Mamdani wants New York estate tax threshold cut 90% to $750,000

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to slash New York state’s estate tax exemption threshold by almost 90%, from a more ...

Mayor Mamdani appoints trans woman to run first-ever NYC Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs

Appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani to run the office, Taylor Brown becomes the first transgender person in history to lead a ...

The Art Fair Zohran Mamdani Would Love: NYC’s Affordable Art Fair

Affordable Art Fair began in London in 1999, expanding to New York in 2002. The franchise now has events in 16 cities around ...
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'We are enough': After Islamophobic attacks, Mamdani comforts NYC's Muslim community

Hours before he was set to speak at an event marking Ramadan, Mayor Zohran Mamdani realized he needed to overhaul his prepared remarks.

Oct. 7 survivor has blistering message for NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ‘rape hoax’-believing wife: ‘These are facts’

A survivor and witness to the atrocities of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas massacre in Israel delivered a blistering broadside to ...

NYC Mayor Mamdani calls ‘blitz on potholes,’ sending out 80 crews across 5 boroughs this weekend

Crews will be hitting the streets Saturday, beginning at 6 a.m., to fill thousands of potholes along streets and highways, according to an announcement by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Transportation ...
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Mayor Mamdani creates LGBTQIA office, with NYC's first out trans agency head in charge

Taylor Brown previously worked in the state Attorney General’s office, where she assisted in a lawsuit launched against Nassau County and its ban on transgender women and girls from playing sports in ...

Mamdani’s tax-and-spend plans leave NYC bond investors leery

At the start of his term in January, Mayor Mamdani had the Big Apple’s lenders in his corner — despite his plans to remake ...