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Zohran Mamdani
My Former Colleagues Are Destroying the Democratic Party
As a former Democratic operative, I worked with many of today’s rising far-left candidates. What you’re seeing now is only the beginning.
Evan Barker
Two Nations, Under Trump and Mamdani
On America’s 250th birthday, Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani painted radically different portraits of the country. Both missed what makes it truly…
Liel Leibovitz
Mamdani’s Socialist Sweep in New York
On Tuesday, radical House candidates won big in the city. ‘It doesn’t feel safe to be Jewish anymore.’
Olivia Reingold and Peter Savodnik
Knocking on Doors for Mamdani’s Rent-Freeze Brigade
A volunteer’s ‘SOCIALISM’ bracelet was a hint that New York City’s public turnout campaign for rent-control hearings might not live up to its own rules…
Josh Code
Meet the Mangione Press Corps
They include a ‘Hot Girls for Zohran’ influencer and a Fulbright scholar turned sex video game creator.
Olivia Reingold
Rama Duwaji Wants the Spotlight, Just Not the Scrutiny
Zohran Mamdani says his wife is a private person. Is he right?
Olivia Reingold
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
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