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There is no verified reporting that the Police Department is routinely arresting agents; a widely shared video that appeared to show NYPD officers arresting federal agents was identified as AI-generat...
Aber Kawas is a Palestinian-American community organizer and activist in New York City who has worked with Arab and Muslim organizations since about 2010 and recently moved into electoral politics as ...
Zohran Mamdani, mayor‑elect of New York City, campaigned on making city buses fare‑free and has proposed policies to fund such a program, but the plan is not implemented and faces significant fiscal a...
Zohran Mamdani’s public responses to criticism from Charlie Kirk have centered on condemning political violence, asserting a shared humanity that includes Palestinians, and previously characterizing K...
has been arrested are resolved through three complementary paths: contemporaneous public records and booking data, on-the-ground reporting and official statements, and retrospective legal documents or...
Democrats flipped at least three New York U.S. House seats in the 2024 cycle — including a special-election pickup by Tom Suozzi in February and two November flips that raised Democrats’ delegation sh...
Zohran Mamdani’s legislative record in the New York State Assembly is reported differently across outlets, but the available sources agree he has been the lead sponsor of roughly 20–21 bills and the c...
Available reporting identifies at least one named immigrant-rights group — New York Immigration Coalition Action — that publicly endorsed Zohran Mamdani during the 2025 mayoral contest; multiple other...
A viral clip purportedly showing officers arresting federal agents has been debunked: ’s fact-check concluded the clip was AI-generated and traced it to a account that posts fabricated . Reporting doe...
The 118th Congress ran from January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2025; several New York House seats changed hands during that term through expulsions and special elections, and additional turnover occurred i...
Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani missed 24 of the 71 legislative days in the New York State Assembly’s 2025 session — roughly one-third of the session — and was absent for the entire final month of the s...
Multiple immigrant- and Muslim-focused organizations publicly supported Zohran Mamdani during the 2025 controversies around his background and campaign. Reporting specifically names the Muslim Democra...
Zohran Mamdani’s activism and political rise are repeatedly linked in major reporting to close family influences — notably his father, scholar Mahmood Mamdani, and mother, filmmaker Mira Nair — and to...
Constituents and advocacy groups have reacted to Zohran Mamdani’s sponsored bills along sharply divided lines: progressive and grassroots groups have praised his agenda on issues from transit and tena...
Zohran Mamdani served in the New York State Assembly representing District 36 from January 2021 and is the subject of reporting summarizing his legislative record: outlets say he was lead sponsor of r...
Michael Bloomberg is repeatedly identified in the provided reporting as New York’s most active billionaire philanthropist, with Bloomberg Philanthropies widely cited as a top donor and Bloomberg toppi...
Available reporting shows Zohran Mamdani ran for and won New York City mayor while prominently campaigning on making city buses fare-free, and he has framed the pandemic-era free-bus pilot as preceden...
Multiple organizations and commentators have produced fiscal analyses or commentary on Zohran Mamdani’s tax proposals, but in the materials provided. The Empire Center, Cato Institute, Fiscal Policy I...