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Zohran Mamdani’s education agenda would set New York City up for failure
By restricting charter expansion and threatening funding, the democratic socialist’s platform effectively removes one of the ...
Matt Fleming: The lunacy of socialism in New York City
Democratic Socialist Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is the front runner for New York City’s next mayor. Despite opposition from ...
New York’s Public Defenders Threaten to Strike for Higher Pay
The lawyers who represent the city’s poorest defendants want to be paid on par with their federal counterparts. They last ...
New York Is Hungry for a Big Grocery Experiment
If Mamdani is able to pull this off—a huge if, given the economic considerations, as critics are quick to point out—it will ...
A Muslim mayor in New York City?
If elected in November, Mamdani would become the first Muslim and South Asian mayor of New York City. There are currently ...
New York City Public Advocate Primary Election Results
The Democratic primary for the public advocate pits Jumaane Williams, the incumbent, against Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar ...
How Zohran Mamdani Plans to Fix New York City’s Housing Crisis
Zohran Mamdani, the official Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, ran his campaign largely on affordability, placing the New York City housing crisis at the center of his platform.
Takeaways from New York City’s mayoral primary: Mamdani delivers a political earthquake
Zohran Mamdani delivered a political earthquake Tuesday in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, riding progressive ...
New York City is using ranked choice voting in its Democratic mayoral primary. Here’s how it works.
New York City is using ranked choice voting in its Democratic mayoral primary election Tuesday, a system that takes some ...
Five ‘futuristic’ new toilets debut at NYC parks, costing city $1M a pop: ‘A little steep’
The new toilets are part of a long-awaited $6 million pilot program, according to City Hall. Other spots where the facilities ...