Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
LISTEN: The Kismet and the Anxiety of Street Photography
I was on assignment for The City covering the cabbies at a protest outside of City Hall and there was one man I noticed who looked zen, like he was maybe meditating. He’d had his eyes closed for a good minute or two, very peaceful and serene while all this commotion was going on around […]
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New York’s Young Muslims Exult To See One of Their Own Elected Mayor
Young Muslim voters who grew up in New York City in the decades after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, celebrated Zohran Mamdani’s historic election-night win. The 34-year-old mayor-elect’s meteoric rise, they say, has given their community a new level of positive visibility. “The first Muslim mayor of New York — it literally feels […]
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Mamdani’s Next Battle: Attacking Inequality While Balancing Budgets
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be free to sidestep tough decisions when he presents his first budget a month after taking office on Jan. 1, 2026. That’s mostly because Wall Street is booming, on pace to see record profits of more than $60 billion this year. Lavish year-end bonuses paid out starting early next week will […]
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15 Minutes With the Next Mayor of New York City
The night before Election Day, Zohran Mamdani — who was elected New York City’s 111th mayor on Tuesday — hopped on the W train from 34th Street-Herald Square to Queens for an event with canvassers at Dutch Kills Playground. We took the ride with him, and this is what we saw: Some gasped when they […]
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LISTEN: ‘A New Age’ for New York City
City Hall Free For All hosts Christina Greer, Ben Max and Harry Siegel convened just before midnight on Election Night to discuss Zohran Mamdani’s huge win and what it means for New York’s future, as Katie Honan called in from the victory party in Downtown Brooklyn just after the city’s soon-to-be 111th mayor spoke to […]
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