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She does call what’s happened in Gaza a “humanitarian crisis”

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Council Speaker Menin declines to say whether she thinks Israel’s military campaign in Gaza amounts to a genocide:

“I'm not a member of Congress,” she says. “That's not the purview of the City Council. I'm really focused on being speaker of the City Council.”

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Mayor Mamdani was asked about how he feels about being called a “traitor” by hard-left pro-Palestine protesters last night.

Mamdani says he was “proud” to attend a vigil for Oct. 7 victims and again condemns the war in Gaza as a “genocide.”

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NEW: Both @ZohranKMamdani and @AOC expected to attend an @AbdulElSayed fund-raiser in New York City on Monday.

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@TheLastFarm @bigblackjacobin Yes indeed….. all other native plants: blackgum trees, Eastern redbud trees, purple lovegrass, little bluestem grass and Virginia roses

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Mayor Mamdani announces he’s moving forward with Box St Park in Greenpoint, a project first announced 21 yrs ago.

“That was 2005. When that promise was made, movies came out on VHS.”

He says there will be skyline views, a bball court, dog run and plants like seaside goldenrod.

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‼️ Mayor Mamdani to appear on Theo Von’s podcast this afternoon.

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Mayor Mamdani says Trump admin’s AI approach is concerning and “years behind” — but he doesn’t name Trump.

“I continue to hope that there will be a very different approach taken to the question of AI than simply couching it in the language of an arms race with China,” he says

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Mayor Mamdani says that he's finally received his high-level security clearance, after over 9 months on the job w/o it.

"I have my security clearance now," he says.

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Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo bought a (very nice) estate in Southampton https://t.co/DT3aIfVpkx

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Update: the city has appealed the ruling, triggering an auto stay and allowing the city to continue with the implementation of the tax.

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New: In a setback for Mayor Mamdani, justice in the OG lawsuit against the pied-à-terre tax has ruled the notices for the taxes were "arbitrarily and capricious" and are to be cancelled.

The judge also orders the massive supplemental property tax roll online must be taken down.

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Mamdani reiterates he will stop SRG from responding to protests, not w an “inshallah timeline, but an actual one”

Comes after SRG arrested political allies protesting Netanyahu at the UN.

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Mayor Mamdani says he would “love to” campaign alongside AOC, as well as with Gov. Hochul.

“Generally, my focus is New York City. What I will say is that I'm incredibly excited to be out there and my support for Governor Hochul.”

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Netanyahu says Mamdani has "Hamas buddies" who wanted to kill all Jews in his remarks at the UN.

"Shame on you for distorting the facts, for inverting victim & aggressor... Mr. Mamdani, you try to stop me from coming here, you try to silence me. Well, you can't silence me."

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Mayor Mamdani announces a $131m settlement with DoorDash after it underpaid or failed to pay more than 250,000 delivery workers.

“NYC and the tens of 1000s of delivery workers who call our city home have reckoned with greed as a business model for far too long,” Mamdani says.

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Asked by @katie_honan about their disagreement on TPS, Trump says they talked about it during the meeting.

“The mayor feels very strongly about it. I can tell you, and he did bring it up, but he feels very, very strongly about it. I feel strongly about a lot of things.”

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Mayor Mamdani and President Trump exit Gracie Mansion after meeting privately.

“Hopefully, you're going to be a great [mayor],” Trump says. “I'll be able to say you're going to be a great one, and you're off to a start.”

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Mamdani says he’s concerned ab a recent report warning AI could lead to the “end of humanity.”

“The news coming out of this technology in recent days and weeks has been incredibly alarming,” Mamdani says. “We should be seeing a far greater response from the federal gov. “