Mamdani’s DOT Backs Down on Daylighting — And Streets Advocates Are Furious – A campaign pledge to clear corners for pedestrian safety has stalled inside the very agency the mayor controls
NYCHA Residents Push Back: Community Hearings Challenge Mamdani’s Rental Ripoff Framing – While the mayor holds hearings on private landlords, public housing tenants say their own living conditions demand equal attention
Mamdani Meets Mamdani: The Story of NYC’s New First Couple – Rama Duwaji, the Syrian-American artist who became New York City’s first Muslim and first Gen Z First Lady, redefines the role on her own terms
Free Childcare Comes to These NYC Neighborhoods First: Is Your Block on the List? – Mamdani and Hochul announce the four school districts that will receive the first 2,000 free 2-K seats this fall
Mamdani Pushes 2-Dollar Childcare Plan as Siena Poll Shows Millionaires Tax Support – New survey data bolsters the mayor’s budget strategy as he visits childcare sites and praises his polling position
NYC Restaurant Scene Blooms: A Guide to Spring 2026’s Most Exciting New Openings – Resy and I Love New York offer a map to the city’s freshest dining experiences as the season turns warm
Who Is in Mamdani’s Cabinet? The Full Guide to NYC’s New Government – A comprehensive guide to every key appointment in the Mamdani administration and what each commissioner signals about the mayor’s priorities
New York’s Historic Nurses Strike: What It Means for Workers and Patients – Thousands of NYSNA nurses walked off the job for 41 days. Here is what they won — and why it matters beyond New York
What Zohran Mamdani Teaches Us About Academic Publishing — and Vice Versa – Times Higher Education asks what a socialist mayor’s battle with institutional power can tell us about transforming entrenched systems
Who Runs New York City? A Guide to the Mamdani Administration – From a DOT commissioner who loves bike lanes to a Corporation Counsel who once represented the homeless, here is who is actually in charge
NYC’s New Free Childcare Zones: A Closer Look at Who Gets Help First – Gothamist maps the neighborhoods receiving 2K seats and asks which families will benefit most
Rosenberg Apologizes But Mamdani Says Time Will Tell – The WABC host walked back his cockroach slur — but the city is still reckoning with what the incident revealed
NYC’s Crime at Record Lows — But What Does That Mean Under Mamdani? – Shooting incidents fell to historic lows in 2025. The mayor inherited good numbers — and complex challenges — on day one
Islamophobia at the Microphone: The Sid Rosenberg Scandal and What It Reveals About NYC’s Muslim Mayor – A WABC host called Mamdani a cockroach and a jihadist — and the backlash revealed fault lines in the city’s public discourse
What Is There to Do in New York? Spring 2026 Edition – From museum exhibitions to outdoor festivals and neighborhood food events, New York’s cultural calendar is packed
Heating Bill Crisis: Why New Yorkers Are Paying Record Amounts for Gas and Electricity – The City reports on a winter that is breaking energy cost records and what structural reforms could help
Advocates Push Mamdani to Add Bronx Student to ICE List Sent to Trump – Dylan Lopez Contreras, a Venezuelan public school student, was detained before Mamdani’s administration began — and was left off the White House list
Con Edison and National Grid Bills Are Soaring — Here’s Why New Yorkers Are Paying So Much – A brutal winter, rate hikes, and aging fossil fuel infrastructure are driving utility bills to alarming levels
NYC’s Crime Drop Is Real — But Nuance Gets Lost in the Victory Laps – A new analysis shows why 2025’s record low shootings mask persistent challenges in felony assaults and overall crime levels
Tax the Rich or Pay More Yourself: The Politico Playbook on Mamdani’s Budget Gamble – Politico’s New York Playbook examines the Council’s latest maneuver in the Albany tax battle
Cyclists Face Criminal Court — Mamdani Promises Change But Hasn’t Delivered – Dozens of New Yorkers are adjudicating bike summonses under a crackdown the mayor said he would end
Free Child Care for All 2-Year-Olds: What Mamdani and Hochul Are Actually Promising – NBC New York breaks down what the 2-K rollout means for families starting this September
Mamdani and Trump’s Secret Meeting Explained – Mayor says he followed White House protocol on the unannounced D.C. trip focused on housing
Mamdani Pitches Trump on 12,000-Unit Sunnyside Yards Housing Plan – A century-old dream for a Queens rail yard gets a new pitch at the Oval Office
Mamdani and Trump’s Secret Oval Office Meeting: What Was Really Said – The unannounced D.C. trip produced a housing pitch, an ICE intervention, and questions about transparency
Mamdani’s Property Tax Reform Promise Faces the Ghost of Eric Adams’ Failed Bid – New reporting reveals Adams quietly drafted a property tax bill that Albany would not sponsor
Trump Calls Mamdani’s Housing Plan Big Progress After Oval Office Meeting – An unusual bromance between ideological opposites produces a shared housing pitch in Queens
NYC’s 2-K Child Care Program Begins to Take Shape Under Mamdani – The New York Times examines what universal toddler care will cost, require, and mean for city families
Siena Poll Shows Mamdani Maintains Favorable Ratings as Hochul Leads Blakeman – New survey finds majority support for millionaire tax as Trump remains deeply unpopular in New York
