New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s popularity in the metropolis has surged since his election last month, according to a new poll.
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s popularity in the metropolis has surged since his election last month, according to a new poll.
“making policy”. Yes, the mayor. Who makes the laws. That mayor making policies.
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.
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
Yes?