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Jabez Chakraborty, 22, was shot by NYPD officers in Queens on January 26. The Bangladeshi New Yorker was holding a knife and in emotional distress. His family said in a statement: “We did not call the police. Instead of medical responders, the NYPD arrived and shot our son right in front of us.” Mayor Mamdani […]

On CNBC’s Squawk Box with Andrew Sorkin, the Mayor said yesterday that not only is he targeting cutting “zombie programs” started by his predecessor that are a waste of taxpayer money, but that the scale of the “$12 billion of a fiscal deficit requires the kind of increased revenue on the top 1% of New […]

Mamdani said in a statement that he “commends the protestors who exercised their right to protest against” the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers believed to be staying in the Hilton hotel in Tribeca. Nearly 70 protesters were taken into custody after occupying the hotel lobby for almost an hour. New York is a […]

The mayor is naming Lisa Garcia as commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection. Garcia is an alum of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where she was in charge of matters involving New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and eight Tribal Nations. Garcia has also been a vocal critic and protested […]

Mamdani has appointed Waleed Shahid as the Deputy Communications Director of Economic Justice. Shahid previously worked for the political action committee Justice Democrats and in various capacities for U.S. House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former House Rep. Jamaal Bowman who are both from New York City. He also led the charge of the Uncommitted Movement […]

For the first time in the infancy of his mayoral term, Mamdani is at odds with a City Hall official: Comptroller Mark Levine. The two disagree on the city investing in Israel Bonds, a debt security issued by the Israeli government which averages a 5% return. The city held these bonds for nearly 50 years […]

Investment in NYC’s youth takes center stage this week as Mamdani rolled out a massive expansion of paid summer work for New Yorkers ages 14-24. Applications have opened for the city’s summer youth employment program, offering paid work for New Yorkers ages 14–24. At the same time, youth groups are pushing the City Council to […]

Mamdani, joined by Commissioner for the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Sam Levine, has banned hotels from charging so-called junk fees. These are often labeled as “destination fees,” “resort fees,” or “hospitality service fees.” Building on his promise to hold corporations accountable, the ruling goes beyond even the Federal Trade Commission’s rule requiring transparency […]

Mamdani and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) joined the New York State Nurses Association on the picket line this morning. The union represents almost 15,000 striking nurses from the Mount Sinai, New York-Presbyterian, and Montefiore hospital groups. Mamdani said: “This is about a fair contract. This is about dignity,…Now is your time of need, where we […]

On Martin Luther King Jr Day, Mamdani said he is going to ask Donald Trump to reconsider the president’s travel ban on several countries ahead of the FIFA World Cup being hosted all over North America this summer. Specifically, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Iran, and Haiti are countries which have qualified for the tournament so there […]