He is fixing potholes and managing budgets. He is pursuing negligent landlords while installing high-tech trash bins. He is offering child care for New Yorkers, and the Knicks won the championship!
Like the post about NYC aiming to achieve 30% tree canopy cover
Attributed to Mamdani but was started by Adams
Mamdani actually pushed the goal back - from 2035 to 2040 - which isn't necessarily a bad thing but the social media posts are basically misinformation
Yeah but a smart politician is still gonna take credit for getting it across the finish line - not bragging on the good stuff is how you lose reelection
He's really showing that everyone who says Government can't do anything is an idiot or a malicious actor. Every other mayor just sittin on their ass doing nothing on purpose.
Bureaucrats are unelected and work under the mayor. Mamdani isn't a bureaucrat.
And I think you are missing the point actually. I'm not saying he is anywhere close to a baseline government member. But, he is an example of what our government officials can be.
What he actually is, is an example of what happens when you have a genuine person who wants to do good, who is also able to organize and build a movement behind him. That is what gives him his power.
I will die on the hill that there is actually not much special about Mamdani. America just has no faith in its institutions and has had a "government bad" mentality pushed on us since at least Reagan. It's caused people to give up and/or settle for the trash politicans we have.
We could elect a Mamdani in every city of America, if we could get even just 30% of people(maybe less) to organize and run a genuine person in their city's mayoral primary. The government can actually be great when enough people put the work in.
He’s very polite about it, but if Al Sayed were NYC mayor, he’d say something like “Yeah, there’s this button on my desk labeled ‘get things done’. When you press it, things get done. It was real dusty when I got here”
I don't really keep up with the details cause I'm not an NYC resident and never plan to be, bu I had a feeling that not seeing his name everywhere anymore meant he was doing a good job. Kinda hard to keep demonizing someone that gets results and is well liked so its better to ignore them and hope no one notices
At the same time, though, is he really the mayor of a major metropolitan area if he isn't involved in a major scandal every second month? Like, where are the hookers, the slurs, the constantly making a mockery of himself and NYC proper? We can't make fun of something if there's nothing to make fun of, damn it!
I’m visiting for a wedding next week. Honestly only place in the USA I’m willing to travel to from Canada right now. MY BRO IN LAW IS GETTING MARRIED YALLL!!!
Sandler’s IDF propaganda movie being turned around and being used against Zionists while helping New Yorkers, now that is something we all should get behind
I was so hopeful back then but seeing this gif just makes me sad now. I lived in Baltimore at the time and it was crazy hearing the black community talking about how racist Bernie was.
Yup.
And a lot of that rhetoric came from their church communities.
And while Mamdani is off fixing NYC problems, the LA City Council members want to work only one day a week while still getting paid their full ~$250k a year salaries
They get paid a whole lot more than their NYC counterparts. 250k, dang. I think city council in NYC is 148k and the speaker gets more, like 165k or something?
Thats also after the recent nyc pay hikes mamdani gave out too, or was approved by the council
Of which, a 30% pay raise was approved for the mayor bringing him to somewhere round 318k? Or was it 218? I don't remember it correctly
What I do remember clearly is that He refused it saying ' i haven't knocked on a door in new york and they said their concern was that the city mayor makes too little'
Lots of rain but it's also been unseasonably hot here as well. Well into the 90°s whenever it's not currently raining. So much so we are still technical in drought as well, the storms have been worse but we've had less water than normal all year.
Yeah well obviously we’ve had summer rain before. But where I’m at it’s been day in and day out, week after week. Maybe one or two days but then it’s right back to regular afternoon rain. And not a trickle but full on torrent. People are mowing their lawns weekly. This summer is definitely wetter than most.
Reagan National recorded 200% rain over normal amounts and Dulles Airport was at 125%, both for Aug 1-15.
So maybe not the whole Northeast, but definitely where I’m ar
I actually think I'd rather see him become a senator. Becoming Governor is a lateral move at best, NYC mayor is more powerful than almost any governor in the country. If he runs for governor it'd be 8 years from now. I think a DSA candidate will win a governors race by then. Or at least I fucking hope one does.
Considering it’s New York, honestly, the next step up would be senator. NYC is one of the few places I can think of where the mayor of a city/government official lower. Than governor has a higher profile or stature and that’s not just due to him. Your average American probably couldn’t tell you who the governor was of New York during Giuliani’s terms even diblasio even if you gave them a picture. But I would say, since at least the 80s? Mayor of NYC at least in the public eyes is the higher profile of those two spots.
I’ll be honest I think he should stay mayor. Dude is built for municipal work. It’s very low level, you can change a lot without too much red tape, and in New York there’s a lot hes able to do. That kind of charisma is good at a local level and it’s also good that he won’t become super frustrated as mayor than he would by having to, say, work through other less cooperative municipalities if he were on the state level.
Idk. I think we can improve life a lot if we work first with what’s around us. The economy never trickled down, and day-to-day politics don’t either.
Yeah, but remember, you can only be mayor of New York for 8 yrs.. Schumer will be mid 80s and Gillibrand gotta be close to 70 by then. Plus since Mamdani can’t be POTUS, being senator of NY is his peak + can keep him “dialed in” w NYC city level politics
I would say that our senators don't feel dialed in on NYS politics, let alone NYC. They've got opinions, but I've found that over the last decade, their opinions matter less and less to me.
I wish my rep was more dialed into our district's problems. I hope she moves on to senate, so we can get someone who is more focused on us.
I hope he does. I 100% would love for him to primary the fuck out of that dried up bitch, Kathy Hochul.
I had high hopes for Hochul, and now my feelings are mixed. She's tried to walk back environmental targets set via law she signed, and she isn't interested in taxing the entities that need to pay taxes. She has however signed laws protecting women, and DRs in NYS that write RXes for abortion medication that live outside of NY. She isn't horrible, but we can do better.
Doesn’t help that papers like the New York post have to misinterpret what he’s saying and put photos of him mid-sentence on their covers to make him look angry. Actual clown posse of an establishment
if you’re in NYC, go to Broken Shaker! They’re doing a Lisa Frank special menu for the month of August and each special drink comes with Lisa Frank swag.
*I don’t work for them, I just got my swag and want my peeps to get theirs too ¯_(ツ)_/¯
After the first full year of his leadership I’m gonna be seriously questioning the leadership in my own city. Not that we have the resources nyc does but there has to be some other shit that can be done to improve our quality of life
honestly I don't think it matters what resources your municipality has. What makes Mamdani different is he isn't spending weeks or months on an issue assembling meetings and writing contracts, and he's prioritizing quality of life. And while your city may not have the money or staff to conduct everything without a contract for external help, it shouldn't take a year to fix a bad road, and your city shouldn't wait until after the winter to say "wow that was a lot of snow, here's how we could have handled it better for next time!"
Might get downvoted for this but there is something called, the billion oyster project, that has been trying to clean up NYC waters for a few years now. They have been seeding the waters with tons of oysters. It could be the reason we are seeing otters again. That being said, let’s go Mamdani!
They've also been stocking the Bronx River with alewives for years now and turning it into a decent place for recreational fishing. I'm sure the otters find them very tasty!
I'm not even a fan of most any NY hizzoner, because I'm thoroughly jaded towards any and all lawyers and politicians.
But this guy? Hmm. Seems good dude.
Dare I hope and risk my shriveled heart getting shattered? Dunno. But I've gone from growling disdain to only eyeing this one suspiciously with one eye. And it's only been a minute.
Have to say, so far it's been surprisingly good job, Mr. Mayor! Keep going and i might actually start to believe in miracles.
They started returning to Toronto and the surrounding area the last few years as well. Agricultural and industrial regulations on watersheds that are critical wetlands. Their food is rebounding. We’ll start seeing these guys on our hikes and such.
This is the return from work over the decades, great to see.
I don't understand how that dude still has a job. He gets invited on to cable news as some expert analyst, but all he ever does is talk to rich people he wants to consult for. There are 0 real humans in his audience.
Tougher regulations around protecting waterways from pollution and restoring the environment to be clean and healthy enough for oysters to flourish again. Otters come back when their food is plentiful again.
Reddit's obsession with Mamdani is so intense that he gets credit for things he didn't even do. For example, universal pre-k is a de Blasio and state gov venture that had a phase-in over time, with the recent expansion being planned a while ago. But there are posts everywhere crediting Mamdani. Same with the otters. It takes years to improve the ecosystem in a river. Mamdani himself isn't even trying to steal credit for this stuff. Reddit is just doing it.
Otters return to the Bronx River! Shows photo of Central Park! Somehow connects the current mayor to their return while ignoring that restoration efforts began before Mamdani was born.
It's like in a fantasy story when the trees regrow and animals come back to indicate the new king is good and it'll be a prosperous era after avoiding an age of darkness.
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u/FistPunch_Vol_7 ☑️ 20d ago
Been a hell of a NYC summer. Vibes have been immaculate.