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Zohran Mamdani wants to make NYC housing more affordable for renters and buyers.
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Many NYC street vendors live outside Manhattan and must pay congestion pricing tolls on their commute.
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M15 Bus

Ana Terrones sat in a window seat of the M15 Select bus, brushing raindrops off her jacket and scrolling through her phone. The glow of incoming text messages bounced off her glasses.

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Zohran Mamdani is scrapping a potential NYC property tax hike.
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Halal Carts

Tamer Hassan is ready to get out of the street food game.

He manages four food carts — smoothies, hot dogs, chicken and rice — on 49th Street, just off Times Square. At 45, he's been doing it for a decade.

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives for a press conference at Staten Island University Hospital Community Park on April 27, 2026 in New York City
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has an ambitious list of affordability proposals.
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Bernie Sinclaire and Anabelle Gonzalez

Bernie Sinclaire calls herself a "mommunist."

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to tax empty second homes worth millions.
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Most New York City renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing.

When Massiel Lugo's parents moved to Jackson Heights, Queens, from the Dominican Republic nearly 50 years ago, the working-class neighborhood was an affordable place to raise a family.

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NYC's pied-à-terre tax is a rare tax policy agreement between Mamdani and Hochul.