Mamdani grabbed a shovel and helped fix a small bump in the Williamsburg Bridge bike path that had caused big problems over the years for the bridge’s nearly 9,000 cyclists a day. Though a small gesture of progress, advocates say it sets the stage for future street safety, public transportation, and infrastructure reforms the mayor […]

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 […]

 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.    

As the mayor approaches his first 100 days in office, a newly released Marist Poll reveals that 48% of city residents approve of his overall job performance. While 30% disapprove and 23% remain unsure, the survey highlights a sharp increase in civic optimism, with 56% of New Yorkers stating the city is moving in the […]

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 […]