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#nyc-politics

Having a white nationalist coming to rabble-rouse and flare anti-Muslim sentiment in New York during the holiest month of the year for Muslims is more than outlandish. But also, we're talking about a white supremacist who's looking for people to respond to them in this way.

New York is under foreign occupation. There's really no other way to put it. Does this administration have one single actual American in it? Sarsour, a hijabi woman and pro-Palestinian activist, was born in Brooklyn and is an American citizen.

Mamdani's office later confirmed the mayor pitched a proposal to secure $21bn in federal grants to make good on a central promise to create more citywide affordable housing. This would include the construction of a deck over the busy rail yard in Sunnyside, Queens to build 12,000 housing units. The president appeared enthusiastic, according to the mayor's chief spokesperson.

Police said officers responding to a 911 call for a disorderly crowd were struck with snow and ice at close range. The NYPD said the two officers in the viral video were injured in the face and neck and were treated at Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital for a bruised eye and a headache.

I've said that what I saw was a snowball fight, it should be treated accordingly. It was one that got out of hand, but that's what it was. He again reiterated that NYPD officers, and all city workers, deserve to be treated with respect.

The Trump administration on Feb. 11 accused New York City elected officials of trying to distract from their recent failures in response to their plans to re-raise the Rainbow Flag at the Stonewall National Monument. The US Department of the Interior's criticism which targeted Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other electeds came in response to a question from Gay City News about the federal government's response to a plan by elected officials to raise the Rainbow Flag once again at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 12.

We saw a need after federal budget cuts, and we are responding to it,

Queer and trans people across the United States are facing an increasingly hostile political environment. New York City must be a refuge for LGBTQIA+ people, but private institutions in our own city have already started capitulating to Trump's assault on trans rights. Meanwhile, the cost of living crisis confronting working class people across the city hits the LGBTQIA+ community particularly hard, with higher rates of unemployment and homelessness than the rest of the city. The Mamdani administration will protect LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers by ex

Zohran Mamdani doesn't want you to shop at Starbucks right now. The New York City mayor-elect is urging people not to patronize the iconic coffee chain while baristas remain on strike. "Starbucks workers across the country are on an Unfair Labor Practices strike, fighting for a fair contract," Mamdani wrote on X on Thursday evening. "While workers are on strike, I won't be buying any Starbucks, and I'm asking you to join us."

New York being a center of global finance and business means that its local elections will always attract some degree of attention outside of the five boroughs, but the city's mayoral race this year has garnered far more national interest than usual. That's in large part thanks to Zohran Mamdani, the assemblymember from Queens who was virtually unknown outside of New York before he launched his campaign a year ago.

Donalds, who was born and lived in Brooklyn, New York, warned that Mamdani's policies would be "devastating to the city of New York," drawing a comparison to the administration of former Mayor Bill de Blasio. "We've just been through this with Bill de Blasio. He was a terrible mayor, the worst that the city's ever had, and Mamdani is trying to beat him. That's not going to be good for the people of New York."

DoorDash has called the proposal "extreme" and said it "puts delivery and the benefits it brings at risk." And "when app lobbyists talk, many Council members pay close attention," writes The City's Claudia Irizarry Aponte.

"Somewhere last night in New York City, a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because you, assemblyman [Zohran Mamdani], are occupying her rent-controlled apartment."

Mamdani's victory signifies a falling away of the political establishment's old tricks, suggesting new political dynamics emerging within the Democratic Party.

You gave the voters of this city hope that we can build affordable housing, we can fix the mental health system, fight back against the madman in the White House.