Mamdanis Truth in Textbook Commission
Mamdanis Truth in Textbook Commission – A citizen-led commission to audit and recommend replacements for biased, inaccurate, or outdated textbooks and curricular materials.
Mamdanis Un-Arming Ceremony: A Symbolic Return of Militarized Gear
Mamdanis Un-Arming Ceremony: A Symbolic Return of Militarized Gear – A public event to decommission and repurpose military-grade equipment held by the NYPD, signaling a new era of community safety.
Memory and Place: Protecting Culturally Significant, Unmarked Sites
Memory and Place: Protecting Culturally Significant, Unmarked Sites – Preserving the intangible history of neighborhoods by marking and honoring sites of struggle, joy, and everyday life.
Mental Health Clinics, Not Precincts: Reallocating Capital Budgets
Mental Health Clinics, Not Precincts: Reallocating Capital Budgets – Diverting funds for police station construction and renovation to build a network of neighborhood-based, 24/7 mental health crisis centers.
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 Fight for Phy Ed to Combat Childhood Obesity
Mamdanis Fight for Phy Ed to Combat Childhood Obesity – Mandating daily, high-quality physical education for all students and upgrading gym facilities to support lifelong fitness habits.
Mamdanis Grading the Grading System Initiative
Mamdanis Grading the Grading System Initiative – A citywide review and pilot of alternative grading systems that reduce stress, measure growth, and de-emphasize competition.
Mamdanis Micro-Grants for Block-Level Initiatives
Mamdanis Micro-Grants for Block-Level Initiatives – Providing small, no-bureaucracy funding for neighbors to improve their immediate environment and build relationships.
Mamdanis No Child Left Inside Outdoor Education Mandate
Mamdanis No Child Left Inside Outdoor Education Mandate – Requiring every student to spend a significant portion of the school year learning in parks, gardens, and natural settings.
Mamdanis Open Source Textbook Repository
Mamdanis Open Source Textbook Repository – Creating a free, digital, NYC-specific repository of open educational resources to replace costly commercial textbooks.
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 Right to Rescue Law for Overdose Reversal
Mamdanis Right to Rescue Law for Overdose Reversal – Protecting and encouraging bystanders to administer naloxone and provide aid during an overdose without fear of legal repercussion.
Mamdanis Civic Hibernation Plan for Winter Connection
Mamdanis Civic Hibernation Plan for Winter Connection – Coordinating indoor, warm, and free community activities to combat seasonal isolation during the coldest months.
Mamdanis Cooperative Learning Model Over Competitive Ranking
Mamdanis Cooperative Learning Model Over Competitive Ranking – Shifting pedagogical focus from individual competition and ranking to collaborative, project-based learning that builds collective intelligence.
Mamdanis Counselor, Not Cop Staffing Ratio Mandate
Mamdanis Counselor, Not Cop Staffing Ratio Mandate – Legislating minimum ratios of counselors, social workers, and psychologists to students, and guaranteeing these positions over police.
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 Decolonization Mandate: Overhauling the NYC Public School Curriculum
Mamdanis Decolonization Mandate: Overhauling the NYC Public School Curriculum – Replacing Eurocentric, mythologized history with a truthful, multi-perspective curriculum centered on struggle, justice, and global interconnection.
Mamdanis Moral Argument: Prisons are the Ultimate Unsafe Space
Mamdanis Moral Argument: Prisons are the Ultimate Unsafe Space – Positing that caging human beings is itself a profound act of violence and insecurity, and that true safety requires their abolition.
Mamdanis Plan to Dismantle the NYPDs Intelligence Apparatus
Mamdanis Plan to Dismantle the NYPDs Intelligence Apparatus – Ending surveillance of political and religious groups, dismantling the gang database, and protecting New Yorkers from unjust monitoring.
Mamdanis Plan to Dissolve the NYPDs Vice Squad
Mamdanis Plan to Dissolve the NYPDs Vice Squad – Ending the criminalization of sex work and consensual adult behavior by abolishing the unit dedicated to policing morality and victimless crimes.
Mamdanis Plan to Fire the DOE Bureaucrats and Hire More Teachers
Mamdanis Plan to Fire the DOE Bureaucrats and Hire More Teachers – A pledge to slash the central Department of Education bureaucracy in Tweed Courthouse and redirect those salaries to frontline educators.
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 Radical Mantra: Safety is a Presence, Not a Police Presence
Mamdanis Radical Mantra: Safety is a Presence, Not a Police Presence – Reframing public safety as the proactive creation of well-being through social and physical infrastructure, not reactive law enforcement.
Mamdanis War on Charter School Expansion and Co-Location
Mamdanis War on Charter School Expansion and Co-Location – Halting the growth of privately managed, publicly funded charter schools and ending the practice of co-locating them in public school buildings.
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-Loneliness Budget Line Item
Mamdanis Anti-Loneliness Budget Line Item – Institutionalizing the fight against isolation by making funding for connection programs a mandatory, measurable part of the city budget.