Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a sweeping new strategy aimed at combating antisemitism in New York City, pledging millions of dollars for security, education, and hate-crime prevention programs as Jewish New Yorkers continue to account for more than half of the city’s reported hate crimes.
Hundreds of criminal justice reform advocates, including formerly incarcerated Catholics, gathered outside City Hall on Aug 31 to demand that the Mamdani Administration close Rikers Island to meet a city mandated deadline of 2027.
East Brooklyn Congregations, a group working to get more affordable housing built in New York, likes Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Block by Block plan but leaders say they want more details.
A map issued by the Mamdani administration to showcase New York’s international neighborhoods during the World Cup didn’t score a goal with some City Council members who expressed outrage when several communities famous for their immigrant roots — such as Little Italy — were omitted by cartographers.
On April 7, delivery workers and city leaders gathered near City Hall Park to open what they said is the nation’s first Deliverista Hub — a place that allows delivery workers 24-hour access to charge their e-bikes and phones, repair their bikes, and take shelter from any inclement weather.
One day ahead of his installation at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York offered a hint of his priorities during a wide-ranging press conference on Feb. 5.
An executive order issued by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, which revoked the definition of antisemitism established under the previous administration and whether city agencies can boycott Israel, is causing concern in New York’s Jewish communities, religious and secular leaders said.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has given his agencies 45 days to form a plan to rid Rikers Island of solitary confinement.
