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Search results for "Zohran Mamdani is New York City Mayor"

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Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.
By Ella Moore, Amy Sherman• June 26, 2025
Nancy Mace stated on November 06, 2025 in a fundraising email:
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani “is bringing Sharia law to America.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 7, 2025
X posts stated on January 31, 2026 in an X post:
Images show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child with his mother, Mira Nair, and Jeffrey Epstein.
By Maria Briceño• February 2, 2026
Elon Musk stated on November 04, 2025 in an X post:
“The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2025
Katie Britt stated on March 19, 2026 in a press conference:
“You can't shovel snow in New York City without an ID.”
By Amy Sherman• March 20, 2026
X posts stated on November 02, 2025 in an X post:
New York state has "no ID requirement" to vote, and people could lie about their address and "vote in multiple precincts."
By Maria Briceño• November 4, 2025
Bill de Blasio stated on January 03, 2018 in a press conference:
"The graduation rate in New York City has increased by 50 percent in 13 years"
By Dan Clark• January 17, 2018
Michael Bloomberg stated on December 15, 2019 in a speech:
"We cut New York City’s carbon footprint twice as much as the rest of the country." 
By Jill Terreri Ramos• January 11, 2020
Bill de Blasio stated on February 13, 2017 in his 2017 State of the City address:
"We raised the minimum wage to $15 first in city government. Now, working together with people in Albany, it's the law of the state."
By Dan Clark• March 8, 2017
Bill de Blasio stated on May 17, 2019 in an interview:
"We’ve lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty in the last five years."
By Jill Terreri Ramos• June 10, 2019
Michael Bloomberg stated on November 17, 2019 in a speech:
"No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%."
By Tom Kertscher• December 2, 2019
Bill de Blasio stated on June 26, 2019 in comments made during the first Democratic presidential primary debate:
"It matters that we nominate a candidate who saw the destruction wrought by a broken health care system and gave people universal health care. … These things really matter. And these are the things that I've done in New York."
By Emmarie Huetteman• June 27, 2019
Michael Bloomberg stated on January 01, 2020 in a television ad:
"Mayor Bloomberg helped lower the number of uninsured by 40 percent, covering 700,000 more New Yorkers"
By Jill Terreri Ramos• January 28, 2020
Rudy Giuliani stated on October 09, 2007 in a debate in Dearborn, Mich.:
"I cut taxes 23 times when I was mayor of New York City."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 9, 2007
Instagram posts stated on February 20, 2024 in Instagram posts:
Migrants in New York City are receiving prepaid debit cards with up to $10,000 and no restrictions.
By Sofia Ahmed• February 22, 2024
Donald Trump stated on March 02, 2020 in a Tweet:
Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!”
By Jill Terreri Ramos• March 11, 2020
Viral image stated on August 04, 2021 in a viral image:
"I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?"
By Tom Kertscher• August 9, 2021
Rudy Giuliani stated on October 21, 2007 in a debate in Orlando, Fla.:
"I brought down crime more than anyone in this country -- maybe in the history of this country -- while I was mayor of New York City." -
By Wes Allison• October 22, 2007
Coalition for the Homeless stated on April 08, 2020 in a newspaper interview:
New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio “has absolutely to this point refused to do that.”
By Rachel Kimmel, Julia Schneider• May 13, 2020
Andrew Cuomo stated on April 11, 2020 in a briefing:
Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.
By Rachel Kimmel, John Pullano• April 30, 2020

Articles (5799)

Can the US government strip Zohran Mamdani of his citizenship?

By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 7, 2025

In Context: Zohran Mamdani’s use of phrase ‘seizing the means of production.’ What’s it mean?

By Amy Sherman• July 3, 2025

Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Fact-checking his statements on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE

By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• November 3, 2025

Can the U.S. government revoke your citizenship? What to know about denaturalization

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 14, 2025

An X account is impersonating an Iranian journalist. The platform’s guidelines allow it

By Loreben Tuquero• July 1, 2025

Who is Bill de Blasio? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Louis Jacobson• June 20, 2019

Who is responsible for helping migrants in Chicago and New York City? Leaders say Biden can do more

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 15, 2023

Bloomberg on health care: Translating his mayoral record to the national stage

By Shefali Luthra• January 23, 2020

Giuliani's "culture of life," defined

By Tom Tobin• October 1, 2007

Fact-checking Mike Bloomberg’s response to redlining attack

By Amy Sherman• February 27, 2020

The Stump Speech Analyzer: Michael Bloomberg

By Miriam Valverde• February 14, 2020

New York state of mind

By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• April 6, 2015

State budget allocates ‘flexible’ funding for migrant support in New York City

By Jill Terreri Ramos• May 30, 2024

Who made Big Apple sweeter?

By Neil Skene• November 21, 2007

How large is the rebirth in Lower Manhattan?

By Bill Wichert• September 11, 2011

What we know about the ‘outside agitators’ being blamed for campus protests

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Loreben Tuquero• May 6, 2024

How much credit does Giuliani deserve for fighting crime?

By Wes Allison• September 1, 2007

Who is Michael Bloomberg? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Tom Kertscher• December 3, 2019

No sanctuary from exaggeration

By Bill Adair• November 19, 2007

Have sex crimes on New York City's subway increased under de Blasio?

By Dan Clark• October 27, 2017