It has been a strong first 100 days for New York’s new mayor Zohran Mamdani. As per an NYC.gov website detailing his achievements, his administration has defied naysayers by securing $1.2 billion for universal childcare expansion, filling over 100,000 potholes, somehow getting on Trump’s good side, fulfilling his campaign promise of a rent freeze, and seeing record-low crime figures.
He’s also steadily gaining influence beyond the mayor’s office by securing major electoral wins for candidates he personally endorsed in U.S. House races, with the BBC noting that this indicates a steady momentum for dragging the local Democratic party to the left and away from corporate interests.
