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2 months agoMAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor's legislative allies partially back tax the rich' plan in budgets; 3-K program expanded on Staten Island | amNewYork
Mayor Mamdani secured partial legislative support for income and corporate tax increases while announcing 1,000 additional 3-K seats as part of his affordability agenda.
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3 months agoWhy the "Affordability Agenda" Won't Deliver for Democrats
Democratic Representatives Mike Thompson (CA-04) and Richard E. Neal (MA-01) even introduced a bill called the American Affordability Act, which promises to reduce housing, educational, and childcare costs with a variety of tax credits. Congressional campaign professionals have been urging candidates from coast to coast to adopt an "affordability agenda." And-for good reason-recent polling shows that the cost of living tops the list of voters' concerns.
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4 months agoMamdani transition: Sherif Soliman, who worked for 3 different mayors, to serve as new budget director amNewYork
Budgets are nothing if not a reflection of political choices and political will, and I am eager to make different decisions and to enact an agenda that puts first the many, not just the privileged, Mamdani said.
NYC politics
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5 months agoTears and disappointment over Mamdani's request for Adams' City Hall staff to resign ahead of inauguration | amNewYork
Last Tuesday, the Mamdani transition team notified deputy mayors that they would be sending lists of 179 employees who would not have jobs in the new administration. Later that day, each deputy mayor received the names of staff members who were to be told they were terminated effective Jan. 1, according to a senior Adams administration official who spoke to amNewYork.
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