Donald Trump has said that he will withhold funding for New York City if presumptive Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor after November’s general election and doesn’t do the “right thing.”

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[–] 76 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Mamdani is a NYC mayorial candidate who is a member of DSA, pro-palestine, has stated that he would have Netanyahu arrested if he came to NYC, and is running on a platform of:

  • Fast and free buses within NYC
  • Rent freeze every year for New Yorkers in rent stabilized housing
  • City owned and operated grocery stores
  • Creation of a Department of Community Safety to tackle mental health challenges rather than NYPD
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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    What's the situation with grocery stores in NYC that the mayor has to promise city owned grocery stores?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    What he's been saying is that NYC has an affordability problem. People can't afford basic necessities (rent, food, transportation, childcare). Can't speak for availability and pricing myself, I don't live in the US.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Creation of a Department of Community Safety to tackle mental health challenges rather than NYPD

    This type of program has been working out well for Albuquerque. It removes a lot of police intervention for calls they aren't trained for (anything not involving a weapon, pretty much).

    https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/acs-reports-94-success-rate-in-violence-intervention-program/

    https://csgjusticecenter.org/publications/expanding-first-response/program-highlights/albuquerque-nm/

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