My thanks to the State Department for putting an end to the city’s International Affairs Commissioner Ana Maria Archila’s attempt to meet Amir Saeed Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, even at a time when America and Iran were at war – but this issue poses a challenge to Mayor Zahran Mamdani: Does he … Read more
New York City Mayor Zahran Mamdani embarrassingly misspelled the veteran NYPD officer who was shot in the back this weekend — despite announcing that he had just visited the father of three in the hospital. Hizzoner misspelled Detective Robert Carroll’s last name three times in a social media post, misspelling the veteran officer’s name as … Read more
Hizzoner…Dave Portnoy? Barstool restaurant owner Dave Portnoy said he’s considering running for elected office because of his frustrations with the Big Apple’s current leadership — adding that he “would love to run against” Mayor Zahran Mamdani. “I would love to run against him. If I were to run, it would be here,” Portnoy said when … Read more
Ken Griffin takes another jab at New York City Mayor Zahran Mamdani, while expressing his willingness to sit down with the far-left leader in the future. The Citadel founder on Thursday urged New York business leaders to “fight for their city” as he renewed his criticism of the Democratic socialist mayor whose “tax the rich” … Read more
Mayor Zahran Mamdani on Thursday threw his support to a far-left and fellow candidate who attacks Israel, has extremist positions and is looking to oust five-term incumbent House Rep. Adriano Espaillat. Hizzoner endorsed controversial Darialisa Avila Chevalier in the hard-line Democratic primary covering parts of upper Manhattan and the Bronx, and praised her as a … Read more
Mayor Zahran Mamdani broke with his far-left base of the Democratic Socialists of America — and scored a win for police unions by backing legislation that would shore up cop pensions and raise the NYPD retirement age. Progressive city council members had pledged not to support the two state bills, which would require letters of … Read more
Former President Barack Obama met with New York Mayor Zahran Mamdani for the first time Saturday at a child care center where they read to preschoolers and sang. The meeting comes as Mamdani, a democratic socialist who celebrated his 100th day in office just over a week ago, tries to build a working relationship with … Read more
Mayor Zahran Mamdani announced Thursday that he wants to use taxpayer money to lower insurance costs for some Big Apple property owners in a move to try to calm tensions with local building owners. City Hall plans to roll out a program for owners of buildings containing affordable, rent-stabilized apartments — but it had no … Read more
Mayor Zahran Mamdani abandoned one of his campaign pledges when his administration seemingly grappled with the reality of implementing a pro-pedestrian parking policy — leaving transit advocates in the crosshairs. Transportation Secretary Mike Flynn admitted at a City Council meeting on Tuesday that the administration had not taken a “universal daylight” approach at the Big … Read more
Zohran Mamdani made history Tuesday night, becoming the first Muslim mayor of New York City — and his first order of business was going after his nemesis, President Trump! The democratic socialist breezed to victory over his closest opponent, Andrew Cuomo, in the NYC mayoral race — then took the stage at the Paramount Theater … Read more