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Mamdani’s Next Battle: Attacking Inequality While Balancing Budgets
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be free to sidestep tough decisions when he presents his first budget a month after taking office on Jan. 1, 2026. That’s mostly because Wall Street is booming, on pace to see record profits of more than $60 billion this year. Lavish year-end bonuses paid out starting early next week will […]
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15 Minutes With the Next Mayor of New York City
The night before Election Day, Zohran Mamdani — who was elected New York City’s 111th mayor on Tuesday — hopped on the W train from 34th Street-Herald Square to Queens for an event with canvassers at Dutch Kills Playground. We took the ride with him, and this is what we saw: Some gasped when they […]
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LISTEN: ‘A New Age’ for New York City
City Hall Free For All hosts Christina Greer, Ben Max and Harry Siegel convened just before midnight on Election Night to discuss Zohran Mamdani’s huge win and what it means for New York’s future, as Katie Honan called in from the victory party in Downtown Brooklyn just after the city’s soon-to-be 111th mayor spoke to […]
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Affordable Housing Ballot Measures Prevail
New Yorkers said yes to four citywide ballot measures Tuesday night, approving a slate of proposals intended to reshape how the city approaches affordable housing development. The sweeping changes stem from proposals 2-5, which aim to increase housing production by streamlining land use reviews and modernizing the city’s development process. All four proposals passed with […]
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In City Council, Bronx Seat Flips and Bay Ridge Goes Blue
It was a neck-and-neck race in Throggs Neck, but it appears Democrats have gained back a City Council seat in that Bronx district. The contest was one of a handful of competitive races in New York’s most politically mixed neighborhoods. Two first-time Democratic candidates won City Council seats in central Queens and southern Brooklyn while […]
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