If you thought last year’s news cycle inspired plenty of good New York politics-related Halloween costumes , allow me to introduce you to 2025. We had indictments, dropped indictments, the lieutenant governor challenging the governor, more resignations, a late state budget and an absolutely stunning Democratic primary election upset in New York City. All that chaos and everything in between gave us a lot to work with as we brainstormed costumes for this year’s spooky season.

Frankie Focus

From the moment Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced the Empire State to Frankie Focus, the mascot for her bell-to-bell cellphone ban in schools, we knew this had to be on this list. Why wouldn’t you want to dress up as a big green fuzzy dude with glasses? Then Jimmy Kimmel presented us with a potential spi

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