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Mayor Mamdani signs COPA, a housing bill — using probs at least a dozen You Can See Everything refs @nathanfielder:
“We are empowering tenants to do exactly what Elizabeth Holmes & Billy Evans claim to have devoted themselves to doing for one another: build monuments of love.”
Mamdani says he's been meeting w labor leaders (per Axios reporting) to ensure that working ppl's crises "are at the center" of all politics now-2028.
Asked ab AOC, he sez she'll make decisions based on "the most amount of good she can do for the largest number of working ppl."
Mayor Mamdani, AG Tish James etc etc r rallying against a bill in PR’s senate they say would endanger immigrant students.
“Our country must move forward from a chapter of terror and start with a chapter of humanity,” Mamdani says
Gov Hochul says she’s open to tax hikes to fund childcare:
“I will work hard to manage within our existing resources.
“But if we need more, we'll find a path,” she says, using pied-a-terre tax as an example.
Mayor Mamdani & Gov Hochul visit a nonprofit in San Juan
“If we want to take care of NYers in NYC & in NY State, it also means taking care of Puerto Rico, bc for so many NYers there is no difference & that is part of what has made our city & our state the greatest in the world.”
Presumed House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries exits the gov’s reception in San Juan — says his focus is on “affordability & accountability.”
Asked whether DSA reps shld support his speaker’s bid: “We'll have convos ab future leadership in the House Democratic Caucus upon our return.”
Outgoing Rep. Nydia Velázquez, speaking at SOMOS, hints at introducing a bill to make Puerto Rico sovereign (she’s done versions of this several times over).
“You’re going to be hearing some news soon of a legislative action that I'm going to take — soon,” she says.
Mayor Mamdani, speaking from Gov. Hochul’s election nite party, says tn is an inflection point in the Dem party.
“We have begun the work of transforming our party and making it belong to working people once again,” he says, adding that work was started in NYC
Mayor Mamdani says he’s opposed to mass surveillance, but he declines to say whether he thinks the NYPD should use stingray devices that track cell phones — even though his admin is moving forward w/ contracting a firm to operate them
“I'll get back to you,” he says.
Mayor Mamdani (who rolled up in a garbage container truck) announces containerization for much of brownstone Bk.
He quotes Oscar the Grouch, “who once said, ‘Just because you're trash doesn't mean you can't do great things.’ It's called a garbage can, not a garbage cannot.”
Mamdani said just now that Linda Tigani will stay in her role for 1 more yr:
"We have agreed to extend her term to next summer," he says, adding that the admin is working w the City Council & will have Chris Alexander "pick up the mantle" as the next commish after Tigani leaves.
NEW: @NYCMayor seeks to oust head of Commission on Racial Equity, over objections from City Council’s BLAC and some faith leaders, @JeffCMays reports:
nytimes.com/2026/10/27/nyreg… via @NYTimes
Mayor Mamdani doesn't says who his pickup bball buddies were, just that they're 5 ppl better than him at the game "which is also not v difficult"
"I'd always been told that late night pickup at this facility would be of no disruption to recruits," he says
politico.com/news/2026/10/26…
Mamdani admin now backing away from a $750k no-bid contract w/ Israeli surveillance firm (after a Daily News report).
“It did not meet the criteria for a sole source procurement, so we are moving to an open, competitive procurement process” PD spox sez
nydailynews.com/2026/10/27/n…
Mayor Mamdani celebrates Lula’s victory, recounting he saw ppl on the street chanting Lula’s name last nite.
“These are the kinds of things that working ppl everywhere are looking for: a life w more dignity, a life w more rest, a life w a little bit more room to breathe.”
Mayor Mamdani and Gov Hochul greet the next gen of voters at McCarren in Williamsburg ahead of Election Day.
Most of the excitement is for Mamdani — but he told me one man’s apology to her for wearing a Giants hat is proof she can hold her own.
Mayor Mamdani upps pressure on Speaker Menin, rallying w/ Teamsters for a bill that’d block retail giants from using 3rd parties to make deliveries.
“Corporations like Amazon operate on a model of exploitation & they are spending millions of dollars to convince NYers otherwise”
