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DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 hours ago

[US Politics] How much can Mamdani even do as Mayor? Couldn't the NYC City Coucil just block every progressive thing he tries to do?

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[US Politics] How much can Mamdani even do as Mayor? Couldn't the NYC City Coucil just block every progressive thing he tries to do?

DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 hours ago
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  • RegalPotoo@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Mayor of New York isn’t the end goal

  • litchralee@sh.itjust.works
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    I’m no expert in New York City governance; I’m not even on the same coast as New York. West Coast, Best Coast.

    With that said, NYC’s size and structure is not too dissimilar to that of a US State, save for a unicameral legislative body (New York City Council). Matching that, the Mayor of NYC is the head of the executive, with powers to appoint commissioners to various agencies and civil/criminal courts, as well as executive functions like administering city services like fire departments, police, and tax collection.

    Meanwhile, the 51-member Council is headed by the Speaker, who presides over the body and controls the order that legislation is considered. So far as I can tell, the members are elected by district, every four years, so that each district has roughly the same population. So far, these procedures parallel those of US State governments.

    As for the interplay between the Mayor and the Council, the defining criteria of any government is how it achieves its policy objectives, in passing the budget. Like with the California Governor, the Mayor’s office will propose – and later execute once duly-passed – the budget and the Council will consider and approve or reject it. The final budget is sent to the Mayor for ratification, but can also be vetoed. In this case, the Council can vote to override a mayoral veto.

    So for the titular question, with regards to only the structure of the government of NYC, yes, the Council could very much block much of what a future Mayor Mamdani wants to achieve. The Council could do this by passing laws that mandate minimum fares for transit, forcing tax breaks for the wealthy, and anything else that directly counters his policies. But he could veto such laws, and the Council would have to muster some 2/3 of the votes to push it through.

    In turn, though, a future Mayor Mamdani could potentially use his executive control to direct the transit system to vary (read: change) the tariff structure so that bus routes in less well-off neighborhoods become free. Within the parameters of existing law, the Mayor could also instruct the Police Chief to do (or not do) certain things, and this wouldn’t be within the Council’s direct control except that they could have a Council committee do an investigation and raise new legislation. But that goes back to what the Council can and can’t do.

    Essentially, there’s a fair amount of ground for a progressive NYC Mayor to deliver campaign promises, except that the budget and existing laws will require working with the Council. But as a practical matter, if a future mayor wins a substantial fraction of the city-wide vote, it would be strange that 2/3 of the Council could be in staunch opposition.

    And that budget vulnerability can actually be a negotiating tactic. Here in California, setting aside any broader opinions about the policies and wisdom of the currently second-term Governor of California, he managed to negotiate a bill to cut red-tape for housing (or roll-back environmental laws, depending on who you ask) and tie it to the state budget, due end of June. So when push comes to shove, when the budget is coming due, there would suddenly be room to negotiate, even with bitter enemies. No one respects a government that cannot pass a budget on-time.

  • someguy3@lemmy.world
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    New York state has a whole bunch of power over the city too. I think the city had real bad finances a long time ago and part of bailout by the state can’t with a whole bunch of power.

  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au
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    I can’t decide if I want him to enact all his communist/socialist policies and give American’s a first hand experience of why Communism is terrible, or if I want common sense to prevail and his communist/socialist policies are stopped before he can destroy NYC.

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      Muh freedumb!

    • Fleur_@aussie.zone
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      Some people clearly never been fishing with the way they respond to bait

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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      Yeah man, reverting back to the old stabilized rent control policies and opening a city owned wholesale grocers, and making DoorDash pay minimum wage. Socialism as in Norway, not Stalin.

      Stalin was the dude who purged all of his dissenters from his party, implemented mass deportations, and threw people in lawless gulags. Kind of like America’s current president.

      • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au
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        https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/seize-means-of-production-zohran-mamdanis-end-goal-gives-communist-refugees-chills-viral-video/ar-AA1HJ64f

        I’m sure the people that fled communist countries because of how bad communism went, destroying the countries in the process, would disagree with you.

    • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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      Do you have any specific policies you are worried about?

      • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au
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        Just the general racist “take all the white mans stuff and give it to minorities”, “seize the means of production” garbage. You know, communism things.

        • ddplf@szmer.info
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          take all the white mans stuff and give it to minorities

          Where did you get that from?

          seize the means of production

          How do you understand it?

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            https://nypost.com/2025/06/27/us-news/socialist-nyc-mayoral-contender-zohran-mamdani-wants-to-hike-property-taxes-for-richer-and-whiter-neighborhoods/

            https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/seize-means-of-production-zohran-mamdanis-end-goal-gives-communist-refugees-chills-viral-video/ar-AA1HJ64f

        • Drusas@fedia.io
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          So, stuff you made up.

          • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au
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            He’s literally on record saying those are his plan lol

            https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/seize-means-of-production-zohran-mamdanis-end-goal-gives-communist-refugees-chills-viral-video/ar-AA1HJ64f

            https://nypost.com/2025/06/27/us-news/socialist-nyc-mayoral-contender-zohran-mamdani-wants-to-hike-property-taxes-for-richer-and-whiter-neighborhoods/

            Still think I made it up?

        • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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          Cool. I just wanted to make sure my downvote and block was warranted.

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            https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExazZkZTVuZmRxZjNwMmwxZ3g2MWpmMmUxMmdhY2J3NDBuZHQ4dTd1OCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/kpWsSsg8NvSKi98T3W/giphy.gif

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