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Wait until he starts making policy. Then see if you’re still thrilled. We’v been disappointed in the past.
I'd rather have him fail on half of his policies than Cuomo implement all of his.
The optimist in me wants you to shut up but the realist in me knows that will be the true test.
Agreed. Sucks being a lib/progressive and being constantly disappointed in some way by your leadership. Meanwhile, the right sets everything on fire, including themselves, and parties like it’s 2099.
some things are more do-able than others. Free buses is easy. bringing down rents, not so much.
I’m more concerned with performative things like (hypothetically) making it ok to paint rainbow crosswalks vs. taxing billionaires or allowing ICE to go uncontrolled in the Boroughs.
"making policy". Yes, the mayor. Who makes the laws. That mayor making policies.
Do you think that all a mayor does is send press releases and give the key to the city to the Powerpuff girls? In NYC especially, local government controls a lot
What a mayor does varies rather a lot between cities.
You're not wrong (in my city, the "mayor" is basically another city council member with no extra powers, just the same voting power as the other council members), but I don't quite get what you're disagreeing with me on.
Just pointing out that some people may have mayors that are more symbolic than anything so it's not unreasonable to assume the mayor of NYC is similar. I'm not disagreeing per se.
But in NYC: Mayor of New York City - Wikipedia https://share.google/X5YRgBrWjdwhEK7o1
What does NYC's mayor control? A look at which powers the office does, and does not, hold. - CBS New York https://share.google/RCzPsITmolAMyzPPy
The mayor of New York City makes policies that affect more people than the governors of all but the twelve largest states. More than the smallest ten combined. His policies affect almost as many people as live in the rest of New York State.
Mamdani is about to become a massively powerful figure in American politics.
Yes?