Mamdani Mugs for the Cameras — and Accidentally Reveals the Truth About NYC Housing
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Last week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani made two appearances designed to showcase a hands-on leader tackling the city’s housing crisis.
Instead, they revealed a mayor focused on optics — while missing the priorities that matter.
In one social-media video, the mayor shadowed Housing Preservation and Development inspectors at a privately owned apartment building.
Here comes the mayor, on the ground — cameras in tow — to hold landlords accountable.
“There’s a lot of New Yorkers who live with a worry about whether or not the conditions they’re living in are actually up to code,” Mamdani declared.
“It’s the city’s job to deliver them.”
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John Ketcham is a legal policy fellow and director of Cities at the Manhattan Institute.