Making Progress Is More than Making Policy – What Mamdani Can Learn From De Blasio About the Politics of Urban Progress

Making progress is more than making policy – what Mamdani can learn from de Blasio about the politics of urban progress

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 8, 2025. AP Photo/Alejandro GranadilloAfter a decisive election win, Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York on Jan. 1, 2026. His impressive grassroots campaign made big promises targeted at working-class New Yorkers: universal child care, rent freezes and faster, free buses. Nevertheless, questions remain about whether Mamdani’s policies are economically and …

The key reason Zohran Mamdani won that everybody missed

Zohran Mamdani ran a phenomenal, people-centered campaign that offered transformative policy proposals to help New York City’s working class. And none of it would have been possible if not for New York City’s public campaign financing. Yes, Mamdani is...

Is Mamdani bringing communism to New York? Definitely not. | The Anti-Imperialist Club

Zohran Mamdani won. All kinds of emotions have been on blast this past week, but for more than 1 million voters, it’s been a relief and joy.  Mamdani, the current mayor-elect of New York City, ran as the Democratic candidate against independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. The youngest mayor-elect in nearly a century, Mamdani won the election with just over 50% of the vote. He is the first Muslim and South Asian to run the Big Apple…

Lessons we can learn from the victory of New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani

We all win when we give power to working people and put guts, joy, hope, and even fun into politics.