Zohran K. Mamdani - NY Assembly

Zohran Mamdani has a bachelor's degree in Africana studies from Bowdoin College. He was born in Uganda and raised in New York City. 

Before taking public office, Zohran worked as a housing counselor focused on preventing foreclosures. He also performed as a rapper and hip-hop artist.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani - Ballotpedia

Zohran is a representative for New York's 36th State Assembly District located in Queens. He was first elected in 2020 and is serving his third term. 

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Fighting Corporate Exploitation

Trump Proofing NYC

How to Pay for The Mamdani Agenda

Regulating Delivery Apps & Protecting Delivery Workers

Cut Red Tape and Reduce Small Businesses Fines and Fees

Plans to create a network of city-owned grocery stores to reduce food costs by avoiding rent, property taxes, and buying at wholesale prices.

Proposes city-owned grocery stores to lower food prices by cutting rent and property tax costs, with input from local communities.

Plans to increase the minimum wage to $30/hour by 2030, with future increases tied to cost of living and productivity.

Supports raising the minimum wage to $30/hour by 2030, with future increases tied to cost of living and worker productivity.

As an Assembly Member, introduced a bill that would end tax-exempt status for charities that provide money to Israeli settler organizations.

As an assembly member, introduced a bill to end tax exemptions for charities funding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Plans to tax the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers a flat 2% if they earn above $1 million annually.

Proposes a 2% flat tax on income over $1 million to target the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers.

As Assemblymember, sponsored a bill that would provide debt relief to taxi drivers.

Supported debt relief for taxi drivers and protections against seizure of personal property due to unpaid debt.

Supports banning hidden fees that increase the advertised price during checkout.

Supports banning hidden fees and fighting misleading advertising.

Supports transparency in government funding by ending non-disclosure agreements for New York City’s Economic Development Corporation.

Opposes non-disclosure agreements used by NYC’s Economic Development Corporation to conceal public subsidies to companies.

Supports increasing the top corporate tax rate to 11.5 percent, saying it will raise $5 billion per year.

Supports raising the corporate tax rate to 11.5 percent to generate $5 billion per year.

Plans to increase the number of tax auditors to generate an additional $165 million a year.

Proposes more corporate tax audits to raise $165 million per year.

Supports fair payment for workers, including scheduled pay and upfront tipping options, and advocates for standardized pay procedures in app companies.

Supports stronger worker protections for delivery app workers, including better pay, protection from deactivation, and compensation for injuries and equipment.

Supports cutting fines and fees for small businesses in half, speeding up permitting, making online applications easier, and increasing funding for 1:1 small business support by 500 percent.

Supports cutting fines and fees in half, speeding up permitting, and increasing funding support for small businesses.

- Proposes city-owned grocery stores to lower food prices by cutting rent and property tax costs, with input from local communities.
- Supports raising the minimum wage to $30/hour by 2030, with future increases tied to cost of living and worker productivity.
- As an assembly member, introduced a bill to end tax exemptions for charities funding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
- Proposes a 2% flat tax on income over $1 million to target the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers.
- Supported debt relief for taxi drivers and protections against seizure of personal property due to unpaid debt.
- Supports banning hidden fees and fighting misleading advertising.
- Opposes non-disclosure agreements used by NYC’s Economic Development Corporation to conceal public subsidies to companies.
- Supports banning non-compete clauses.
- Supports raising the corporate tax rate to 11.5 percent to generate $5 billion per year.
- Proposes more corporate tax audits to raise $165 million per year.
- Supports stronger worker protections for delivery app workers, including better pay, protection from deactivation, and compensation for injuries and equipment.
- Supports cutting fines and fees in half, speeding up permitting, and increasing funding support for small businesses.

Economy

Plans to include a resource guide on the City’s newborn home visiting program, breastfeeding, and postpartum depression in each NYC Baby Basket.

Proposes free “NYC Baby Baskets” with essentials like diapers, wipes, and a guide to newborn health programs.

Supports implementing free childcare for New Yorkers aged 6 weeks to 5 years and increasing wages for childcare workers to be at parity with public school teachers.

Plans to implement free childcare for New Yorkers aged 6 weeks to 5 years and increase wages for childcare workers to be equal with public school teachers.

Plans to allocate 0.5% of NYC’s budget to libraries to ensure robust services and well-staffed facilities.

Plans to permanently assign 0.5% of NYC’s budget to libraries.

Plans to increase funding for immigration legal services to provide representation for those targeted by mass deportation.

Plans to increase funding for immigration legal services for undocumented immigrants.

- Proposes free “NYC Baby Baskets” with essentials like diapers, wipes, and a guide to newborn health programs.
- Plans to implement free childcare for New Yorkers aged 6 weeks to 5 years and increase wages for childcare workers to be equal with public school teachers.
- Plans to permanently assign 0.5% of NYC’s budget to libraries.
- Plans to increase funding for immigration legal services for undocumented immigrants.

Public Services

Green Schools for a Healthier New York City

Supports making the City University of New York (CUNY) tuition-free and investing in its infrastructure by taxing New York University (NYU) and Columbia University (Columbia).

Supports making the City University of New York (CUNY) tuition-free, funded in part by taxing New York University (NYU) and Columbia University.

Supports ending mayoral control of schools.

Plans to create car-free “School Streets” to enhance safety, play, and reduce pollution for students.

Proposes “School Streets” that are closed to traffic to improve student safety and reduce pollution.

Supports addressing student homelessness by expanding the Bronx pilot program "Every Child and Family Is Known."

Wants to expand a Bronx pilot program to support homeless students citywide.

Plans to ensure public schools are fully funded with equally distributed resources, strong after-school programs, mental health counselors and nurses, compliant and effective class sizes, and integrated student bodies.

Calls for fully funded public schools, smaller class sizes, after-school programs, and more school nurses and counselors.

Plans to enhance indoor air quality and climate control in schools by removing hazardous materials, repairing infrastructure, and upgrading HVAC systems, aiming to boost children's development and learning while reducing emissions and health issues.

Plans to upgrade air conditioning systems and install rooftop solar panels in public schools for sustainability.

Plans to replace asphalt with greenspace at 500 schools by renovating schoolyards with trees, grass, and gardens, and building green roofs on schools lacking greenspace.

Plans to renovate schoolyards with trees, grass, and gardens.

- Supports making the City University of New York (CUNY) tuition-free, funded in part by taxing New York University (NYU) and Columbia University.
- Opposes mayoral control of schools.
- Proposes “School Streets” that are closed to traffic to improve student safety and reduce pollution.
- Wants to expand a Bronx pilot program to support homeless students citywide.
- Calls for fully funded public schools, smaller class sizes, after-school programs, and more school nurses and counselors.
- Plans to upgrade air conditioning systems and install rooftop solar panels in public schools for sustainability.
- Plans to renovate schoolyards with trees, grass, and gardens.

Education

Supports removing parking minimums to make room for more housing.

Supports encouraging growth around subway stations and public transit hubs to promote climate sustainability and accessibility.

Supports transit-oriented development near subway stations to improve climate sustainability and access.

Plans to make every city bus fare-free and faster by building priority lanes, expanding bus queue jump signals, and creating dedicated loading zones.

Proposes fare-free city buses, faster service with bus lanes, priority signals, and dedicated loading zones.

Supports investing in and expanding the Department of Transportation's (DOT) electric bike (e-bike) programs, including charging stations, battery swapping, trade-in programs, and safety education.

Supports expanding e-bike programs and redesigning streets for safety.

- Supports removing parking minimums to make room for more housing.
- Supports transit-oriented development near subway stations to improve climate sustainability and access.
- Proposes fare-free city buses, faster service with bus lanes, priority signals, and dedicated loading zones.
- Supports expanding e-bike programs and redesigning streets for safety.

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Believes the NYPD should not be responsible for traffic enforcement or responding to mental health crises and homelessness.

Supports removing the NYPD from traffic enforcement and responses to mental health crises and homelessness.

Believes in prioritizing "prevention-first, community-based solutions" to improve safety, including investing in mental health services, enhancing subway safety, reducing homelessness, and expanding gun violence prevention.

Supports investing in mental health care, housing, and community violence prevention as safety strategies.

Plans to create dedicated outreach workers in subway stations to provide safer options than sleeping in transit systems and to intervene in escalating situations.

Plans to station crisis teams in subways to offer safer alternatives to sleeping on trains and intervene in tense situations.

Plans to create the Department of Community Safety to prevent violence before it happens.

Proposes a new Department of Community Safety to focus on violence prevention, funded by better use of existing funding and cutting waste.

Opposes cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in city facilities.

Opposes city cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Plans to review and expand Office of Crime Victim Services programming, particularly housing and support for sexual violence survivors, by leveraging the Family Justice Center network.

Plans to expand support for sexual violence survivors, including housing, by strengthening the Office of Crime Victim Services and Family Justice Center network.

Wants to establish gun violence prevention programs that focus on workforce development, youth mentorship, and revitalizing community spaces.

Wants to establish gun violence prevention programs that focus on workforce development, youth mentorship, and community spaces.

Plans to invest in hate violence prevention through education, community-building, bystander training, and restorative justice.

Supports disbanding the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Strategic Response Group.

Supports disbanding the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Strategic Response Group (SRG), saying it's too often used to harass workers on strike and protestors. The SRG also responds to mass shootings.

Said, "I am not defunding the police; I am not running to defund the police... I’ve been very clear about my view of public safety and the critical role that the police have in creating that public safety.”

- Supports removing the NYPD from traffic enforcement and responses to mental health crises and homelessness.
- Supports investing in mental health care, housing, and community violence prevention as safety strategies.
- Plans to station crisis teams in subways to offer safer alternatives to sleeping on trains and intervene in tense situations.
- Proposes a new Department of Community Safety to focus on violence prevention, funded by better use of existing funding and cutting waste.
- Opposes city cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- Plans to expand support for sexual violence survivors, including housing, by strengthening the Office of Crime Victim Services and Family Justice Center network.
- Wants to establish gun violence prevention programs that focus on workforce development, youth mentorship, and community spaces.
- Plans to invest in hate violence prevention through education, community-building, bystander training, and restorative justice.
- Supports disbanding the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Strategic Response Group (SRG), saying it's too often used to harass workers on strike and protestors. The SRG also responds to mass shootings.
- Said, "I am not defunding the police; I am not running to defund the police... I’ve been very clear about my view of public safety and the critical role that the police have in creating that public safety.”

Public Safety

Stop the Squeeze on NYC Homeowners

Plans to triple the City’s production of publicly subsidized, permanently affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes, constructing 200,000 new units over the next 10 years.

Proposes building 200,000 union-built, rent-stabilized affordable homes over 10 years by streamlining approvals for 100% affordable projects.

Plans to double fines for hazardous violations and triple fines for immediately hazardous violations in rental properties.

Supports raising fines for landlords who ignore safety violations and ensuring those fines are collected.

Plans to double the money spent on preserving public housing and fully fund and staff the city's housing agencies.

Calls for doubling investment in public housing and fully staffing city housing agencies.

Supports fast-tracking planning reviews for projects that meet affordability, stabilization, union labor, and sustainability goals.

Supports fast-tracking affordable housing projects that meet labor and sustainability goals.

Advocates for expanding municipal or state bonding capacity for affordable housing.

Wants to expand the city’s borrowing capacity to fund more affordable housing.

Plans to immediately freeze rent for all stabilized tenants and use resources to build more housing to lower rent prices.

Proposes a rent freeze for stabilized tenants and expanded housing supply to lower prices long-term.

Plans to establish an Office of Deed Theft Prevention to protect homeowners from scam artists.

Plans to create an Office of Deed Theft Prevention to protect homeowners from fraud.

Plans to "fix the property tax system so the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods pay their fair share."

Wants to reform the property tax system so wealthy neighborhoods pay more fairly.

Supports ending the tax lien sale, which turns unpaid property taxes over to private investors.

Supports creating a Mortgage Recording Tax Exemption for low- and middle-income families who are first-time homebuyers.

Proposes a tax exemption for first-time homebuyers from low- and middle-income families.

- Proposes building 200,000 union-built, rent-stabilized affordable homes over 10 years by streamlining approvals for 100% affordable projects.
- Supports raising fines for landlords who ignore safety violations and ensuring those fines are collected.
- Calls for doubling investment in public housing and fully staffing city housing agencies.
- Supports fast-tracking affordable housing projects that meet labor and sustainability goals.
- Wants to expand the city’s borrowing capacity to fund more affordable housing.
- Proposes a rent freeze for stabilized tenants and expanded housing supply to lower prices long-term.
- Plans to create an Office of Deed Theft Prevention to protect homeowners from fraud.
- Wants to reform the property tax system so wealthy neighborhoods pay more fairly.
- Supports ending the tax lien sale, which turns unpaid property taxes over to private investors.
- Proposes a tax exemption for first-time homebuyers from low- and middle-income families.

Housing & Urban Development

The Department of Community Safety

Plans to create a corps of outreach workers to help New Yorkers navigate the healthcare system and access public resources such as insurance, financial assistance, and health benefits.

Plans to hire outreach workers to help residents access health insurance and other public benefits.

Plans to collaborate with healthcare unions and government partners to boost funding for Health + Hospitals (H+H), prevent hospital closures, and prepare NYC for future public health emergencies by ensuring PPE availability, surge capacity, and healthcare worker safety.

Supports increased funding for public hospitals and preventing closures, in partnership with unions and government agencies.

Supports preparing for future public health emergencies by ensuring adequate PPE, surge capacity, healthcare worker safety, and maintaining programs like Test and Trace.

Advocates for stronger preparedness for public health emergencies, including stockpiles of personal protective equipment (PPE) and support for healthcare workers.

Believes investing in preventative and ongoing care is the most effective way to reduce severe mental illness and is less costly than crisis intervention.

Believes investing in preventative and ongoing mental health care is more effective and less costly than crisis intervention.

Plans to establish a Community Mental Health Navigators (CMHN) program to facilitate connections to care in every neighborhood.

Proposes a Community Mental Health Navigators program to provide outreach in every neighborhood.

Supports tripling the size of the Mobile Crisis Team program to provide 24/7 service and improve team members' salaries.

Supports tripling the Mobile Crisis Teams to offer 24/7 coverage and better pay for team members.

Supports increasing funding for the Crisis Management System by 275%.

Supports increasing funding for the Crisis Management System.

- Plans to hire outreach workers to help residents access health insurance and other public benefits.
- Supports increased funding for public hospitals and preventing closures, in partnership with unions and government agencies.
- Advocates for stronger preparedness for public health emergencies, including stockpiles of personal protective equipment (PPE) and support for healthcare workers.
- Believes investing in preventative and ongoing mental health care is more effective and less costly than crisis intervention.
- Proposes a Community Mental Health Navigators program to provide outreach in every neighborhood.
- Supports tripling the Mobile Crisis Teams to offer 24/7 coverage and better pay for team members.
- Supports increasing funding for the Crisis Management System.

Public Health

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Ethics & Conduct

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Supports removing the NYPD from traffic enforcement and repsones to mental health crises and homelessness.

- Supports removing the NYPD from traffic enforcement and repsones to mental health crises and homelessness.
- Supports investing in mental health care, housing, and community violence prevention as safety strategies.
- Plans to station crisis teams in subways to offer safer alternatives to sleeping on trains and intervene in tense situations.
- Proposes a new Department of Community Safety to focus on violence prevention, funded by better use of existing funding and cutting waste.
- Opposes city cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- Plans to expand support for sexual violence survivors, including housing, by strengthening the Office of Crime Victim Services and Family Justice Center network.
- Wants to establish gun violence prevention programs that focus on workforce development, youth mentorship, and community spaces.
- Plans to invest in hate violence prevention through education, community-building, bystander training, and restorative justice.
- Supports disbanding the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Strategic Response Group (SRG), saying it's too often used to harass workers on strike and protestors. The SRG also responds to mass shootings.
- Said, "I am not defunding the police; I am not running to defund the police... I’ve been very clear about my view of public safety and the critical role that the police have in creating that public safety.”

- Supports removing the NYPD from traffic enforcement and repsones to mental health crises and homelessness.
- Supports investing in mental health care, housing, and community violence prevention as safety strategies.
- Plans to station crisis teams in subways to offer safer alternatives to sleeping on trains and intervene in tense situations.
- Proposes a new Department of Community Safety to focus on violence prevention, funded by better use of existing funding and cutting waste.
- Opposes city cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- Plans to expand support for sexual violence survivors, including housing, by strengthening the Office of Crime Victim Services and Family Justice Center network.
- Wants to establish gun violence prevention programs that focus on workforce development, youth mentorship, and community spaces.
- Plans to invest in hate violence prevention through education, community-building, bystander training, and restorative justice.

- Supports removing the NYPD from traffic enforcement and repsones to mental health crises and homelessness.
- Supports investing in mental health care, housing, and community violence prevention as safety strategies.
- Plans to station crisis teams in subways to offer safer alternatives to sleeping on trains and intervene in tense situations.
- Proposes a new Department of Community Safety to focus on violence prevention, funded by better use of existing funding and cutting waste.
- Opposes city cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

- Plans to hire outreach workers to help residents access health insurance and other public benefits.
- Supports increased funding for public hospitals and preventing closures, in partnership with unions and government agencies.
- Advocates for stronger preparedness for public health emergencies, including stockpiles of personal protective equipment (PPE) and support for healthcare workers.
- Believes investing in preventative and ongoing mental health care is more effective and less costly than crisis intervention.
- Proposes a Community Mental Health Navigators program to provide outreach in every neighborhood.
- Supports tripling the Mobile Crisis Teams to offer 24/7 coverage and better pay for team members.
- Wants to establish gun violence prevention programs that focus on workforce development, youth mentorship, and community spaces.
- Supports increasing funding for the Crisis Management System.
- Plans to invest in hate violence prevention through education, community-building, bystander training, and restorative justice.
- Plans to expand support for sexual violence survivors, including housing, by strengthening the Office of Crime Victim Services and Family Justice Center network.

Supports debt relief for taxi drivers and protections against seizure of personal property due to unpaid debt.

- Proposes city-owned grocery stores to lower food prices by cutting rent and property tax costs, with input from local communities.
- Supports raising the minimum wage to $30/hour by 2030, with future increases tied to cost of living and worker productivity.
- As an assembly member, introduced a bill to end tax exemptions for charities funding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
- Proposes a 2% flat tax on income over $1 million to target the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers.
- Supports debt relief for taxi drivers and protections against seizure of personal property due to unpaid debt.

- Proposes free “NYC Baby Baskets” with essentials like diapers, wipes, and a guide to newborn health programs.
- Plans to implement free childcare for New Yorkers aged 6 weeks to 5 years and increase wages for childcare workers to be equal with public school teachers.

- Supports making the City University of New York (CUNY) tuition-free, funded in part by taxing New York University (NYU) and Columbia University.
- Opposes mayoral control of schools.
- Proposes “School Streets” that are closed to traffic to improve student safety and reduce pollution.
- Wants to expand a Bronx pilot program to support homeless students citywide.
- Calls for fully funded public schools, smaller class sizes, after-school programs, and more school nurses and counselors.

- Supports removing parking minimums to make room for more housing.
- Supports transit-oriented development near subway stations to improve climate sustainability and access.
- Proposes fare-free city buses, faster service with bus lanes, priority signals, and dedicated loading zones.

Proposes a new Department of Community Safety to focus on violence prevention.

- Supports removing the NYPD from traffic enforcement and repsones to mental health crises and homelessness.
- Supports investing in mental health care, housing, and community violence prevention as safety strategies.
- Plans to station crisis teams in subways to offer safer alternatives to sleeping on trains and intervene in tense situations.
- Proposes a new Department of Community Safety to focus on violence prevention.

- Plans to hire outreach workers to help residents access health insurance and other public benefits.
- Supports increased funding for public hospitals and preventing closures, in partnership with unions and government agencies.
- Advocates for stronger preparedness for public health emergencies, including stockpiles of personal protective equipment (PPE) and support for healthcare workers.

Plans to create a network of city-owned grocery stores to reduce food costs by avoiding rent and property taxes and partnering with local neighborhoods on products and sourcing.

As an assembly member, introduced a bill that would end tax-exempt status for charities that provide money to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Supported efforts to help taxi drivers reduce their debt and protect them from losing personal belongings if they could not repay what they owed.

- Plans to create a network of city-owned grocery stores to reduce food costs by avoiding rent and property taxes and partnering with local neighborhoods on products and sourcing.
- Plans to increase the minimum wage to $30/hour by 2030, with future increases tied to cost of living and productivity.
- As an assembly member, introduced a bill that would end tax-exempt status for charities that provide money to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
- Plans to tax the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers a flat 2% if they earn above $1 million annually.
- Supported efforts to help taxi drivers reduce their debt and protect them from losing personal belongings if they could not repay what they owed.

Proposes free "NYC Baby Baskets" for all new parents and guardians which includes items like diapers, baby wipes, nursing pads and a resource guide on the City’s newborn home visiting program, breastfeeding, and postpartum depression.

- Proposes free "NYC Baby Baskets" for all new parents and guardians which includes items like diapers, baby wipes, nursing pads and a resource guide on the City’s newborn home visiting program, breastfeeding, and postpartum depression.
- Plans to implement free childcare for New Yorkers aged 6 weeks to 5 years and increase wages for childcare workers to be equal with public school teachers.

Plans to create car-free “School Streets” to improve safety, play, and reduce pollution for students.

Plans to ensure public schools are fully funded with equally distributed resources, strong after-school programs, mental health counselors and nurses, and compliant class sizes.

- Supports making the City University of New York (CUNY) tuition-free and investing in its infrastructure by taxing New York University (NYU) and Columbia University (Columbia).
- Supports ending mayoral control of schools.
- Plans to create car-free “School Streets” to improve safety, play, and reduce pollution for students.
- Supports addressing student homelessness by expanding the Bronx pilot program "Every Child and Family Is Known."
- Plans to ensure public schools are fully funded with equally distributed resources, strong after-school programs, mental health counselors and nurses, and compliant class sizes.

Supports eliminating parking minimums, which require mandatory minimum off-street parking in certain areas, saying the city needs more housing, not parking lots.

- Supports eliminating parking minimums, which require mandatory minimum off-street parking in certain areas, saying the city needs more housing, not parking lots.
- Supports encouraging growth around subway stations and public transit hubs to promote climate sustainability and accessibility.
- Plans to make every city bus fare-free and faster by building priority lanes, expanding bus queue jump signals, and creating dedicated loading zones.

Believes in prioritizing "prevention-first, community-based solutions" to improve safety, including investing in mental health services, reducing homelessness, addressing hate violence, and expanding gun violence prevention programs.

Plans to create teams in subway stations to provide safer options than sleeping in transit systems and to intervene in escalating situations.

- Believes the NYPD should not be responsible for traffic enforcement or responding to mental health crises and homelessness.
- Believes in prioritizing "prevention-first, community-based solutions" to improve safety, including investing in mental health services, reducing homelessness, addressing hate violence, and expanding gun violence prevention programs.
- Plans to create teams in subway stations to provide safer options than sleeping in transit systems and to intervene in escalating situations.
- Plans to create the Department of Community Safety to prevent violence before it happens.

Hopes to triple the City’s production of publicly subsidized, affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes, constructing 200,000 new units over the next 10 years by fast-tracking development that's "100% affordable."

Plans to double fines for landlords for "hazardous violations" like broken windows and water damage, triple fines for "immediately hazardous violations" such as rats and lead paint, and ensure fines are collected to increase funding for the city.

Advocates for expanding municipal or state bonding capacity to use for affordable housing.

Supports ending the tax lien sale, which sells a person's unpaid property debt to a trust of private investors for collection.

- Hopes to triple the City’s production of publicly subsidized, affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes, constructing 200,000 new units over the next 10 years by fast-tracking development that's "100% affordable."
- Plans to double fines for landlords for "hazardous violations" like broken windows and water damage, triple fines for "immediately hazardous violations" such as rats and lead paint, and ensure fines are collected to increase funding for the city.
- Plans to double the money spent on preserving public housing and fully fund and staff the city's housing agencies.
- Supports fast-tracking planning reviews for projects that meet affordability, stabilization, union labor, and sustainability goals.
- Advocates for expanding municipal or state bonding capacity to use for affordable housing.
- Plans to immediately freeze rent for all stabilized tenants and use resources to build more housing to lower rent prices.
- Plans to establish an Office of Deed Theft Prevention to protect homeowners from scam artists.
- Plans to "fix the property tax system so the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods pay their fair share."
- Supports ending the tax lien sale, which sells a person's unpaid property debt to a trust of private investors for collection.
- Supports creating a Mortgage Recording Tax Exemption for low- and middle-income families who are first-time homebuyers.

Plans to hire outreach workers to help New Yorkers navigate the healthcare system and access public resources related to insurance, financial assistance, and health benefits.

Plans to collaborate with healthcare unions and government partners to boost funding for Health + Hospitals (H+H) and prevent hospital closures.

Supports preparing for future public health emergencies by ensuring adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), surge capacity, healthcare worker safety, and maintaining programs like Test and Trace.

- Plans to hire outreach workers to help New Yorkers navigate the healthcare system and access public resources related to insurance, financial assistance, and health benefits.
- Plans to collaborate with healthcare unions and government partners to boost funding for Health + Hospitals (H+H) and prevent hospital closures.
- Supports preparing for future public health emergencies by ensuring adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), surge capacity, healthcare worker safety, and maintaining programs like Test and Trace.

Plans to create a network of city-owned grocery stores to reduce food costs for customers by avoiding rent and property taxes and partnering with local neighborhoods on products and sourcing.

- Plans to create a network of city-owned grocery stores to reduce food costs for customers by avoiding rent and property taxes and partnering with local neighborhoods on products and sourcing.
- Plans to increase the minimum wage to $30/hour by 2030, with future increases tied to cost of living and productivity.
- As an assembly member, introduced a bill that would end tax-exempt status for charities that provide money to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
- Plans to tax the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers a flat 2% if they earn above $1 million annually.
- Supported efforts to help taxi drivers reduce their debt and protect them from losing personal belongings if they could not repay what they owed.

- Believes the NYPD should not be responsible for traffic enforcement or responding to mental health crises and homelessness.
- Believes in prioritizing "prevention-first, community-based solutions" to improve safety, including investing in mental health services, reducing homelessness, addressing hate violence, and expanding gun violence prevention programs.

Plans to double fines for landlords for "hazardous violations" like broken windows and water damage, triple fines for "immediately hazardous violations" such as vermin and lead paint, and ensure fines are collected to generate revenue for the city.

- Hopes to triple the City’s production of publicly subsidized, affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes, constructing 200,000 new units over the next 10 years by fast-tracking development that's "100% affordable."
- Plans to double fines for landlords for "hazardous violations" like broken windows and water damage, triple fines for "immediately hazardous violations" such as vermin and lead paint, and ensure fines are collected to generate revenue for the city.
- Plans to double the money spent on preserving public housing and fully fund and staff the city's housing agencies.
- Supports fast-tracking planning reviews for projects that meet affordability, stabilization, union labor, and sustainability goals.
- Advocates for expanding municipal or state bonding capacity to use for affordable housing.
- Plans to immediately freeze rent for all stabilized tenants and use resources to build more housing to lower rent prices.

Zohran has a bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College. He was born in Uganda and raised in New York City. 

Zohran Mamdani - Wikipedia

Zohran Mamdani is a representative for New York's 36th State Assembly District located in Queens. He was elected in 2021 and is serving his third term. 

Buket Urgen

Andrew Cuomo is from Queens, New York. He has a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and a law degree from Albany Law School.

Before taking public office, Andrew served as the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in President Clinton's administration. Before that, he led his father's campaign for governor and served as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. He also founded Housing Enterprise for the Less Privileged (HELP), a shelter for families, in 1986. 

Andrew served as the governor of New York from 2011 to 2021, choosing to resign in the middle of his third term. He also served as the attorney general of New York from 2007 to 2010. 

The Crisis of Affordability in New York City

Supports converting underused commercial properties into residential spaces.

Wants to turn unused office buildings into homes to revive business districts.

Believes New York City can become a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) due to its world-leading hospitals and strong technology sector.

Thinks NYC can become a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) because of its great hospitals and tech companies.

Supports expanding wage supplements and other programs targeted to at-risk men (ages 18-24) to help them enter the workforce.

Supports programs that give extra pay to young men at risk and wants to help small businesses owned by women and people of color.

Supports expanding workforce training and apprenticeships, particularly in nontraditional fields like healthcare, to create more pathways to economic mobility.

Supports more job training and apprenticeships, especially in fields like healthcare.

Supports providing targeted tax relief to lower-income and middle-class voters, including homeowners.

Supports tax relief for lower-income and middle-class voters and homeowners.

As governor, reduced the corporate tax rate from 7.1% to 6.5% and to 0% for manufacturers.

As governor, reduced the corporate tax rate from 7.1% to 6.5% and to 0% for manufacturers to incentivize industrial growth and job creation.

Supports encouraging employer-sponsored childcare to attract and retain talent and plans to design economic development projects to include space for childcare facilities.

Supports encouraging employer-sponsored childcare.

- Wants to turn unused office buildings into homes to revive business districts.
- Thinks NYC can become a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) because of its great hospitals and tech companies.
- Supports programs that give extra pay to young men at risk and wants to help small businesses owned by women and people of color.
- Supports more job training and apprenticeships, especially in fields like healthcare.
- Supports tax relief for lower-income and middle-class voters and homeowners.
- As governor, reduced the corporate tax rate from 7.1% to 6.5% and to 0% for manufacturers to incentivize industrial growth and job creation.
- Supports encouraging employer-sponsored childcare.

Andrew Cuomo

- The city mayor is responsible for a city's public services and its smooth functioning. 
- The mayor signs or vetoes legislation proposed by the city council, drafts the city budget, and appoints and oversees department heads in over 40 city agencies. 
- City mayors receive an annual salary. In New York City, the mayor is paid $258,750. 
- The mayor is elected to a four-year term and can serve up to two consecutive terms. ​