Addressing Trump's claim that he's "DESTROYING New York" with his pied-a-terre tax proposal, Mamdani says 93% of NYC residents support it. "It's not a surprise given the fact that the president and I have many deep policy differences," he says of Trump's post.

New: Mayor Mamdani is expected to endorse community activist Lindsey Boylan for a vacant City Council seat in Manhattan, putting him on a collision course with Council Speaker Julie Menin, who’s backing a different candidate. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

City Hall has released Mayor Zohran Mamdani's 2025 tax return, filed jointly with his wife, First Lady Rama Duwaji. The return shows they made $144,784 in joint gross income. Duwaji, a visual artist, only pulled in $10,010 of that, the return shows.

City Hall has released Mayor Zohran Mamdani's 2025 tax return, filed jointly with his wife, First Lady Rama Duwaji. The return shows they made $144,784 in joint gross income. Duwaji only pulled in 10,010 of that, the return shows.

"I think it is worthy of celebration," Mayor Mamdani says of Gov. Hochul's pied-à-terre tax proposal. Mamdani is also pushing for income and corporate tax increases this year, though. Hochul has not budged on those fronts so far.

On CBS Mornings, Mayor Zohran Mamdani says democratic socialism can be a recipe for electoral success all over the country because it centers "the working class." “This is a politics that can flourish anywhere," he says.

In today's Playbook: New Hampshire’s Department of Justice has launched an investigation into Denny Salas, a prominent NYC lobbyist and two-time political candidate, over allegations that he has financially exploited his elderly parents. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

IT'S ALIVE: Former Mayor Eric Adams’ Frankenstein-like Charter Revision Commission is set to hold its first public hearing next week. The hearing will be held at former First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro's law offices. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

In a new interview with Hyperallergic, NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji apologizes for using the N-word and other offensive language on social media when she was 15. hyperallergic.com/in-the-studi...

Council Speaker Julie Menin praises Hochul's pied-a-terre tax proposal, saying it's a "smart" and "sensible" way of generating new revenue. Menin notably hasn't joined Mamdani in calling for income + corporate tax hikes, but is pushing for other changes to PTET and UBT/PIT.

New: A small group of public school paraprofessionals staged a protest outside Mamdani's 100-day rally to call on his admin to drop opposition to a bill that'd give them raises. Per an email I obtained, Council Speaker Julie Menin called for the protest. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Inbox: Mamdani is meeting today with @KennyBurgosNY, the Assemblyman-turned-CEO of the NY Apartment Association, a landlord lobbying group. Burgos memorably said recently that he has gone from smoking hookah w/ Mamdani to fighting his housing policies. www.curbed.com/article/rent...

New: Mamdani aides are quietly working to set up meets between Council members and Nadia Shihata, his pick to lead the Dept. of Investigation — an indication to members that his team's worried about her path to confirmation after her contentious nomination hearing. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

New: Sharun Goodwin, Mamdani's probation commissioner, has had a romantic relationship with a top aide — and an agency employee recently got fired for blowing the whistle, per a new lawsuit. The Dept. of Investigation is now probing the matter, we have also learned www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Does Mayor Mamdani still believe President Trump's a fascist despite their second cordial White House meeting in February? "Yes," Mamdani said during his sit-down interview with POLITICO this week. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

New: Though he has moderated his policy priorities quite a bit since taking office, Mamdani insisted in an interview with POLITICO he's still "very much" on track to enact all his top 2025 promises. Over 1 or 2 terms? "Inshallah, it's 2 terms," he told us. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

While Mamdani says he announced his DOI nominee without knowing of her material support for his mayoral run, officials in his admin, including chief counsel Ramzi Kassem, have been aware since at least early March, when they quizzed her on it, per a source www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Mamdani says he "was not aware" his Department of Investigation commissioner pick, Nadia Shihata, donated to his 2025 campaign and also canvassed for him. Shihata's history of backing Mamdani came under scrutiny at her Council confirmation hearing: www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/06/n...

Mayor Mamdani is at the Prospect Park Zoo to announce that NYC has secured a $875K settlement against HungryPanda after an investigation found the food delivery platform overcharged hundreds of restaurants. He's making the announcement in front of the zoo's red pandas.

New: To save money, Mamdani’s admin is considering terminating contracts with a consultant that has helped NYC secure billions of dollars in federal grants, a move that some in city government fear could backfire and result in NYC losing out on funding. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

New: Zhan “Johnny” Petrosyants, a close friend of former Mayor Eric Adams, was hit with a superseding fraud indictment yesterday that implicates two other individuals with ties to Frank Carone, another key Adams associate. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

Mayor Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch are celebrating that overall crime in NYC has hit historic lows. One exception: Hate crimes, which are up 11.7% in the first quarter of 2026, Mamdani says.

New York’s politically powerful hotel workers’ union is endorsing democratic socialist Illapa Sairitupac for an open state Assembly seat in Manhattan, continuing its streak of boosting left-leaning candidates allied with Mayor Zohran Mamdani. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

New: Federal agents, some with their guns drawn, raided the homes of New York City Councilmember Farah Louis and her sister last week, seizing their cellphones and breaking down a door to get inside, their mother tells POLITICO. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

John Petrosyants, a close friend to former Mayor Eric Adams, was arrested at JFK Airport last night before today's unsealing of his indictment charging him with no-fault insurance fraud. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Bean counters working for Menin say they’ve figured out how to close NYC's multibillion-dollar budget deficit without raising taxes or dipping into reserves — but their plan prompted a sharp backlash from Mamdani, who argues Menin's math doesn't add up. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

Zhan Petrosyants, a friend to ex-Mayor Eric Adams, has been indicted on no-fault insurance fraud charges. www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...

DC 37, NYC's largest public sector union, is joining groups advocating for seniors and the disabled to urge the City Council to not pass a bill outlawing 24 hour shifts for home health care aides. Speaker Julie Menin has voiced support for the bill. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Edu Hermelyn, husband of Brooklyn Dems boss Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, has resigned from Mercury Public Affairs after being named in a search warrant issued as part of a corruption probe. That and more of today's indictment fallout: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

New: Mamdani is set to let at least some city employees and agencies use TikTok, reversing a ban his predecessor enacted out of data security concerns prompted by the app's Chinese ownership. TikTok has since restructured its ownership to address concerns. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

State comptroller candidate Raj Goyle filmed himself getting arrested last week for protesting Hochul's effort to roll back New York's climate law. But when he was still a state lawmaker in Kansas, Goyle held very, very different views on climate policy: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

New: Mamdani has avoided addressing his wife's controversial social media history by insisting the first lady is "a private person" — but even some of his own allies are beginning to question that claim and believe he needs to confront the issue head on. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Ex-First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro plans to do legal work for the Charter Revision Commission his old boss, Eric Adams, formed on his last day in office, and the zombie-like panel is expected to really come alive soon, with public hearings in the works. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

Inbox: Mayor Mamdani calls the alleged assassination attempt on Within our Lifetime founder Nerdeen Kiswani "a chilling act of political violence."

Mayor Mamdani announces he's directing the Department of Transportation to "immediately" start redesigning the Manhattan access point to the Brooklyn Bridge bike and pedestrian lanes. He says the redesign will be done by June.

A group of City Council members from across the political spectrum are banding together to demand Hochul let NYC back into AIM, a program that provides unrestricted funding for municipalities. It's a boon for Mamdani, who has pressed for AIM funding, too. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Inbox: The City Council's 24-member Progressive Caucus says Mayor Mamdani's admin should drop its appeal of a court ruling requiring the city to expand CityFHEPS. It's especially notable given many of the caucus' members are key Mamdani allies.

A coalition of Mamdani-aligned groups are urging Council Speaker Julie Menin to pull a bill that'd let the NYPD develop its own protocols for "buffer zones" outside houses of worship during protests. Mamdani, meantime, is skeptical of the bill. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Mamdani's feeling the difference between “campaigning in poetry” and “governing in prose" after flip-flopping this week on his campaign pledge to expand NYC's rental voucher program for low-income residents. And he's catching hell from some allies for it. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

John Catsimatidis, the GOP megadonor and grocery store magnate, just walked into City Hall for his meet with Mamdani. He brought a copy of his own book as a gift for Mamdani and didn't sound set on closing his grocery stores anymore (he said last year he would if Mamdani won).

Asked what he plans to discuss with John Catsimatidis later today, Mamdani says the meeting will, among other things, focus on "finding a way to be able talk to each other as New Yorkers...while having fiscal and policy disagreements."

Mayor Mamdani’s administration has so far approved just shy of $245 million in trims to New York City’s budget, an indication his team is struggling to meet its own belt-tightening goals as a multibillion-dollar deficit continues to loom. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

Mayor Mamdani's office says city agencies have submitted proposals for how to shave city spending by $1.7B via savings and efficiencies (his prelim budget already accounted for $1.77B in projected savings, though, so this doesn't do anything to address the underlying budget gap).

Inbox: Mayor Mamdani is meeting with billionaire Gristedes owner (and major Republican donor) John Catsimatidis on Wednesday afternoon. The meeting is closed press.

Breaking with a campaign pledge, Mamdani's admin has appealed a court ruling that would've required NYC to expand eligibility for its rental voucher program, CityFHEPS. Ex-Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who runs shelter provider WIN, calls Mamdani's reversal "a betrayal."

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his DCWP commissioner, Sam Levine, are doing a live-streamed "mukbang" from City Hall to celebrate a local Dunkin Donuts/Taco Bell franchisee agreeing to pay a $1.5M settlement after workers accused the franchisee of scheduling violations.

Now that Mamdani's admin is moving to cut his taxpayer-funded lawyers, ex-Mayor Eric Adams is turning to a longtime Trump family attorney for help to defend himself against a lawsuit filed by a woman accusing him of sexual assault. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

New: New York City's Municipal Labor Committee has gone without an elected leader for nearly a year — and some of the city's public sector unions are fed up with it. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

NEW: Federal prosecutors issued grand jury subpoenas to the City Council last summer seeking records related to former Speaker Corey Johnson and his longtime associate Jason Goldman, sources tell us. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

New: Mamdani has tapped Richard Lee, a top Council staffer, as his Department of Finance commissioner, praising Lee's "command of the city’s budgeting process." The hire comes as Mamdani and the Council are hunkering down for contentious budget talks. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...