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.    

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. […]

Signed two executive orders at a press conference in Long Island City, directing city agencies to crack down on “junk fees” in everyday transactions like concert tickets, gym memberships, rent payments, and subscriptions, framing it as part of the affordability crisis.

To cap off his first full week in office, Mamdani met with YouTube star and children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel, who came under fire for her support for Palestinian children, today to sing at an elementary school in the Lower East Side. It was also reported he had a private meeting with Steven Spielberg, the billionaire […]

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 […]