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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Mamdani’s Platform

AOC 2028: : The Future of American Progressivism



Zohran Mamdani’s 2025 New York City mayoral campaign platform focused on addressing the cost-of-living crisis for working-class New Yorkers through progressive, socialist-inspired policies. Key proposals included:

  • Rent Freeze: Freezing rent increases for over 2 million tenants in rent-stabilized apartments to prevent displacement and provide immediate financial relief.
  • Free Public Buses: Expanding a successful fare-free bus pilot program citywide to increase ridership, reduce violence against drivers, and ease transit costs. Estimated cost: $900 million annually.
  • Universal No-Cost Childcare: Offering free childcare for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years to support working parents and boost the economy. Estimated cost: $2–$7 billion annually.
  • City-Owned Grocery Stores: Establishing five municipal grocery stores (one per borough) to sell affordable staples at wholesale prices, addressing food deserts and price gouging. Estimated cost: $60 million.
  • Affordable Housing: Tripling the city’s production of permanently affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes, including 200,000 new public housing units.
  • Raising Minimum Wage: Increasing the city’s minimum wage to $30 per hour by 2030.
  • Tax Increases: Funding these initiatives by raising $10 billion through higher taxes on corporations (to 11.5%) and a 2% flat tax on incomes over $1 million, plus hiring more tax auditors and cracking down on corrupt landlords.
  • Community Safety: Creating a Department of Community Safety to prevent violence through mental health and crisis response programs, reducing reliance on police.
  • Trump-Proofing NYC: Strengthening sanctuary city policies by expelling ICE from city facilities, increasing legal support for immigrants, and protecting LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights.
Mamdani’s platform, endorsed by economists like Yanis Varoufakis and backed by progressive leaders like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aimed to reject austerity and make life more affordable. Critics, including business leaders and opponents like Andrew Cuomo, argued the proposals were fiscally unrealistic and underestimated costs, requiring state approvals unlikely from Governor Kathy Hochul.






In N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race, Mamdani Responds to a Call for His Deportation Vickie Paladino, a councilwoman from Queens, called Zohran Mamdani a “radical leftist” who hates America, and warned against “future Zohrans.” ......... a Republican city councilwoman from Queens called for him to be deported. (Mr. Mamdani is a U.S. citizen.)

AOC 2028: : The Future of American Progressivism

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