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Mamdani’s Rise and the Fractured Coalition | New York City News
New York’s new mayor, Mamdani, is rewriting the political playbook — and it’s stirring tension across the city’s historic ethnic power centers. While his commanding election wins and soaring approval ratings show broad appeal, Black, Latino, Jewish, Italian, and Irish community leaders feel sidelined by his social-media-driven, youth-focused strategy. Once a hallmark of mayoral success — deep engagement with cultural institutions — is now seen as outdated. Though his administration credits missteps to bureaucracy, the backlash is real. Still, with wins on childcare and safety, Mamdani’s…
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