Zohran Mamdani faces a daunting task: making his campaign pledges a reality

The democratic socialist promised free childcare and buses and a rent freeze – can he deliver before New Yorkers lose patience?After more than a year of repeating ambitious promises about freezing rent and making childcare free, Zohran Mamdani will wake on Wednesday with a daunting task ahead of him: make those things reality for New York City.The 34-year-old democratic socialist ran New York’s most ambitious mayoral campaign in years, attracting hundreds of thousands of supporters with bold promises to make the largest US city affordable. Continue reading...