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# Mayor Mamdani’s Budget Can Add Up

> These fiscal challenges are surmountable, for the simple reason that the state and the city are both in a sound economic position to raise taxes given the stock of upper-middle- and high-income earners. But making this move as a matter of policy will mean […]

How could #ZohranMamdani pay for his bold agenda for New York?

_A look at the realities the mayor-elect will face to pay for his progressive policies – and whose support he needs_

> “The dramatic way of putting it is New York City can’t raise dog licensing fees without state legislature […]

# #ZohranMamdani Announces First Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff in First Major Address

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0uMnOBKwrM

# #ZohranMamdani’s writer on crafting a historic victory speech: ‘In New York, inspiration is everywhere’

> Mamdani and Gerson wanted New Yorkers to come away from the victory speech feeling as if they would also have an important part to play in the new administration, and that no suggestion […]

The Law of the Excluded Schmooze

"The belief that freedom and discipline must be in opposition only makes sense in a civilization that has long lived under what we might call the law of the excluded schmooze.
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Perhaps discipline, properly understood, is nothing more than care extended […]

# Black Lives Matter Leader GOES OFF On Democrats Following Mamdani's Win

A perpective from the Bronx

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asbxap56L04

# #ZohranMamdani, New York City and the promise to revive social democracy in America.

> New York is a city in which it is not absurd to say that a large slice of the middle class share everyday interests and experiences with the 56 percent of the population who are either on low-incomes or in […]

# Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani

> Beneath its humdrum requests, every email said more or less the same thing: _Can you explain how reading certain things can turn a person into a socialist—and, possibly, a terrorist-sympathizing antisemite?_ It’s a storied gambit […]

Tweet: Melanie D'Arrigo Andrew Cuomo is considering a run for Congress. He was forced to resign as governor. He lost the Dem primary for mayor. He lost the mayoral general election. No means no. Just take the L and move to Florida. Quoted Tweet: Matthew Kassel Intel from Somos: Andrew Cuomo is now exploring a campaign for retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler’s Manhattan House seat, according to two people familiar with the matter.

If this is true, then Andrew Cuomo seems eager to divest himself of any shreds of dignity that have accidentally clung to him.

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# Lights, Camera, Election: #ZohranMamdani's Bollywood-Inspired Path to NYC Mayor

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYafiaTtLQE

# The Mamdani moment: In conversation with political theorist Prof. Corey Robin

* #ZohranMamdani’s election as New York City’s Mayor is more than a local story. His victory has drawn global attention, bringing the American left into focus once again. In this interview with The Hindu […]

# Live From New York: #ZohranMamdani’s Got Jokes

_New York City’s next mayor showed during the campaign that he has a sharp sense of humor. Keeping things light at City Hall could be trickier._

> one powerful explanation for Mr. Mamdani’s success is deceptively simple.
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> He seemed fun. He […]

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show

"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day […]

# Mamdani will not send Wall Street on the run

> The same college-educated, white-collar workers who backed Mamdani’s affordability campaign are pinched by costs precisely because their cohort wants to live here.
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> "There are two things driving the US economy right now: compute power and […]

# Among Mamdani’s Many Upcoming Challenges: Fixing New York City’s Schools

### #ZohranMamdani, the mayor-elect, will encounter dwindling enrollment, lackluster reading scores and federal officials spoiling for a fight.

> In New York, schools allow students to use bathrooms that align with […]

# #ZohranMamdani’s win shows the power of mobilizing non-voters

> the most important number from Mamdani’s campaign is 100,000. That’s the number of people who actively volunteered for the campaign, knocking on doors, talking to their neighbors and co-workers. That’s one in every 10 people who […]

# Zohran's Promise

> Much has been made of Mamdani’s exceptional qualities as a communicator and campaigner, his use of video and social media, and his ability to disarm ideological opponents with humor, conviviality, and, when necessary, a cutting riposte, delivered with a smile. He has been […]

# The arrival of #MayorMamdani

> What I believe has prepared 34-year-old Zohran for governing the largest and most complex city in America is his experience with people. This sounds sappy, or something out of a TED talk, but allow me an explanation. There has been no New York mayor in the […]

# Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg

> With Cuomo garnering just under 855,000 votes, that amounted to the would-be power brokers spending $65 per vote for a losing candidate.
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> Meanwhile, independent committees that included backers such as the Working […]

# This City Belongs to You.

> On January 1st I will be sworn in as the mayor of New York City...and that is because of you!
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> You showed that when politics speaks to you without condescension we can usher in a new era of leadership.
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> New York, this power: it's yours. This city belongs to […]

# Trump voters for Mamdani and a new left coalition: the biggest surprises from New York’s election

> He built the coalition that the left always wanted to build: it’s multiracial, it’s young, it’s renters and it’s people squeezed by affordability. He improved considerably with Black and […]

# The Mamdani Moment

### Corey Robin

> Two quick points about Mamdani that we need to remember.
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> First, it’s easy to see Mamdani’s victory as one data point, lost amid a sea of other data points. But Mamdani’s victory is a continuation of what I called the Nevada Moment, back in February […]

# A New Era for NYC

> Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won with a vision to make New York safe and affordable for all of its residents. Learn how his administration will hit the ground running to deliver on this agenda from day one.

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# Mamdani's Movement: Organizers & Supporters Celebrate Stunning Victory & Repudiation of Trump

**Democracy Now** interviews attendees of what started as an election watch party and ended as a victory party at the Brooklyn Paramount last night.

As I watched this with my indefatigable and […]

# Zohran Mamdani: “Hope Is Alive”

**Jacobin** magazine has published the full text of #MamdaniForMayorNYC's acceptance speech:

> ...while we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together. Hope over tyranny. Hope over big money and small ideas. Hope over despair. We won because New Yorkers […]

# Zohran Mamdani’s transformative child care plan builds on a history of NYC social innovations

> Of all of Mamdani’s campaign commitments, free high-quality child care for every New Yorker from 6 weeks to 5 years old – while boosting child care workers’ wages to match that of the city’s public […]

Photo taken from the standing audience at the packed Brooklyn Paramount Theater where Zohran Mamdani's election night party was held. He is onstage, about to step over to the lectern to deliver his acceptance speech. Klieg lights, hanging from the ceiling at the back of the stage are shining. Flags stand at the back of the stage. In front of them, behind Mamdani are signs, one horizontal, hanging from the ceiling, one vertical, standing on the stage, each reading "Zohran for New York City". Mamdani, his hand over his heart, looking grateful and slightly tired, smiles at the packed audience, whose heads and raised phones are visible at the bottom of the photo.

Photo of #MayorMamdani, taken by my wife, who attende his election night #MamdaniForMayorNYC party in Brooklyn.

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# FULL SPEECH: Zohran Mamdani's victory speech following historic NYC mayoral win

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT_4A1eb8

# How Zohran Mamdani Beat Citizens United

_Ahead of the closely watched New York City mayoral race, everyone is looking for a lesson from progressive Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani’s rise to political stardom. The real answer may be a vastly undervalued political strategy: public money […]

# Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Points the Way Forward

_A democratic socialist wasn’t supposed to be able to win a major office like New York City mayor over the objections of billionaires. Yet Zohran Mamdani and the movement behind him built a campaign far stronger than the oligarchs and their […]