A concise catalog of his achievements and stumbles six months in
During last year’s campaign, many raised questions about what a Democratic Socialist assemblyman with no management experience could accomplish as mayor of the nation’s largest city.
Six months into his term, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani has overseen some notable achievements. He has lowered crime rates, won legislative concessions for two of his top priorities in Albany, delivered a rent freeze (through the Rent Guidelines Board he largely appoints) on regulated apartments, and eked out a budget hours before its deadline, while welcoming hundreds of thousands of sports-crazed revelers from around the world into city streets this summer without major incidents. He’s won praise among many who see housing production as key to delivering a more affordable city by releasing a robust “Block by Block” plan to encourage construction as well as identifying ways to speed permitting approvals. These are just plans, of course; the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
