Zohran Mamdani, United Federation of Teachers and NYC
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Mr. Mamdani, a state assemblyman and the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, is taking on a small handful of more experienced campaign hands.
The safety measures limiting what an irresponsible New York City mayor can do are more myth than reality in a one-party, increasingly leftist state.
Jack Lew, Obama's former treasury secretary, criticized NYC mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani's plans to tax corporations and the wealthy, comparing them to populist policies that may not work.
The Times published a report citing hacked documents that show Mamdani identified as "Black or African American" on his application.
Johnson described Dallas as the nation's first "sanctuary city from socialism" in a message seemingly directed toward New Yorkers.