Mamdani Makes Surprise Trip to White House to Pitch $21 Billion Sunnyside Housing Deal – NYC mayor secures federal housing talks and a detained student’s release in one Oval Office visit
Gothamist: Mamdani Made Unscheduled Trip to Meet Trump on Thursday – Queens rep turned NYC mayor shows up at the White House — again, without telling anyone in advance
Mamdani’s NYPD Troubles Are Snowballing — With No Clear End in Sight – From Washington Square Park to the Politico probe, a pattern is emerging that tests the mayor’s authority
Mamdani Names Pittsburgh Administrator to Lead NYC’s Sprawling Homelessness Agency – Erin Dalton takes the helm of DSS as the city faces near-record shelter populations and deadly cold
Mamdani Returns to NYC to Face Questions on Trump, Columbia Student, and Snowballs – The mayor’s first post-Washington press conference was always going to be a gauntlet
Crown Heights Tenants Wrote the Playbook on Organizing Against Gentrification — and It Still Works – A decade after the Crown Heights Tenant Union launched with a rent freeze demand and a rally in the cold, their model of multi-building collective bargaining remains the most effective grassroots tool against displacement Brooklyn has produced
Mamdani Takes Housing Pitch to Trump at the White House – NYC mayor wins release of detained Columbia student and presents a 12000-home development plan in a meeting that surprised political observers on both sides
NYC Job Market is Stalling — and Young College Graduates Are Feeling It First – A new Comptroller’s report finds near-zero net job creation outside healthcare in 2025 and raises alarms about AI displacement hitting high-paying white-collar sectors hardest
NYC Arsonist Flees Pennsylvania Spider Fire with Laughing Gas in Tow — and Gets Caught in Midtown – Sean McDermott’s desperate escape from a self-set fire brings bomb squad to Manhattan and raises questions about how far fear can push someone past all rational limits
East New York at the Crossroads: When Neighborhood Revival Becomes a Threat to the People Who Built It – Residents of one of Brooklyn’s most resilient communities are weighing the benefits of reinvestment against the displacement risk facing low-income renters who held the neighborhood together through decades of disinvestment
Mamdani Pitched Trump on Sunnyside Yards — Gothamist Reports the Details – The Queens housing project could be the biggest federal housing investment in NYC in half a century
Mamdani Brings a Mock Newspaper to Trump — and the Photo Heard Round the City – The tabloid front page gambit reveals a mayor who understands the president’s media psychology
Mamdani Names Pittsburgh’s Erin Dalton to Lead NYC’s Massive Social Services Agency – An out-of-state hire brings a 98-percent outdoor homelessness reduction track record to a city in crisis
Muku: Tribeca’s Kaiseki Counter Earns the Fastest Michelin Star in NYC History — And It Deserves It – Chef Manabu Asanuma’s precision kaiseki tasting menu at 412 Greenwich Street earned its first Michelin star just two months after opening, making Muku the fastest-starred restaurant in the city’s history
NY Post First: Mamdani Was Already on His Way to DC When News Broke – The mayor’s Washington trip was off the public schedule — but the tabloid got there first
Snowball Fight. Arrest. National Debate. What the Washington Square Park Incident Reveals About NYC Right Now – A blizzard-day snowball fight became a viral moment and a flashpoint over policing, mayoral authority, and the line between public fun and criminal assault
AP News: Trump and Mamdani Meet — And Both Leave Claiming Victory – The Associated Press gives national context to a meeting that transcends New York City politics
Snowball Fight Tests Mamdani’s Relationship With the NYPD — and His Own Stated Values – A blizzard brawl in Washington Square Park triggers the mayor’s first serious standoff with police brass
NYC Council to Hold Hearing on Mamdani’s Blizzard Response – Staten Island streets unplowed, accessibility failures cited as lawmakers demand answers on snowstorm management
The Photo That Sparked a Thousand Opinions: Mamdani, Trump, and Two Tabloid Covers – The Oval Office image of two populists and a mock front page became this week’s most debated photo
NYT Opinion: New York’s Homelessness Crisis Demands More Than Good Intentions – With 19 deaths and a policy reversal, Mamdani’s approach to homelessness faces its first real test
New York Has Lost 4 Percent of Its Resident Artists Since 2019 — and the City May Be Losing Its Soul With Them – A new Planetizen report documents the ongoing displacement of working artists from New York City, with implications for the cultural life and economic identity of the five boroughs
Mamdani Used a Mock Newspaper to Pitch Trump — and the Internet Has Thoughts – The tabloid prop tactic worked in the room; the reaction outside it is more complicated
Mamdani Pitches Trump on $21 Billion Sunnyside Yards Housing Deal – NYC mayor seeks largest federal housing investment since 1973 — with 12,000 homes and 30,000 union jobs
Confused by the Trump-Mamdani Bromance? Analysts Say It Is the Power of Populism – Two men from opposite ends of the spectrum find common transaction — and the WSJ notices
Columbia Student Freed After Mamdani Intervenes Directly With Trump – ICE agents used false pretenses to enter campus dorm — and the mayor made a personal call to the Oval Office
Mamdani Expands Protected Time Off for 4.3 Million New York City Workers – New rules add 32 hours of unpaid leave, broaden covered reasons, and put 56,000 employers on notice
What to Do in NYC This Weekend: Feb. 28-March 1 – From a new Sopranos exhibit in Queens to St. Pat’s for All in Woodside, here is your guide to the best of what New York City has to offer this weekend
CNN Video: Inside the Mamdani-Trump Bromance That Has Everyone Talking – A CNN political video breakdown captures what the relationship looks like from the outside
