The School Construction Authority with Union Jobs for Locals – Reforming the SCA to prioritize hiring from local communities and using union labor for all school construction and renovation projects.
The Safety Dividend from Prison Closure Savings – Investing the hundreds of millions saved from closing Rikers and reducing incarceration directly into the communities most harmed by it.
The Subway Fare & The Poll Tax on the Poor – Monetizing the Right to Movement
The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism – Platforms as the New Customary Lords
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Local Journalism – The Silencing of the “Native” Narrative
MAMDANI: Home Rule vs. State Control: The Metropolitan vs. The Settler Sovereign – The Limits of Local Power in a Colonial Structure
The Safe Passage Community Guardian Program for Schools & Transit – Employing unarmed, trained community members to ensure safe travel to and from school and on public transit, especially in high-traffic areas.
The Reparations Read-In Citywide Curriculum Day – An annual day where all NYC public schools engage in reading, discussion, and art focused on the history and legacy of slavery and the case for reparations.
The Repair Cafe as City-Supported Community Hub – Funding and facilitating spaces where neighbors fix broken items together, reducing waste and building practical solidarity.
MAMDANI: Coastal Flooding & Sea Level Rise: Climate Apartheid in the Bifurcated City – The Settler’s Wall and the Native’s Flood Zone
MAMDANI: The Erasure of Working-Class History – Amnesia as a Tool of Colonial Control
MAMDANI: Food Deserts & The Control of Sustenance – Weaponizing Access to Life’s Basic Necessities
MAMDANI: Food Deserts: The Weaponized Geography of Sustenance – Controlling Access to Life’s Basic Necessity
The Quiet Car of the City: Spaces for Introverted Connection – Designating and creating low-stimulation public environments for those who seek connection in calm, focused settings.
The Public Interactive Art Fund – Grants specifically for art installations that require public participation to completeswings that generate light, murals you can add to, etc.
The Public Domain Celebration of Classic Works – Organizing citywide readings, screenings, and performances of works whose copyrights have expired, making them free for all to use and reinterpret.
MAMDANI: The Exploitation of Incarcerated Labor – The Prison as a Plantation
The Crisis of Public Distrust in Media – The Settler Narrative and the Silencing of Dissent
MAMDANI: Aging Population: The Abandonment of the “Useless” Native – Capitalism’s Discardment of the Non-Productive
MAMDANI: The Battle over Bike Lanes – Street Space as a Contested Colonial Frontier
The Poet Laureate of Every Borough Program – Establishing official, paid Poet Laureate positions for each borough to create community-specific work and promote poetry as a public art.
The Pedagogy of the City: Using NYC as a Living Textbook – Structuring learning around the citys own geography, history, and current issues, making education relevant and experiential.
The Parent-Teacher Home Visit Program – Funding and encouraging teachers to make voluntary home visits at the start of the year to build trust and understand student context.
MAMDANI: Affordable Higher Education: The Re-commodification of CUNY – From Public Good to Indentured Servitude
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The Stagnation of Public Pools – The Managed Austerity of Collective Joy
MAMDANI: LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness: The Rejection of the “Non-Conforming” Native – Patriarchy and the Crisis of Social Reproduction
MAMDANI: Public Housing (NYCHA) Capital Backlog: The Deliberate Manufacture of a Crisis – Deferred Maintenance as a Tool of Privatization
The Parent Organizer City Position: Empowering Family Advocacy – Hiring and training parent organizers in every school district to help families navigate the system, build collective power, and advocate for their children.
