"The president was very enthusiastic about this idea, very enthusiastic. The plan would be one of the biggest federal investments in housing in 50 years if it comes to fruition. Mamdani's team presented Trump with a custom fake front page of the New York Daily News reading Trump to City: Let's Build and Backs New Era of Housing, referencing the famous 1975 front page where President Ford rejected New York's bailout request."
"Mamdani has plenty of reasons to keep up relations with Trump. The president has threatened to withhold money from the city in the past, and he could upend New York's economy if he decided to send the National Guard there as part of a crackdown on crime and immigration."
"Mamdani's team said the mayor asked Trump to release a Columbia University student who was detained by ICE earlier on Thursday. He also asked the Trump administration to consider dismissing the cases of four other students who've been detained in New York. After leaving the White House, Mamdani received a call from Trump, who said that the Columbia student would be freed."
A democratic socialist mayor and Republican president held an unannounced White House meeting where the mayor presented a proposal to construct approximately 12,000 housing units in New York, described as potentially one of the largest federal housing investments in 50 years. The president responded enthusiastically to the proposal. During the meeting, the mayor's team presented Trump with a custom fake front page of the New York Daily News referencing housing development, as well as the original 1975 front page where President Ford rejected New York's bailout request. The mayor also advocated for releasing a Columbia University student detained by ICE and dismissing cases against four other detained students. Following the meeting, Trump called to confirm the Columbia student would be freed. The mayor maintains this relationship strategically, as Trump has previously threatened to withhold federal funding from the city and could deploy the National Guard for crime and immigration enforcement.
Read at Axios
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]