Overview
- In a new opinion essay, Slavoj Žižek frames Zohran Mamdani’s victory as proof that democratic socialists can mobilize voters and predicts establishment attempts to undermine his term.
- The mayor-elect, a democratic socialist set to take office on January 1, outlines plans for rent caps, free childcare, expanded bus service, higher taxes on the wealthy, office-to-housing conversions and reallocating parts of the police budget.
- Conservative and business-oriented critics warn the program could deepen budget shortfalls, trigger capital flight and complicate public safety efforts.
- Intra-party tensions persist, with reports that prominent Democrats — including Senate leader Chuck Schumer — withheld public endorsements during the campaign.
- Public attention is growing around Rama Duwaji, an illustrator and ceramicist whose work engages migration and Palestine and who reportedly helped shape the campaign’s visual identity.