"The people of New York City proved that a movement powered by hope, courage, and working people can beat the money of billionaires," said one Mamdani supporter.

Jake Johnson
Jun 25, 2025

"Affordability was a key focus of Mamdani’s policy platform and messaging, with the Democratic state assemblymember calling for an immediate rent freeze for all of the city’s rent-stabilized tenants, the creation of a network of city-owned grocery stores focused not on profits but on “keeping prices low,” and free childcare.

Mamdani proposed funding those and other priorities with a higher tax rate on corporations and city residents earning more than $1 million per year—fueling the backlash his campaign faced from the ultra-wealthy."

  • Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml
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    12 days ago

    The establishment honestly really dropped the ball TBH. Like, if Cuomo was the best they could do, then it’s kinda obvious why.

    Some of Mamdani’s policies I take issue with. Rent freezes are a really janky solution as opposed to land taxes, and free public transport is not really the answer to New York’s transit problems. I’m Australian so I don’t know enough about the political feasibility of the alternatives though.