat explores the intersections of labor, race, class, immigration, and urban policy.
Learn more at documentedny.com/author/amirkhafagy91
Maya King (she/her)
Maya King is a politics reporter at The New York Times, where she writes about the voters and leaders currently animating New York politics and the 2025 campaign for mayor of New York City. Before joining The Times, she reported on race and national politics at Politico.
Learn more at nytimes.com/by/maya-king
Moderator:
Laura Flanders (she/her)
Laura Flanders is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and the host of Laura Flanders & Friends, a public affairs program airing nationwide on PBS, community radio and released as a weekly podcast. With a career rooted in independent journalism, Laura has dedicated herself to covering stories of resilience, activism, and innovation. Her work brings underreported voices and transformative ideas to the forefront, encouraging viewers to think critically about today’s pressing issues and possibilities for social change. In recognition of her contributions, Laura has received the Izzy Award, a Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation, and the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Media Center.
Learn more at lauraflanders.org
