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By
Charlie McCarthy | Wednesday, 25 June 2025 12:54 PM EDT
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor/2025/06/25/id/1216417/
Zohran Mamdani,
a state assemblyman and self-described democratic socialist, has become the front-runner
to become the Democratic Party's nominee for New York City mayor in 2025.
Mamdani,
who aligns with the progressive wing of the party, defeated former New York
Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the first round of the ranked choice primary election on
Tuesday.
A
33-year-old Muslim born in Uganda and raised in New York City, Mamdani is
married to Brooklyn-based Syrian artist Rama Duwaji, 27. They met on the dating
app Hinge, BBC reported.
Mamdani's
stances on key issues include the following:
Illegal
migrants: He
promises to "strengthen" the sanctuary city by prohibiting U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement from all city facilities and ending any
cooperation with ICE, increasing legal support for illegal migrants, and
protecting all personal data, according to his official website.
LGBTQIA+: He promises to make NYC an
LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city and protect abortion rights. A Mamdani administration
will protect LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers by expanding and protecting trans care
citywide and creating the Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
Public
transportation: Mamdani
promises free city bus travel and will rapidly build priority bus lanes.
Minimum
wage: Mamdani
will champion a new local law bringing the NYC wage floor up to $30/hour by
2030.
City-owned
grocery stores: Mamdani
promises to create a network of city-owned grocery stores, which would not pay
rent or property taxes and would buy and sell goods at wholesale prices. The
stores also will centralize warehousing and distribution and partner with local
neighborhoods on products and sourcing.
Israel: Mamdani has long been a vocal
critic of the Israeli government and its treatment of Palestinians, The New
York Times reported. However, he also has stated there is no
room for antisemitism in New York City, adding he would increase funding to
combat hate crimes.
Small
businesses: Mamdani
will appoint a mom-and-pop czar to oversee the cutting of small-business fines
in half, speeding up permitting and making online applications easier, and
increase funding for 1:1 small-business support by 500%.
Taxes: Mamdani promises to raise the
corporate tax rate to match New Jersey's 11.5% and tax New Yorkers earning
above $1 million annually a flat 2% tax.
Rents: Mamdani promises to
immediately freeze the rent for all stabilized tenants. He also plans to use
every available resource to build needed housing.
Crime: Mamdani promises to create
the Department of Community Safety, which will invest in citywide mental health
programs and deploy dedicated outreach workers in 100 subway stations. It also
will provide medical services in vacant commercial units and utilize transit
ambassadors to assist New Yorkers on their journeys and increase funding to
hate violence prevention programs by 800%.
Free
child care: Mamdani
will implement free child care for every New Yorker ages 6 weeks to 5 years. He
also promises to increase wages for child care workers to be at parity with
public school teachers.
Baby
baskets: Mamdani
promises to provide new parents and guardians with a collection of essential
goods and resources, free of charge, including items like diapers, baby wipes,
nursing pads, post-partum pads, swaddles and books, according to his official
website.
Green
schools: Mamdani's
Green Schools for a Healthier New York City will renovate 500 public schools
with renewable energy infrastructure and HVAC upgrades, transform 500 asphalt
schoolyards into vibrant green spaces, create 15,000 union jobs, and build
resilience hubs in 50 schools that provide resources and safe spaces during
emergencies.
Affordable
housing: Mamdani
promises to triple the city's production — 200,000 new units over the next 10
years — of permanently affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes.
Affordable housing generally is defined as housing where the occupant spends no
more than 30% of their gross income on housing costs, including utilities.
Mamdani also promises to create a comprehensive plan to create "a holistic
vision for affordability, equity and growth" and address "the legacy
of racially discriminatory zoning."
Crackdown
on bad landlords: Mamdani
promises to make sure city agencies work together to hold owners responsible
for the conditions of their buildings. If a landlord refuses to make a repair,
the city will do it and send them the bill. In extreme cases, the city will
take control of the properties.
Legal
issues: Mamdani
will protect workers and ensure current laws are enforced by increasing the
budgets of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and the Commission
on Human Rights and "muscling up" the city's Law Department.
Students
for Justice in Palestine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Justice_in_Palestine
Students
for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
was founded at the University of California, Berkeley.
Democratic
Socialists of America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Socialists_of_America
The Democratic
Socialists of America (DSA) is
a political organization in the United States and
the country's largest socialist organization. On the left wing of the political spectrum, it is a multi-tendency coalition
of democratic socialists[a] and
other socialist ideologies. Established in 1982, the DSA emerged from a merger
of the Democratic Socialist Organizing
Committee (DSOC) and the New American movement (NAM).
The
DSOC, founded in 1973, was an offshoot of the Socialist Party of America (SPA)
aligned with the ideas of Michael Harrington, a prominent socialist
activist and intellectual; the NAM, founded in 1971, was a New Left group
and descendant of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). After a 1982 merger, the DSA
supported grassroots movements and progressives in
the Democratic Party. While
not a political party, the DSA engages in electoral politics by endorsing
candidates who align with its values. It has historically emphasized a
decentralized structure; it has local chapters and a national leadership
elected every two years at a convention of chapter delegates.
Connecting
the Dots:
Zohran Mamdani
is the presumptive
Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City in the 2025 election, a
member of the Democratic Socialists of America and attended Bowdoin
College in Maine, where he co-founded the school's chapter of Students for
Justice in Palestine.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was the mayor of New York City, is the founder
of Bloomberg LP and the founder of the Bloomberg Family
Foundation.
Bloomberg News is
a division of Bloomberg LP.
Michael Lewis is
a columnist for the Bloomberg News and a visiting fellow at
the University of California, Berkeley.
Students for Justice in Palestine
(SJP) was founded at the University
of California, Berkeley.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Walter Isaacson
is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Ted Turner is
the founder of CNN, a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank) and was married to Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Jane Fonda A.K.A Hanoi
Jane was married to Ted Turner and Tom Hayden.
Tom Hayden was
married to Jane Fonda A.K.A Hanoi Jane, a co-founder for the Students
for a Democratic Society and is an editorial board member for The
Nation.
Katrina
vanden Heuvel is an editor & publisher for The Nation,
a director at the Roosevelt Institute, married to Stephen F.
Cohen and was a governor for the Roosevelt Institute.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt
Institute, George Soros’s son and was the vice chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt is the chair for the Roosevelt Institute and an
advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, a friend
of Stephen F. Cohen, the president of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary for the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union and the founder for the Green Cross
International.
Stephen F. Cohen was
a friend of Mikhail Gorbachev, is married to Katrina vanden
Heuvel and a contributing editor for The Nation.
Tom Hayden is
an editorial board member for The Nation, was married to Jane
Fonda A.K.A Hanoi Jane and a co-founder for the Students for a
Democratic Society.
Global Green USA is
the US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Ted Turner is an
honorary board member for Green Cross International, the founder
of CNN, a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank) and was married to Jane Fonda Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi
Jane.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the Human Rights Watch.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Human Rights
Watch and the Sundance Institute.
Patricia E.
Mitchell was a director at the Human Rights Watch, the
president of CNN Productions, is the vice chair for the Sundance
Institute, a board member for Global Green USA and an honorary
board member for Green Cross International.
Global Green USA is
a US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
the founder for the Green Cross International, the president of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary
for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, an advisory board
member for the Wheelchair Foundation and a friend of Stephen F.
Cohen.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt is an advisory board member for the Wheelchair
Foundation and the chair for the Roosevelt Institute.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at
the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son and
was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute.
Katrina
vanden Heuvel was a governor for the Roosevelt Institute, is
a director at the Roosevelt Institute, married to Stephen F.
Cohen and an editor & publisher for The Nation.
Stephen F. Cohen
is married to Katrina vanden Heuvel, a contributing editor
for The Nation and was a friend of Mikhail Gorbachev.
Tom Hayden is
an editorial board member for The Nation, was married to Jane
Fonda A.K.A Hanoi Jane and a co-founder for the Students for a
Democratic Society.
Jane Fonda A.K.A Hanoi
Jane was married the Tom Hayden and Ted Turner.
Ted Turner was
married to Jane Fonda A.K.A Hanoi Jane, is an honorary board
member for Green Cross International, a co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank) and the founder of CNN.
Walter Isaacson was
the chairman & CEO for CNN and is the president & CEO for
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP, the founder of
the Bloomberg Family Foundation, was the mayor of New York City
and was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
Bloomberg News is
a division of Bloomberg LP.
Michael Lewis is
a columnist for the Bloomberg News and a visiting fellow at
the University of California, Berkeley.
Students for Justice in Palestine
(SJP) was founded at the University
of California, Berkeley.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
Andrew S. Grove was
a benefactor for the University of California, Berkeley and an
overseer at the International Rescue Committee.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International
Rescue Committee.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Michelle Obama was
an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
Morton H. Halperin is a director at the ONE Campaign and Newsmax’s Mark Halperin’s father.
Susan A. Buffett is a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren
E. Buffett’s daughter.
Howard G. Buffett is
a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren E.
Buffett’s son.
Warren E. Buffett is
Susan A. Buffett & Warren E. Buffett’s father and an adviser
at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Ted Turner is a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the
founder of CNN and was married to married to Jane Fonda A.K.A Hanoi
Jane.
Jane Fonda A.K.A Hanoi
Jane was married to Ted Turner and Tom Hayden.
Tom Hayden was
married to Jane Fonda A.K.A Hanoi Jane, a co-founder for the Students
for a Democratic Society and is an editorial board member for The
Nation.
Katrina
vanden Heuvel is an editor & publisher for The Nation,
a director at the Roosevelt Institute, married to Stephen F.
Cohen and was a governor for the Roosevelt Institute.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt
Institute, George Soros’s son and was the vice chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt is the chair for the Roosevelt Institute and an
advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, a friend
of Stephen F. Cohen, the president of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary for the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union and the founder for the Green Cross
International.
Stephen F. Cohen was
a friend of Mikhail Gorbachev, is married to Katrina vanden
Heuvel and a contributing editor for The Nation.
Tom Hayden is
an editorial board member for The Nation, was married to Jane
Fonda A.K.A Hanoi Jane and a co-founder for the Students for a
Democratic Society.
Global Green USA is
the US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Ted Turner is an
honorary board member for Green Cross International, the founder
of CNN, a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank) and was married to Jane Fonda Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi
Jane.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the
Human Rights Watch.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Human Rights
Watch and the Sundance Institute.
Patricia E.
Mitchell was a director at the Human Rights Watch, the
president of CNN Productions, is the vice chair for the Sundance
Institute, a board member for Global Green USA and an honorary
board member for Green Cross International.
Global Green USA is
a US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
the founder for the Green Cross International, the president of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary
for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, an advisory board
member for the Wheelchair Foundation and a friend of Stephen F.
Cohen.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt is an advisory board member for the Wheelchair
Foundation and the chair for the Roosevelt Institute.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt
Institute, George Soros’s son and was the vice chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute.
Katrina
vanden Heuvel was a governor for the Roosevelt Institute, is
a director at the Roosevelt Institute, married to Stephen F.
Cohen and an editor & publisher for The Nation.
Stephen F. Cohen
is married to Katrina vanden Heuvel, a contributing editor
for The Nation and was a friend of Mikhail Gorbachev.
Tom Hayden is an editorial board member for The Nation, was married to Jane Fonda A.K.A Hanoi Jane and a co-founder for the Students for a Democratic Society.
Jonathan Soros is a director at the New America Foundation and George Soros’s son.
George Soros is Jonathan
Soros’s father and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New
America Foundation.
Eric E. Schmidt is
the chairman emeritus for the New America Foundation and a member
of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Susan L. Graham was
a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology and is a professor at the University of California,
Berkeley.
Students for Justice in Palestine
(SJP) was founded at the University
of California, Berkeley.
David H. Romer is
a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and was a
senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Common Cause.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American
Constitution Society.
Christopher
Edley Jr. was a governing board member for the Common Cause,
a law school dean for the University of California, Berkeley and is
a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society.
Students for Justice in Palestine
(SJP) was founded at the University
of California, Berkeley.
Zohran Mamdani
attended Bowdoin
College in Maine, where he co-founded the school's chapter of Students for
Justice in Palestine, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America
and is the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City in
the 2025 election.
Democratic
Socialists of America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Socialists_of_America
The Democratic
Socialists of America (DSA) is
a political organization in the United States and
the country's largest socialist organization. On the left wing of the political spectrum, it is a multi-tendency coalition
of democratic socialists[a] and
other socialist ideologies. Established in 1982, the DSA emerged from a merger
of the Democratic Socialist Organizing
Committee (DSOC) and the New American movement (NAM).
The
DSOC, founded in 1973, was an offshoot of the Socialist Party of America (SPA)
aligned with the ideas of Michael Harrington, a prominent socialist
activist and intellectual; the NAM, founded in 1971, was a New Left group
and descendant of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). After a 1982 merger, the DSA
supported grassroots movements and progressives in
the Democratic Party. While
not a political party, the DSA engages in electoral politics by endorsing
candidates who align with its values. It has historically emphasized a
decentralized structure; it has local chapters and a national leadership
elected every two years at a convention of chapter delegates.
Tom Hayden was
a co-founder for the Students for a Democratic Society, married to Jane
Fonda A.K.A Hanoi Jane and is an editorial board member for The
Nation.
Resources:
Past Research
Berkeley
Mayor Wants ‘Free Speech Week’ Canceled; Trump Supporters ‘Wanted to Get Beat
Up’ by Antifa (Past Research on the University of
California, Berkeley)
Wednesday,
August 30, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/08/berkeley-mayor-wants-free-speech-week.html
Rejoice:
the Yellen Fed will print money forever to create jobs (Past Research on the University of California, Berkeley)
Wednesday,
October 9, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/10/rejoice-yellen-fed-will-print-money.html
9,600
First Responders Mistakenly Exposed to Ricin at Terror Training Center (Past Research on Michael Bloomberg)
Sunday,
December 18, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/12/9600-first-responders-mistakenly.html
Tom
Hayden and the 'Spiritual Progressives' Defend Murder in Venezuela (Past Research on Tom Hayden, the Students for a
Democratic Society, Jane
Fonda & Ted Turner)
Friday,
February 28, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/02/tom-hayden-and-spiritual-progressives.html
“Tear
Down This Wall” (Connecting the Dots: Mikhail Gorbachev, Wheelchair Foundation,
Roosevelt Institute, Green Cross International, Global Green USA & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Mikhail
Gorbachev, the Roosevelt Institute & Green Cross International)
Monday,
January 6, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/tear-down-this-wall-connecting-dots.html
Dr.
Morton Halperin – J Street Education Fund (Connecting the Dots: J Street,
Morton Halperin, The Open Society Foundations, Newsmax’s Mark Halperin, Rhonda
(Randi) Weingarten, The ONE Campaign, MSNBC, ACLU, The Carnegie & Soros
Funding) (Past Research on the ONE Campaign)
Tuesday,
June 17, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/06/dr-morton-halperin-j-street-education.html
Warren
Buffett: Tariffs Are 'Act of War' (Past Research on Warren Buffett, His
Children, Mexico, CBS, CNN, Washington Post & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on Warren Buffett)
Tuesday,
March 4, 2025
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