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Zohran Mamdani

New York City's socialist mayor and the policy fights, tax battles, and national backlash defining his first term.

37 articles · Started 2026-06-14 · Last updated 2026-08-11

Aug 10, 2026 Judge Blocks Mamdani's Tax on $5M Second Homes After Rich Homeowners Cry Foul

Judge Blocks Mamdani's Tax on $5M Second Homes After Rich Homeowners Cry Foul

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to make wealthy absentee homeowners pay their way, and a state judge just told him to pump the brakes. A temporary...
Aug 10, 2026 Outspent 9-to-1 by Chevron and AIPAC, El-Sayed Won Anyway

Outspent 9-to-1 by Chevron and AIPAC, El-Sayed Won Anyway

A Muslim son of immigrants just won the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan after being outspent nine to one by a coalition that included Chevron, Philip...
Aug 08, 2026 NYC Rats Down 22% But the Ones Left Have 'Reset Their Clocks'

NYC Rats Down 22% But the Ones Left Have 'Reset Their Clocks'

New York City is winning its war on rats, if your definition of winning is 'the rats have learned to hide better.' The city is on track to record the fewest...
Aug 03, 2026 Manchin Sees Socialists Rising in His Old Party and Absolutely Loses It

Manchin Sees Socialists Rising in His Old Party and Absolutely Loses It

Joe Manchin, the man who spent years single-handedly kneecapping his own party's legislative agenda from inside the Senate, went on CBS's Face the Nation...
Aug 01, 2026 NYC's Pied-à-Terre Tax Accidentally Alarmed 883,000 People Who Owe Nothing

NYC's Pied-à-Terre Tax Accidentally Alarmed 883,000 People Who Owe Nothing

New York City published a list of more than 900,000 properties potentially subject to its new pied-à-terre tax, neglected to mention that the vast majority of...
Jul 31, 2026 One-Third of Democrats Now Call Themselves Socialists and the GOP Is Losing Its Mind

One-Third of Democrats Now Call Themselves Socialists and the GOP Is Losing Its Mind

A third of the Democratic Party now calls itself democratic socialist, DSA-backed candidates are winning mayoral races and congressional primaries across the...
Jul 27, 2026 Rubio's State Dept. Blacklists AOC, Bernie, Amazon Workers as Cuban Agents

Rubio's State Dept. Blacklists AOC, Bernie, Amazon Workers as Cuban Agents

The State Department just published a 100-page report arguing that Ben & Jerry's ice cream guy, the Amazon Labor Union, and sitting members of the United...
Jul 27, 2026 America's Top Spy Job Is Being Run by a Housing Guy

America's Top Spy Job Is Being Run by a Housing Guy

The United States currently has a housing finance regulator overseeing all 18 of its intelligence agencies. That sentence is not a joke, a hypothetical, or a...
Jul 26, 2026 Netanyahu Calls NYC's Mayor 'Hate-Fomenter' for Wanting Him Arrested

Netanyahu Calls NYC's Mayor 'Hate-Fomenter' for Wanting Him Arrested

Benjamin Netanyahu, a man currently facing international war crimes charges, went on Fox News Sunday to complain that the mayor of New York City was being mean...
Jul 24, 2026 NYC Mayor Trolls $5M Second-Home Owners With 'You've Got Mail' Tax Notice

NYC Mayor Trolls $5M Second-Home Owners With 'You've Got Mail' Tax Notice

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sent the internet into a full meltdown this week by posting a cheerful little message to owners of luxury second homes worth...
Jul 23, 2026 Man Yells 'Allahu Akbar,' Stabs Two Strangers Near Central Park in Broad Daylight

Man Yells 'Allahu Akbar,' Stabs Two Strangers Near Central Park in Broad Daylight

A 51-year-old man allegedly stabbed two strangers on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in broad daylight, yelling 'Allahu Akbar' before attacking them blocks...
Jul 22, 2026 NYC Mayor Admits He Can't Arrest Netanyahu, Calls Him a War Criminal Anyway

NYC Mayor Admits He Can't Arrest Netanyahu, Calls Him a War Criminal Anyway

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani spent months promising to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if the Israeli prime minister showed up in his city. On Tuesday, he...
Jul 21, 2026 The Guy Who Watched Occupy Implode Has a Theory About Why the Left Keeps Losing

The Guy Who Watched Occupy Implode Has a Theory About Why the Left Keeps Losing

Fifteen years ago, Yotam Marom helped organize tens of thousands of people into Occupy Wall Street, one of the most visible protest movements in American...
Jul 20, 2026 Armed Vet Sets Fire Outside ICE's NYC Office With Axes, Fireworks, and a Cart

Armed Vet Sets Fire Outside ICE's NYC Office With Axes, Fireworks, and a Cart

A 43-year-old Army veteran showed up to one of the most heavily surveilled federal buildings in New York City on Monday morning carrying two axes, a machete,...
Jul 16, 2026 Chicago Had the World's Worst Air Quality Last Night, Thanks to 180 Canadian Wildfires

Chicago Had the World's Worst Air Quality Last Night, Thanks to 180 Canadian Wildfires

Chicago had the worst air quality of any city on the entire planet Thursday evening. Not worst in the Midwest. Not worst in the US. Worst. On. Earth. That was...
Jul 16, 2026 Billionaires Are Begging Dave Portnoy to Run for NYC Mayor

Billionaires Are Begging Dave Portnoy to Run for NYC Mayor

Dave Portnoy, the pizza-rating, beef-starting, staff-abusing founder of Barstool Sports, is reportedly being courted by a parade of billionaires who want to...
Jul 14, 2026 NYC Council Votes Itself 18% Raise Days After Passing $126B Budget

NYC Council Votes Itself 18% Raise Days After Passing $126B Budget

The New York City Council just approved a $126 billion budget, looked at all that money, and apparently thought: yes, but what about us? Days later, council...
Jul 11, 2026 GOP Senator Calls Democrats 'Hammer-and-Sickle' Party With Straight Face

GOP Senator Calls Democrats 'Hammer-and-Sickle' Party With Straight Face

A sitting U.S. senator went on Fox News this week and said, with total sincerity, that a 'hammer-and-sickle wave' is washing over the Democratic Party. The...
Jul 10, 2026 NYC's Fancy Upper East Side Is Breathing Legionnaires' Now

NYC's Fancy Upper East Side Is Breathing Legionnaires' Now

Forty-six people have come down with a serious, potentially fatal pneumonia in one of the wealthiest zip codes in America, and the culprit is invisible mist...
Jul 10, 2026 NYC Just Made It Illegal to Trap You in a Subscription Hell

NYC Just Made It Illegal to Trap You in a Subscription Hell

You know the drill. You signed up for something in 2022, forgot about it, and have been quietly hemorrhaging $14.99 a month ever since. New York City just...
Jul 10, 2026 DSA Wants to Abolish the Senate and Let Congress Pick the President

DSA Wants to Abolish the Senate and Let Congress Pick the President

The Democratic Socialists of America are about to drop a platform update that would abolish the U.S. Senate, eliminate the independently elected presidency,...
Jul 07, 2026 Steel Beams Buckling on Floor 21: Manhattan High-Rise Empties Midtown

Steel Beams Buckling on Floor 21: Manhattan High-Rise Empties Midtown

Steel beams started bending and buckling on the 21st floor of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper Tuesday morning, and authorities spent the day telling everyone...
Jul 07, 2026 Streamer Declares NYC an 'Islamic Republic' to Own the Libs, Accidentally Owns Himself

Streamer Declares NYC an 'Islamic Republic' to Own the Libs, Accidentally Owns Himself

A streamer with over a million followers declared New York City the 'Islamic Republic of New York-istan' on a livestream last Friday, invoking the name of...
Jul 05, 2026 Heritage Foundation Guy Warns Socialism Will Destroy America, Ignores the Rent

Heritage Foundation Guy Warns Socialism Will Destroy America, Ignores the Rent

A Heritage Foundation senior fellow who fled Cuba is warning that America is on the verge of electing 'communists in double digits' to Congress. He's not...
Jun 30, 2026 120 Million Americans Baking in a Heatwave Over July 4th Weekend

120 Million Americans Baking in a Heatwave Over July 4th Weekend

Happy Fourth of July, America. Your gift this year is a heat dome sitting on top of 120 million of you like a wet wool blanket soaked in fire. The National...
Jun 29, 2026 Socialists Just Took NYC. Now They're Coming for Colorado, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

Socialists Just Took NYC. Now They're Coming for Colorado, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

The Democratic Socialists of America spent last week knocking off two sitting Democratic members of Congress in New York City. They posted their victory lap on...
Jun 27, 2026 Pelosi Walks Away Silent as Socialists Sweep Her Party's Primaries

Pelosi Walks Away Silent as Socialists Sweep Her Party's Primaries

Nancy Pelosi once told CBS that socialism 'is not the view of the Democratic Party.' That was 2019. On Tuesday night, three socialist candidates backed by New...
Jun 23, 2026 Mamdani's Candidates Crushed Hakeem Jeffries' Picks in NYC

Mamdani's Candidates Crushed Hakeem Jeffries' Picks in NYC

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani picked three fights with the Democratic establishment last night and won all three. His endorsed candidates swept their...
Jun 23, 2026 Jeffries Claims He and Mamdani Agree on Everything, Hopes You Won't Notice

Jeffries Claims He and Mamdani Agree on Everything, Hopes You Won't Notice

Hakeem Jeffries, the man whose entire job right now is holding the Democratic Party together with scotch tape and vibes, stood in front of reporters this week...
Jun 23, 2026 Bernie, Socialists, a Kennedy Meme Lord, and an AI Proxy War: NY Primaries Have Everything

Bernie, Socialists, a Kennedy Meme Lord, and an AI Proxy War: NY Primaries Have Everything

New York held its Democratic primaries Tuesday, and if you wanted a single snapshot of everything the Democratic Party is fighting about right now, you could...
Jun 22, 2026 Mamdani-Backed 32-Year-Old PhD Student Is Coming for a 30-Year Incumbent's Seat

Mamdani-Backed 32-Year-Old PhD Student Is Coming for a 30-Year Incumbent's Seat

A 32-year-old public defense investigator and PhD student who organized against sexual violence at Columbia and helped deliver Zohran Mamdani a landslide...
Jun 18, 2026 NYC Loses Its Mind for First Knicks Title in 53 Years

NYC Loses Its Mind for First Knicks Title in 53 Years

A 19-year-old woke up at 4 in the morning and caught a 5am train from Connecticut just to stand on a Manhattan sidewalk and cry happy tears about a basketball...
Jun 18, 2026 Driver Left Horse to Take a Tourist Photo. An 18-Year-Old Is Dead.

Driver Left Horse to Take a Tourist Photo. An 18-Year-Old Is Dead.

A driver got off his carriage to snap a photo of his passengers. The horse bolted. An 18-year-old tourist from India is dead. And an industry that has spent...
Jun 17, 2026 Sewer Socialism Is Back and It's Running Your City

Sewer Socialism Is Back and It's Running Your City

Forget the red-scare rhetoric your civics teacher recycled from the 1950s. A century-old political movement built on boring, functional, life-improving...
Jun 15, 2026 Bernie, Mamdani, and the DSA Are Trying to Flip Harlem. It's Working.

Bernie, Mamdani, and the DSA Are Trying to Flip Harlem. It's Working.

A 32-year-old doctoral candidate backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America is within eight points of a five-term incumbent...
Jun 14, 2026 Hakeem Jeffries Flies to Harlem to Cockblock a 32-Year-Old Socialist

Hakeem Jeffries Flies to Harlem to Cockblock a 32-Year-Old Socialist

Hakeem Jeffries, the man who would be the first Black House Speaker if Democrats can get their act together, spent his Saturday at an Manhattan hotel telling a...
Jun 14, 2026 Knicks Win First Title in 53 Years, NYC Immediately Sets a Bus on Fire

Knicks Win First Title in 53 Years, NYC Immediately Sets a Bus on Fire

The New York Knicks won their first NBA championship since 1973 on Friday night, ending a 53-year drought that has haunted this city like a particularly loud,...