Mamdani’s Honeymoon Is Coming To An End For Many On The Left
James Dennis Hoff, Left Voice. Criticisms of Mamdani must extend beyond the mayor as an individual leader. And wrestle with the problems inherent in the strategy that brought him to…
Katie Halper and Karen Ortiz Challenge Mamdani Over Public Housing Demolition
Joshua Scheer In this segment of The Katie Halper Show, Katie speaks with congressional candidate Karen Ortiz about Chelsea public housing residents fighting to save their homes—and challenges Zohran Mamdani…
The Mamdani Era: The Pied-à-Terre Tax
Danny Goldberg ScheerPost It is a truism among pundits that political trends in New York City are not relevant nationally because those of us who live and work here are…
Mamdani And The Zionist Shakedown
Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Progressive candidates rarely remain so after winning public office. Zohran Mamdani is no exception, but his capitulation to New York zionists angered his supporters, and…
Is Palestine a Third Rail or Key to a Democratic Blue Wave?
Alex Poppe Informed Comment “Books frighten power,” Robert Jones Jr., author of The Prophets, said on the first day of our fiction workshop. We were at the Macondo Writers Workshop,…
THE MAMDANI ERA: TRUMP, NETANYAHU, DOOR DASH AND OPERA
Danny Goldberg ScheerPost As Zohran Mamdani begins his ninth month in office, he continues to function on several levels at once. On the international stage, he recently met with Brazilian…
The Mamdani Con Is Complete
Nate Bear Do Not Panic Yesterday New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani announced what he called “the first-ever municipal strategy to combat antisemitism.” In the video announcing it, his doe-eyes…
Mamdani Merits A 9/11 Observance Role: Shia Were Al-Qaeda’s Victims Too
Juan Cole Informed Comment The phony controversy cooked up by rightwingers over Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s participation in the upcoming anniversary mourning the September 11, 2001 al-Qaeda attack on the twin…
The Mamdani Era
Danny Goldberg ScheerPost There’s a store that I walk by every day on my way to work in midtown Manhattan that caters to tourists. They sell keychains, toys and hoodies…
Mamdani Says He Is Examining Whether His Government Can Arrest Netanyahu During NYC Visit
Julia Conley Common Dreams In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times Saturday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani made clear that he plans to take any action available…
Press Sees Mamdani as ‘Kingmaker’ Because They Don’t See Voters as Rational
Janine Jackson FAIR To translate from the Murdochian, “hateful” here means being opposed to genocide, police brutality and rent-gouging (New York Post, 6/24/26). The win by a number of progressive…
Gaza Deals Blow to Democrats in NYC Primaries
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams Three progressive candidates emerged victorious from U.S. congressional primaries in New York on Tuesday, overcoming millions of dollars in spending by corporate interests and AIPAC…
Is Zohran Mamdani the Future of American Politics? Affordability, Socialism and the Revolt Against the Democratic Establishment
As millions of Americans struggle with soaring rents, crushing childcare costs, stagnant wages and a political system increasingly captured by wealth, a new political force has emerged from New York…
Mamdani pledged $65 million to Protect Gender-Affirming care in New York City. Will he follow through?
As the Trump administration threatens transgender health care for youth, trans advocates, budget experts, and members of city government question whether the promised funding appears in the mayor’s preliminary budget…
Zohran Mamdani and NY Gov. Hochul Deliver on Mayor’s Free Childcare Campaign Promise
One of Mamdani’s central campaign promises becomes reality only a week after inauguration.