Donald Trump has said that he will withhold funding for New York City if presumptive Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor after November’s general election and doesn’t do the “right thing.”
Donald Trump has said that he will withhold funding for New York City if presumptive Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor after November’s general election and doesn’t do the “right thing.”
Mamdani is a NYC mayorial candidate who is a member of DSA, pro-palestine, has stated that he would have Netanyahu arrested if he came to NYC, and is running on a platform of:
This type of program has been working out well for Albuquerque. It removes a lot of police intervention for calls they aren’t trained for (anything not involving a weapon, pretty much).
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/acs-reports-94-success-rate-in-violence-intervention-program/
https://csgjusticecenter.org/publications/expanding-first-response/program-highlights/albuquerque-nm/
UPK = universal pre-kindergarten
(Source: I just looked it up because I didn’t have a clue!)
What’s the situation with grocery stores in NYC that the mayor has to promise city owned grocery stores?
Commercial groceries are expensive, a city owned distributer can negotiate prices with food suppliers and pass those savings along to citizens by selling food at or extremely near cost.
Also food deserts.
Food deserts, I imagine.
What he’s been saying is that NYC has an affordability problem. People can’t afford basic necessities (rent, food, transportation, childcare). Can’t speak for availability and pricing myself, I don’t live in the US.