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Mamdani, Scapegoating the Rich Won’t Fill a $5.4 Billion Budget Hole
New York City’s wealthy pay 40 percent of its bills. The mayor just declared war on them.
The Editors
100 Days of Mamdani
The rent’s still unfrozen. The buses aren’t free. And where is universal childcare?
Olivia Reingold
Zohran Mamdani’s Racial Equity Obsession
‘New York’s history has been one of colonization, exploitation, and racial oppression,’ the mayor’s office says. To correct that, he wants his policies…
Howard Husock
The Gripes of Wrath: Inside NYC’s ‘Rental Rip-off’ Hearings
At Zohran Mamdani’s Bronx hearing, the mayor came for bad landlords, while NYCHA residents came for him.
Josh Code
New York City’s Mayor Can’t Give Muslim Extremists a Pass
America’s Muslims are looking for a leader who opposes every form of prejudice. Mamdani can fill that role.
Reihan Salam
Terror on the Upper East Side
Two men inspired by ISIS tried to detonate homemade bombs yesterday in Manhattan. But you wouldn’t know that from New York City’s mayor.
Mene Ukueberuwa
New York’s First Lady Liked Post Calling October 7 a ‘Mass Rape Hoax’
Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, also liked posts that referred to the terror attack as ‘collective liberation.’
Olivia Reingold
My Day in the Socialist Snow Corps
When Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered $30 an hour for emergency snow shovelers, I signed up—only to discover how messy civic life can be.
Josh Code
Mamdani Is Inviting a Property Tax Revolt
His bid to raise rates makes even progressives wonder who they are squeezing.
Howard Husock
Can Jews Gather Without Harassment in Today’s New York?
When Bret Stephens spoke at the 92nd Street Y it showed that Jews aren’t safe from abuse, even in their own spaces.
Seth Pinsky
EXCLUSIVE: Moshe Davis on His Ouster by Mamdani
The new mayor replaced a ‘proud Zionist’ with a controversial liberal activist to head New York City’s Office to Combat Antisemitism.
Olivia Reingold
No More Gifted Students in Mamdani’s New York City
Ending the gifted and talented program in public schools is the opposite of what parents want and kids need.
Maud Maron
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