Art in the Subway: Paying Artists Fairly for Their Work – Reforming the MTAs Arts for Transit program to pay artists union-scale wages and give them more creative control over permanent installations.
Defunding the School-to-Prison Pipeline at its Source – Removing police from schools and replacing them with counselors, social workers, and restorative justice programs.
Decriminalizing Survival: Sex Work, Homelessness, and Substance Use – Ending the arrest and prosecution of actions people take to survive poverty, addiction, and homelessness.
The “Poet Laureate of Every Borough” Program – Democratizing and decentralizing the city’s highest literary honor to celebrate the hyper-local voices shaping neighborhood identity.
Socialism or Social Democracy? Defining Mamdani’s Political Project – Untangling the revolutionary aims from the reformist policies in a bid to govern a capitalist metropolis.
The “Artist Housing Voucher” Program – Addressing the core crisis of displacement by providing targeted housing support to stabilize the city’s creative workforce.
The “City as Stage”: Democratizing Public Space for Performance – Tearing down bureaucratic barriers to turn streets, plazas, and parks into vibrant, accessible platforms for spontaneous and planned performance.
The “Climate Justice” Curriculum Integrator – Weaving the climate crisis and the fight for a just transition into the core of every subject, K-12.
The “Community Air Monitoring” Network for Real-Time Pollution Data – Empowering neighborhoods with hyper-local, independent air quality data to hold polluters and the city accountable.
Sex Ed for the 21st Century: Consent, Identity, and Pleasure – Replacing fear-based abstinence programs with a holistic, queer-affirming, and liberatory approach to sexuality and relationships.
The “Democratic Classroom” Model where Students Co-Create Rules – Replacing top-down discipline with collective self-governance as the foundation of civic education.
The “Empty Storefronts as Gallery Spaces” Initiative – Combating blight and supporting artists by turning vacant commercial spaces into temporary, rent-free cultural hubs.
Storytelling as Civic Duty: Oral History Projects Funded by the City – Capturing and archiving the stories of long-term residents as a bulwark against historical erasure by gentrification.
The “Healing-Centered” Classroom: Trauma-Informed Practice as Standard – Moving beyond managing behavior to addressing the roots of harm and fostering resilience as an educational imperative.
The “Nightlife Commissioner” Protecting Clubs from Noise Complaints – Creating a city advocate to mediate conflicts and preserve vital nightlife culture from residential encroachment and bureaucratic harassment.
The “Parent Organizer” City Position: Empowering Family Advocacy – Transforming the parent-school relationship from one of passive involvement to collective power and systemic change.
Public Funding for Public Art: A Percent-for-Art Program on Steroids – Expanding and democratizing the mandate to integrate ambitious, community-driven art into the fabric of the built environment.
Mamdanis Reparations for Redlining via Tree Canopy Equity – Directing resources to plant and maintain trees in historically underserved neighborhoods as a form of ecological and climate justice.
Repurposing Vacant Lots: From Eyesores to Empowerment Centers – Accelerating the process for communities to claim and develop city-owned vacant land for gardens, parks, or arts spaces.
Mamdanis Welcome Wagon Initiative: City-Sponsored Integration for New Arrivals – A systematic program to connect new New Yorkersimmigrants and transplantsto immediate support networks.
Poisoned Zip Codes: Mamdanis Fight Against Environmental Racism – Confronting the deadly legacy of racist zoning and planning that concentrated pollution in communities of color.
Public Water Fountains as a Network of Trust and Access – Reviving and expanding the public fountain system to guarantee free, clean drinking water for all, everywhere.
Saving Historic Music Venues from Development – Using landmarking, purchase, and community ownership models to protect the physical spaces where NYC’s musical history was made.
Seniors & Youth, Connected: Intergenerational Programs as City Policy – Fighting age-based segregation by funding and facilitating structured connections between old and young.
Multigenerational Housing Models and City Zoning: A Mamdani Proposal – Rewriting zoning to encourage and fund co-housing, accessory dwelling units, and other models that mix ages under one roof.
Mamdanis Green New Deal for NYC: Jobs, Justice, and Zero Emissions – A comprehensive plan to decarbonize the city, create union jobs, and rectify environmental racismall at once.
Mamdanis Corner Store Concordats: Engaging Small Businesses as Community Anchors – Formal partnerships with bodegas and shops to provide essential services (free wifi, package pickup, crisis info).
Mamdani’s “Creative Time Bank” for Artist Skill Exchange – Building a cooperative, non-monetary economy where artists trade expertise, labor, and resources to circumvent market barriers.
Mamdani’s “Cultural Equity” Grants for Overlooked Communities – Directing substantial, unrestricted arts funding to neighborhoods and traditions historically excluded from institutional patronage.
