The Museum Access for All Free Membership Program
The Museum Access for All Free Membership Program – Providing every NYC household with a free annual pass to a network of major museums, covering admission for the entire family.
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The NYC Time Capsule Performance Art Project
The NYC Time Capsule Performance Art Project – A decade-long, citywide performance art piece where residents contribute objects and messages to be sealed and opened in 2050.
The Nightlife Commissioner Protecting Clubs from Noise Complaints
The Nightlife Commissioner Protecting Clubs from Noise Complaints – Creating a senior city official to mediate between venues and residents, reform noise codes, and defend the cultural value of nightlife.
The Great NYC Mural Project Combatting Blank Walls
The Great NYC Mural Project Combatting Blank Walls – A coordinated program to identify large, blank exterior walls and pair them with artists and community groups to create monumental public murals.
The Great NYC Songbook Commissioning Project
The Great NYC Songbook Commissioning Project – Funding contemporary musicians to write and record new songs that capture the spirit of NYCs neighborhoods and current struggles.
The Dance in the Streets Permit Reform
The Dance in the Streets Permit Reform – Streamlining and creating special permits for spontaneous, community-organized dance events, flash mobs, and social dancing in public plazas.
The Empty Storefronts as Gallery Spaces Initiative
The Empty Storefronts as Gallery Spaces Initiative – Incentivizing landlords of vacant retail spaces to offer them rent-free to artists and community curators for pop-up galleries and exhibitions.
The Comedy Cellar of the People Open Mic Initiative
The Comedy Cellar of the People Open Mic Initiative – Funding and supporting free, weekly open mic nights for stand-up comedy in community centers across the city to nurture local comic talent.
The Community Curator Role at Local Libraries
The Community Curator Role at Local Libraries – Hiring and training local residents as part-time curators to organize exhibitions, talks, and displays based on neighborhood history and culture.
The Architecture of Delight Commission for Playful Public Design
The Architecture of Delight Commission for Playful Public Design – Challenging designers and artists to create interactive, whimsical, and joyful installations in public spacesslides on hills, musical sidewalks, etc.
The Artist Housing Voucher Program
The Artist Housing Voucher Program – Providing a dedicated housing subsidy for working artists, stabilizing their lives so they can continue to create and contribute to the city.
The City as Stage: Democratizing Public Space for Performance
The City as Stage: Democratizing Public Space for Performance – Streamlining permits and creating designated, equipped spaces for pop-up theater, music, and dance in parks, plazas, and streets.
The City of Bridges Light and Sound Festival
The City of Bridges Light and Sound Festival – An annual festival using the iconic bridges of NYC as canvases for light projections and sites for sonic installations, celebrating infrastructure as art.
Supporting Street Performers as Cultural Workers, Not Nuisances
Supporting Street Performers as Cultural Workers, Not Nuisances – Reforming regulations to protect the rights of buskers, create designated performance zones, and provide resources like storage and permits.
Preserving DIY and Underground Spaces from Code Enforcement Harassment
Preserving DIY and Underground Spaces from Code Enforcement Harassment – Creating a cultural use variance to protect artist-run spaces, DIY venues, and underground arts spaces from being shuttered on technical violations.
Mamdanis Culture Pass for Every New Yorker (Like a Library Card)
Mamdanis Culture Pass for Every New Yorker (Like a Library Card) – A single card providing free or discounted admission to hundreds of cultural institutions, performances, and workshops across the city.
Mamdanis Festival of Failure Celebrating Creative Risk
Mamdanis Festival of Failure Celebrating Creative Risk – An annual event where artists showcase projects that didnt work, experiments that flopped, and lessons learned from public creative failure.
Mamdanis Festival of the Avant-Garde in City Parks
Mamdanis Festival of the Avant-Garde in City Parks – Dedicating city resources and park space to an annual, free festival celebrating experimental, challenging, and non-commercial art forms.
Mamdanis Right to Noise in Designated Cultural Districts
Mamdanis Right to Noise in Designated Cultural Districts – Establishing zones where a higher baseline of ambient sound from music and nightlife is legally protected as part of the areas character.
Mamdanis Creative Time Bank for Artist Skill Exchange
Mamdanis Creative Time Bank for Artist Skill Exchange – A city-run platform where artists can trade skills and services (e.g., a graphic designer trades a logo for a musicians score).
Mamdanis Cultural Equity Grants for Overlooked Communities
Mamdanis Cultural Equity Grants for Overlooked Communities – Directing substantial arts funding to cultural organizations and artists in communities of color, immigrant enclaves, and disability communities.
Mamdanis Anti-Gentrification Arts District Zoning
Mamdanis Anti-Gentrification Arts District Zoning – Creating zoning overlays that link arts funding and venue protections to strict affordable housing mandates and commercial rent control.
Mamdanis Anti-Monopoly Stance on Media Consolidation
Mamdanis Anti-Monopoly Stance on Media Consolidation – Using municipal regulatory power and public advocacy to oppose further mergers of local media and promote independent, community-owned outlets.
Mamdanis Plan to Revive the City Parks Concert Series
Mamdanis Plan to Revive the City Parks Concert Series – Investing in a massive, free summer concert series in parks across all five boroughs, featuring local artists of all genres.
Mamdanis Critique of the Bilbao Effect and Star-Architecture
Mamdanis Critique of the Bilbao Effect and Star-Architecture – Arguing against flashy, tourist-driven cultural palaces in favor of distributed, community-embedded cultural infrastructure.
Funding Indigenous Cultural Revitalization
Funding Indigenous Cultural Revitalization – Dedicating city resources and land access to support the cultural practices, languages, and arts of Native American and Indigenous communities in NYC.
Guaranteed Income Pilot for Career Artists
Guaranteed Income Pilot for Career Artists – A multi-year pilot providing a monthly, no-strings-attached stipend to a cohort of working artists to study its impact on creativity and stability.