Mamdani's NYC Coalition Skips Old Ethnic Politics Rules

Meeting the Moment? Mamdani's Shift from Insurgent to Mayor

“To succeed — and achieve real, lasting changes in the city — Mayor Mamdani will need to doggedly pursue and challenge its wealthy stakeholders and the institutions they lead.” Mayor Mamdani outlining his executive budget plan earlier this year. (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) With Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first budget ratified, now is a good time to look at his campaign claims for change and how they align with his budget and managerial choi…

Mamdani's NYC Coalition Skips Old Ethnic Politics Rules

NEW YORK — Since taking office, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has upended decades of conventional wisdom about how to build and hold power in New York City. Rather than stitching together support through the city’s traditional patchwork of ethnic and neighborhood loyalties, he has assembled a coalition built largely around generation and ideology — and it has proven remarkably durable so far. That success, however, has come at a cost. Leaders within the …

‘ZONED OUT: Networks Go Silent on Mayor Mamdani’s Foreign Policy Flops

In the immediate aftermath of the New York congressional primaries, the Elitist Media evening news rushed to crown socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a powerful kingmaker standing astride the city like a powerful Colossus. Several subsequent ill-advised forays into foreign policy have left the mayor exposed. Quite conveniently, the evening news appear to have lost their collective interest in Mamdani.Mamdani has made recent headlines for his expr…