An Emboldened Mamdani Sheds Conciliatory Tone

“A newly empowered Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday vowed to use his convincing victory in the New York City mayor’s race as a mandate to push an ambitious progressive agenda past potential obstacles, from billionaire antagonists to Albany bureaucracy,” the New York Times reports.

“In a shift from the mollifying tone he had used for months, Mr. Mamdani made clear that while he would govern for all New Yorkers, he was determined to deliver for those who had been agitating for structural change.”

“The shift in tone was most striking when it came to his plan to raise taxes on the wealthy.”