"Zohran Mamdani, who is favored to win New York City's mayoral election on Tuesday, reportedly received a call Saturday from his fellow Democrat Barack Obama and the former president offered to be a sounding board if his expected victory indeed materializes. Obama also praised the campaign Mamdani had run against his main independent rival, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, and the Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. The call was first"
"Mamdani's policies range from hiking taxes on New York City's wealthiest, raising the corporation tax, freezing stabilized apartment rental rates and increasing publicly subsidized housing. The finance community has expressed concerns that the city's competitiveness will suffer if Mamdani wins the mayoral election. Meanwhile, his rise is two-sided coins for Democrats on the national stage, who know they need to appeal to young voters but could become more vulnerable to Republican attacks due to Mamdani's criticism of Israel and his democratic"
Zohran Mamdani, a Uganda-born state assembly member and democratic socialist, is favored in the New York City mayoral race and polls ahead of Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa. Former president Barack Obama called Mamdani, offered to be a sounding board, and praised his campaign. Mamdani won the Democratic primary on June 24, later receiving endorsements from figures like Kamala Harris and Kathy Hochul and steady small-donor funding. Policy proposals include higher taxes on the wealthy, raising the corporation tax, freezing stabilized rents and expanding publicly subsidized housing. Financial leaders warn these policies could hurt city competitiveness, and national Democrats face trade-offs appealing to young voters while managing vulnerability over his criticism of Israel and democratic socialism.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]