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Mamdani’s ‘Economic Justice’ Deputy Wants a Bigger Pie
New York’s first-ever deputy mayor for economic justice says her job is to grow the economy by delivering on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s agenda for helping those who need it the most. In: Affordable housing, free childcare and city-owned grocery stores. Out: Billions in tax breaks and incentives to big developers and employers, unless they improve […]
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Carl Wilson Defeats Mamdani’s Choice in Council Special Election
Carl Wilson is on track to win the special election to the City Council district representing the West Village, Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, and other parts of the west side of Manhattan on Tuesday, with a strong lead over Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s choice for the seat. After one round of ranked-choice voting tabulations, Wilson led his […]
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Hochul Refuses NYC Tax Move in Budget Showdown
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday shot down a request by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin to change a tax credit to help fill a $5.4 billion city budget deficit. Mamdani and Menin had asked state lawmakers to authorize changes to the pass-through entity tax, or PTET, which allows some business people […]
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How the NYPD Slow-Walked and Shot Down Gang Database Reforms
At a recent press conference announcing a sweeping takedown of rival gangs notorious for their wild shootouts across public housing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch made a point of praising the NYPD’s controversial gang database. “Yes we certainly did use the criminal group database as part of this investigation,” Tisch said, using the […]
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LISTEN: All the Budgets Are Blending Together
Which came first, the state budget or the city’s spending plan? As the Mamdani administration pushes for new taxes and more money from Albany the FAQ NYC hosts discuss all that and much more, including how sports and politics are getting mushed together first between the NBA Playoffs and the coming “Trump Station,” and between […]
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