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As part of his plan to improve transportation infrastructure for lower income neighborhoods and ​ahead of baseball’s Opening Day, New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s administration has broken ground on a major infrastructure project to enhance the Bx6 Select Bus Service and street safety near Yankee Stadium. Aimed at improving commutes for 25,000 daily […]

Mamdani has signed an executive order establishing the Mayoral Office of Community Safety to overhaul how the city handles 911 calls involving mental health crises. Fulfilling a pared-down version of a major campaign pledge, the new entity will launch with a $260 million budget redirected from existing programs, rather than the originally proposed $1.1 billion […]

Mayor Mamdani appointed Gregory Anderson as the new Sanitation Commissioner to continue advancing the city’s “Trash Revolution.” Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch testified at a City Council budget hearing regarding the future of the NYPD under the new administration. Tisch clarified that ongoing discussions about the Strategic Response Group are focused on reforming protest policing […]

After hosting Mary Robinson, Ireland’s first female president from 1990-1997, for breakfast at Gracie Mansion in the morning, Mayor Mamdani kicked off his first St. Patrick’s Day parade. Robinson, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – and the majority of Irish people – have been ardent supporters of Palestine. Mamdani took that opportunity […]

Mayor Mamdani was at the center of a maelstrom prompted by First Lady Rama Duwaji’s illustration of a  story in an anthology from Gaza, edited by the prominent Palestinian author, Susan Abulhawa. Calling Abulhawa’s social media rhetoric  “reprehensible,” Mamdani also distanced his wife from the author, claiming they had never met. On Sunday, Abulhawa issued […]

Mamdani has signed an executive order establishing the first Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, fulfilling a major campaign promise. Civil rights attorney Taylor Brown, who previously worked for the ACLU, Lambda Legal, and the New York State Attorney General’s office, has been appointed as the office’s inaugural director. The new agency is tasked with coordinating […]

Mamdani announced a landmark $2.17 million court judgment against South Bronx landlord Seth Miller for severe neglect at a rent-stabilized building, as reported by the Bronx Times. The ruling marks the first time a court has imposed maximum civil penalties under the Nuisance Abatement Law to address severe housing violations, which included mold, infestations, and […]

The NYPD investigated a suspicious device discovered on Tuesday afternoon in Carl Schurz Park near Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence at Gracie Mansion. Law enforcement and the bomb squad quickly secured the area and determined that the object was entirely non-threatening. This false alarm occurred just days after two teenagers were charged with terrorism for throwing […]

The initial anti-Islam demonstration outside Gracie Mansion on Friday was organized by far-right activist and pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang, targeting Mayor Mamdani. The group, gathering under slogans such as “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City,” clashed with a larger group of counter-protesters who had arrived to oppose them. According to the […]

A far‑right anti‑Muslim rally led by January 6 pardonee Jake Lang outside Gracie Mansion turned violent, with fistfights, pepper spray and a smoke device forcing NYPD to deploy its bomb squad after a counter‑protester allegedly hurled ignited, screw‑filled devices toward the crowd; multiple people were arrested as Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence again became a flashpoint […]