Mayoralty of Zohran Mamdani

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Zohran Mamdani is the current and 112th mayor of New York City, having served since January 1, 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, Mamdani was elected mayor in the 2025 election, succeeding Eric Adams. He is the city's first Muslim and first Asian American mayor, as well as the first from the borough of Queens. Mamdani campaigned on a democratic socialist platform of freezing the rent, abolishing bus fares and implementing universal childcare, among others. So far in his mayoralty, he has fulfilled a number of major policy promises, including state funding for universal childcare, expanding bus and bike lane projects, and securing a rent freeze for stabilized one and two year leases. In May 2026, he closed the city's $5.4 billion budget deficit, although his budget has been criticized for breaking promises regarding rental assistance programs and library funding. Mamdani has endorsed several people for both United States Congress and New York...

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