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Jeffery C. Mays

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Mamdani to Reinstitute Homeless Encampment Sweeps
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will place the Department of Homeless Services in charge of the sweeps, replacing the Police Department as lead of the interagency effort.
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Mamdani Hires Groundbreaking Computer Scientist as Chief Tech Officer
Lisa Gelobter, whose worked helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu.
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How a Decision to Use Whistles as a Prop Cost Eric Adams $4,000
The former New York mayor paid a Conflicts of Interest Board fine for having City Hall employees assist in attacking former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over sexual harassment allegations.
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Mamdani Blames Rivals for Leaving New York With a ‘Poisoned’ Budget
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the only way to close a more than $12 billion budget gap was to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
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None of Mamdani’s Deputy Mayors Are Black. It Has Become a Problem.
Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.
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Many Mayors Have Tried to Help Small Businesses. It’s Mamdani’s Turn.
Small business advocates in New York are excited that Mayor Zohran Mamdani is tackling the issue of excessive fees and fines, but they’ve heard similar promises before.
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Mamdani Brings Affordability Push to Arts With Pick to Lead Film Office
Rafael Espinal, the current head of the Freelancers Union, will serve as the new director of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.
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Zohran Mamdani Targets Junk Fees and Hidden Charges in Executive Orders
Trying to protect consumers by going after deceptive business practices has been an early focus of the new mayor’s administration.
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Mamdani Creates Office to Encourage Public Participation in Government
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York said he hoped to reach communities that had been left out of the process.
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On His Last Day, Adams Drops From View but Still Flexes His Muscle
Mayor Eric Adams had one public appearance on his schedule, but that didn’t stop him from naming a third charter commission in the last hours of his administration.
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Mamdani Nominates Top City Lawyer and Deputy Mayor of Health
The mayor-elect said the selections indicate his administration’s commitment to help New York City’s vulnerable residents.
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Cornelius Eady to Recite Poem at Mamdani’s Inauguration
Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, shared an excerpt from “Proof,” an original poem he has written for Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as mayor of New York City.
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Mamdani Will Be Sworn In at Abandoned Subway Station Beneath City Hall
Hours before Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani holds an inauguration block party outside City Hall, he will be officially become mayor in a small private ceremony.
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Mamdani Names Fire Commissioner, but Comments From the Former One Linger
Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore to be fire commissioner, weeks after the former commissioner, Robert S. Tucker, resigned, citing Mr. Mamdani’s views on Israel.
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Mamdani Named His Fire Commissioner. Then Adams Did Too.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore, the former chief of New York’s E.M.S., as the first openly gay person to lead the Fire Department.
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Mamdani Revamps Hiring After Old Antisemitic Remarks Prompt Aide to Quit
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he did not know about the antisemitic posts and would not have hired the woman who made them if he had.
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Mayor Adams’s Farewell To-Do List: Praise Himself, Undermine Mamdani
Before jetting off to Mexico, Mayor Eric Adams held an unusual news conference that included a time capsule, a new theme song and a defense of his one-term tenure.
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A Moderate From Manhattan Claims Enough Support to Lead City Council
Julie Menin, a councilwoman from the Upper East Side, was seen by some supporters as a necessary check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist with an ambitious policy agenda.
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