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Mamdani may be raising taxes on property owners by 9.5%. The mayor has been asking New York State for more help to bridge the city’s budget deficit and raise more revenue to fulfill parts of his promised affordability-first agenda including faster, free city buses and universal free childcare. Part of his ask: raise taxes on […]

In keeping with his commitment to maintaining New York City’s sanctuary status, Mayor Mamdani has appointed Bitta Mostofi, who worked under former President Joe Biden at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, as a special advisor, Mostofi will be in charge of auditing the NYPD, departments overseeing probation, social services and health,, and children’s services for […]

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 […]

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 […]

 Zohran Mamdani’s administration intensified its fiscal push in Albany, urging higher taxes on millionaires and corporations to tackle a $7 billion deficit—down from $12 billion via savings. Mamdani also nominated ex-federal prosecutor Nadia Shihata as Department of Investigation Commissioner to sharpen anti-corruption efforts.    

 Tin Cup Day is the annual pilgrimage local lawmakers in New York state make to Albany to ask the state legislature for help filling funding gaps. Mamdani, on his first trip as Mayor, said the city has a $12.6 billion budget gap he hopes to fill with a combination of more state funds and a […]

At an Interfaith Breakfast on Friday, the mayor announced an executive order “reaffirming” the city’s status as a sanctuary city. Among the requirements: city agencies, including the NYPD and Department of Correction, must immediately audit their policies to ensure strict compliance with laws limiting cooperation with non-local immigration enforcement. The order prohibits non-local law enforcement […]

Mamdani has endorsed Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul for re-election. The party’s nominating convention is on Friday in Syracuse, and the endorsement could sway some voters against the current Lieutenant Governor, Anthony Delgado. He and his pick for second-in-command, Democratic Socialist from Buffalo, India Walton, are running to the left of Hochul in June’s primary election. […]

Mamdani has made more appointments to key city government positions. He named Dr. Alister Martin as the new head of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The department is one of the largest in the world, with a budget of $1.6 billion and thousands of employees. The Harvard-trained emergency physician comes to the city […]

Today is the eleventh consecutive day when the high temperature is sub-freezing. As a result, 16 people have died due to the extreme cold thus far this year, the Mayor confirmed. The city is opening 50 new single-room shelters and has dispatched several ‘warming buses’ around town to provide heat, temporary shelter, and food. However, […]