Evening Roundup: Transportation Secretary Addresses Government Shutdown at Newark Airport, the Fight Over a Kindergarten Program Emerges in NYC’s Mayor’s Race, and Republican Nominee Ciattarelli Plans to Gut NJ’s Affordable Housing Laws

U.S. Transportation secretary Sean Duffy is blaming Democrats in Congress for the federal government shutdown. Meanwhile, after Zohran Mamdani said he’d cut gifted programs for kindergartners, Andrew Cuomo said he’d expand them. And finally, New Jersey’s GOP candidate for governor, Jack Ciattarelli, has pledged to overturn a 50-year-old set of landmark court rulings that require each of the state’s municipalities to build affordable housing.