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New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has moved quickly to prioritize tenant protections and affordable housing, re-establishing and empowering a Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants and signing mul...
Zohran Mamdani is the newly elected Mayor of New York City, a 34-year-old Democratic socialist, Queens Assemblyman, and the city's first Muslim, South Asian, and Africa-born mayor. His background comb...
The -policing">Minneapolis 2020 Civil Unrest After‑Action Review concluded that the city’s response to the protests following murder was plagued by disorganized command, fractured communications, and ...
The New York court system processes felony cases for high-profile individuals through the same formal criminal procedures that apply to any defendant: arrest, arraignment, prosecution, discovery, pret...
There is no verified, credible reporting that police have formally arrested as a routine or sanctioned course of action; viral clips purporting to show cuffing federal immigration agents have been deb...
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) is a New York City law that gives certified community-based nonprofits and similar “qualified entities” a prioritized, often exclusive, right to purcha...
Several political and community leaders opposed organizations that endorsed Zohran Mamdani, or publicly withheld support from him, creating visible splits during and after the 2025 New York mayoral ca...
Dearborn’s Arab American community is central to the city’s identity: new Census figures show people of Middle Eastern or North African ancestry are a majority (54.5%) in Dearborn, and the city hosts ...
’ murders fell in 2025 — city officials report 64 homicides last year, down from 77 in 2024 — but available reporting and public dashboards in the provided sources do not supply a definitive, current ...
Businesses in the cannot unilaterally create legally enforceable “” restrictions on public streets; parking on public streets is governed by the San Diego Municipal Code and the Vehicle Code and restr...
’s push to let lawful noncitizen residents vote in municipal elections was rejected by state courts at every level, culminating in a 6–1 decision by that the state constitution “draws a firm line rest...
has signaled a that embraces tools to change zoning and accelerate housing production while pairing that with expanded public investment and tenant protections . His coalition mixes traditional left-w...
There is no verified reporting that City Police Department officers have arrested agents; a widely shared video claiming such an arrest was debunked as AI-generated and demonstrable instances instead ...
City Attorney office, which prosecutes violations of municipal ordinances and advises city agencies, frames the idea that local law can apply to conduct inside the city; proponents have argued that if...
is arresting agents are not supported by verifiable reporting: there is no credible evidence of or city officials systematically detaining federal immigration officers, while what has occurred in rece...
The New York City mayor wields substantial agenda-setting, budgetary and administrative power to shape housing and social programs, but cannot unilaterally legally freeze rents across regulated and ma...
Seattle in late 2025 is a city of contrasts: grappling with emergency responses to climate-driven flooding after a levee breach while navigating local politics, public safety concerns, and cultural re...
Katie Wilson defeated incumbent Bruce Harrell in the November 4, 2025, Seattle mayoral contest and was declared the winner with roughly 50.2% to 49.5% of the vote after nearly 280,000 ballots were cou...
Zohran Mamdani is the projected winner and mayor-elect of New York City following the November 4, 2025 mayoral election; multiple contemporary reports describe him as a 34-year-old democratic socialis...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams sponsored and advanced a mix of tenant-protection, criminal-justice reform, and small-business support laws during his term, with notable victories including the (pass...