Controllers have already received one reduced check, because the shutdown began in the middle of a pay period. The next pay date, Oct. 28, will be the first fully missed paycheck.

Zohran Mamdani, the leading candidate in next month’s mayoral election, has frequently dodged questions on whether he supports Hamas. Last week, during an interview with Fox News, he refused to say if the terrorist group should lay down their arms and relinquish their leadership of Gaza. He claimed not to have opinions “about the future…