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Mayor Mamdani, NYC Children Open Seven Formerly Vacant Early Childhood Education Centers

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April 21, 2026 What you should know NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels and New York City children cut through “red tape” at a formerly vacant early child childhood education center in Downtown Brooklyn, marking its official opening ahead of the fall term.    The Atlantic Avenue center is one […]

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Mamdani Administration Announces New Bus Lanes,

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Infrastructure Upgrades Along Linden Boulevard to Deliver Faster Buses, Safer Streets in Brooklyn High-crash Corridor  April 21, 2026 Mamdani Administration Announces New Bus Lanes, Infrastructure Upgrades Along Linden Boulevard to Deliver Faster Buses, Safer Streets in Brooklyn High-crash Corridor  Redesign of Linden Boulevard between Fountain Avenue and Conduit Avenue will speed up buses and improve

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Mayor and President Barack Obama Visit Early Childhood Education Center in the South Bronx 

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April 18, 2026 NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and former President Barack Obama visited an early childhood education center in the South Bronx, where they read a children’s book to a group of toddlers and met with families. In between singing wheels on the bus, the two leaders discussed the Mayor’s vision for

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Mayor Takes Major Step Toward Citywide Trash Containerization, Announces Six New Districts

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April 17, 2026 What you should know NEW YORK – Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department of Sanitation Commissioner (DSNY) Gregory Anderson announced today that six new Community Districts across the city will have 100% trash containerization by the end of 2027. This announcement means that eight of the city’s 59 districts will

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Mayor Mamdani Announces Seven New Early Childhood Education Centers Opening This Fall

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April 16, 2026 What you should know NEW YORK— Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Public Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels announced seven new early childhood education centers will open this fall, adding about 240 new 3-K seats across the city. The sites, previously vacant, are part of the first phase of the 3-K

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Mayor Mamdani Announces New Mayor’s Fund Board, Including Bronx Public School Teacher and Former Longshoreman

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April 16, 2026 What you should know NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced a new Board of Directors for the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that partners with 50 City agencies and offices, philanthropic organizations and community leaders to invest in the most urgent challenges facing New Yorkers.

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Mamdani Administration Unveils First-of-its-Kind Insurance Program to Reduce Operating Cost of Housing Across New York City

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April 16, 2026 What you should know NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani today announced a first-of-its-kind insurance program that will reduce the cost of property and liability insurance for affordable housing and rent-stabilized housing, a key step in tackling New York City’s housing and affordability crisis. An interagency working group comprised

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Mayor, Joseph Stiglitz and Gabriel Zucman: “Tax day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it” 

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April 15, 2026     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     NEW YORK – In a new opinion piece, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Nobel laureate in economics Joseph Stiglitz and economics professor Gabriel Zucman warn that today’s levels of inequality are “fundamentally unsustainable” and driven in large part by the failure to tax extreme wealth. Writing for The Guardian, the authors highlight

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Mamdani, Governor Hochul Announce State’s First Pied-à-Terre Tax

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Requiring Ultrawealthy and Global Elites to Pay Their Fair Share April 15, 2026    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul announced the proposal of the state’s first pied-à-terre tax, a major step toward closing New York City’s budget gap while protecting the public services working New Yorkers rely on.

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Mayor Announces La Marqueta as First Site Identified for City’s Public Grocery Stores

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April 14, 2026    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     Mayor Mamdani Announces La Marqueta as First Site Identified for City’s Public Grocery Stores All five sites to open before end of mayoral term; first location to open in 2027 and La Marqueta to open in 2029  NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Deputy Mayor Julie Su and the

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