Since September 6, the Mamdani administration:
… opened the city’s 9/11 records. Ahead of the 25th anniversary, the administration published 170,000 pages on the city’s response — revealing the details of a devastating coverup of health hazards by the Giuliani administration. Watch a clip of the City Hall announcement, featuring Jon Stewart.
… created the country's first Office of Worker Power. Mayor Mamdani signed an executive order establishing an office to convene workers and inform city policy. See all of Mayor Mamdani’s 24 executive orders.
… launched free childcare for two-year-olds. More than 2,000 toddlers started the city's inaugural 2-K class — free, full-day care, with no income or immigration requirements. The program is due to reach 12,000 children next September.
… opened a free childcare center for city workers. The Little Apple gives free, year-round care for 40 kids — it’s the first free center the city has run for its own workforce.
… made school streets safer. As of last week, the Mamdani administration has installed 15 MPH zones outside over 200 schools, with 600 more due this year.
… replaced lead pipes for free. More than 900 homeowners have had lead service lines swapped for copper at no cost, saving each over $10,000. State and federal money expands the program over the next year.
… opened a new school built entirely with union labor. The John Dewey School in Brooklyn is one of 10 sites opening this year, adding over 4,600 seats citywide.
And in other news: Two brothers admitted to bribing Eric Ulrich, building commissioner under ex-mayor Eric Adams. Ulrich’s trial begins this month. At least 16 Adams administration officials have been investigated, charged, convicted, or imprisoned for alleged offenses ranging from corruption to sexual assault.
Smear of the Week
The smear: Mayor Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “laughed at Ground Zero while 9/11 families wept”, according to right-wing outlets and Senator Ted Cruz, the president's most wretched simp.
The reality: Michael Ragusa — a critic of Mamdani, and former aide to Rudy Giuliani — stood beside the pair for two hours and says they were respectful throughout.
“The videos of [Mamdani and AOC] laughing are not true. I was standing next to them the whole time. The camera just caught her greeting him hello. Multiple other politicians were laughing and joking behind me. Republicans and Democrats.”
And in other news: President Trump appeared to fall asleep during the 25th-anniversary 9/11 remembrance ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Fair Criticism
A third person died at Canal and Bowery. A day after the city touted its school slow zones, a truck driver jumped the curb at the Chinatown intersection, killing a man and injuring two women — the third death there in just over a year. The redesign Adams promised in 2025 is now Mamdani's to build, and it still hasn't happened.
Demand for 2-K was triple the supply. 5,700 families applied for 2,000 places — and that was in just five school districts. Advocates count roughly 60,000 two-year-olds citywide, so even next year's 12,000 seats leave most families paying.
Independent media
Call the SWAT Team, Mayor Mamdani Has a New Media Team With a Signal Chat. Miranda Vidak published a detailed — and darkly hilarious — rebuttal of corporate media claims that “an army of influencers” is being paid to push pro-Mamdani propaganda.
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