Mamdani, Menin cut red tape to get hundreds of nonprofits paid faster amid years of contracting delaysMayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin said Thursday that the city will expand a program to speed up payments to hundreds of smallAM New York12h agoWhole story →EconomyZohran Mamdaninonprofit funding reform
Mamdani’s transportation boss claims NYC drivers are 'wealthy,' rips parking as giveawayMayor Zohran Mamdani’s transportation boss all but declared war on drivers during an event Thursday -- claiming that mostly rich people in NYC own cars.New York Post12h agoWhole story →EconomyBuildZohran Mamdaninyc transportation policy
Israeli consulate invites Mamdani to watch Oct. 7 doc to school mayor on horrorsAn Israeli diplomat has invited Mayor Zohran Mamdani to watch a nearly hour-long documentary about the Oct. 7 terror attacks — hoping the horrors from the footage filmed by Hamas themselves will "convey the reality of what happened."New York Post3d agoWhole story →EducationSecurityZohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani says 'you have to luck out in some big way' to achieve the American Dream now"People think that they have better odds playing the lottery than making it in their own life. What does that say about the country that we live in?"Fortune6d agoWhole story →EconomyGovernmentZohran Mamdani
Mamdani threatens Columbia University with lawsuit if NYC school won't open to publicMayor Zohran Mamdani is threatening to sue Columbia University to open their campus gates -- which have been locked for three years since the anti-Israel campus protests of 2023.New York Post7d agoWhole story →EducationGovernmentZohran Mamdanicolumbia university lawsuit threat
Michelle Wu, Zohran Mamdani take different stances on AI in the classroom in Boston, New York CityBoston and New York City's progressive mayors are taking sharply different public stances on AI in schools, reflecting a broader debate over tech, childhood and education.MassLive7d agoWhole story →EducationTechnologyMichelle WuZohran Mamdaniai in schools debate
