Overview
- Rep. Buddy Carter is advancing the two-page MAMDANI Act, which seeks to rescind unobligated federal funds and bar new federal spending to New York City for as long as Zohran Mamdani is mayor.
- President Trump has threatened to provide only the minimum funding required by law to New York City following Mamdani’s victory.
- Republican strategists signal they will link vulnerable Democrats nationwide to Mamdani and his platform to energize GOP voters.
- Reporting and legal experts note that a president cannot unilaterally block congressionally authorized funds, and the House measure faces long odds.
- Carter, who is running for U.S. Senate in Georgia, framed the move as rejecting “communism” and publicly urged New Yorkers to relocate to his state.