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The incoming Mayor of New York City has had a volatile relationship with President Trump. They recently had a surprisingly cordial meeting. New Yorkers say they are still feeling on edge.
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging city pension fund officials to re-bid $42.3 billion managed by BlackRock, saying the fund manager has deprioritized climate concerns. It marks the first major move by a Democratic official to counter pressure on financial companies from Republican allies of the fossil-fuel industry.
Speaking about his love of Arsenal earlier this week, Mamdani had said: "Every day I wake up, I think about Squillaci, Cygan, Chamakh."
A moderate Democrat said on Wednesday she had enough support to become the next speaker of the New York City Council.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said that he is directing cameras and security technology be installed along the New York City border in light of Zohran Mamdani's victory.
The 400 comrades tapped by Mamdani to help his transition into City Hall include the local DSA’s co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser, who recently bragged that the mayoral election’s outcome counted as a “mandate” for their shared socialist agenda.
Mamdani's free child-care pledge could reshape family life in a city that has become far from affordable for many Americans.
New York City’s incoming leadership may be talking about affordability, but the first people to feel the impact could be
Outgoing New York Mayor Eric Adams is racing to fill key positions before Zohran Mamdani takes office, including on the powerful Rent Guidelines Board, which could undermine the incoming mayor’s pledge to freeze rents on more than 1 million stabilized apartments.