After promising to expand the City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (CityFHEPS) program, Mamdani has backtracked. The City Council voted to expand the voucher program, which enables more people to qualify for the rental subsidies. It serves 65,000 households with a budget of $1.25 billion. Mayor Adams refused to implement it, and the City […]

Mamdani took a concrete step towards providing universal childcare in the city. From his January announcement with New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, who pledged to help fund the initial stages of the program to the tune of $73 million, the city has designated the first four school districts, which will open 2,000 seats for […]

Zohran Mamdani is set to appoint veteran city official and attorney Kenny Minaya as the new commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services (SBS), per New York Focus. The 300-employee agency, operating with a $140 million budget, is tasked with issuing grants, assisting entrepreneurs with city bureaucracy, and managing New York City’s 78 business […]

Mamdani and wife Rama Duwaji moved into Gracie Mansion earlier in the week, giving up their rent-controlled residence in Astoria, Queens. He also named Midori Valdivia as the next chair of the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). Valdivia, whose appointment is subject to City Council approval, is an experienced transportation policy person, having worked with […]

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz moved ahead with felony attempted assault charges against Jabez Chakraborty, the 22-year-old Bangladeshi American New Yorker who was shot multiple times by NYPD officers during a mental health crisis at his family’s home. Mayor Zohran Mamdani had made multiple public pleas for Chakraborty to receive mental health care rather than […]