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Mr. Mamdani, a democratic socialist who ran on an #affordability agenda,
pledged during the campaign to freeze rent on the city’s nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments.

“We know we are fighting for a #rent #freeze, but that is not the extent of our efforts,”

Mr. Mamdani said. “We will also stand up for tenants, build #new #housing and get New Yorkers into housing faster.”

Mamdani also signed an executive order #revoking all orders issued by former Mayor #Eric #Adams after his indictment in September 2024 on federal corruption charges.

He signed another to create the structure of his new administration with five #deputy #mayors.

Mr. Mamdani said that he revoked the orders that Mr. Adams’ issued after his indictment,
which was later dismissed at the request of the Trump administration,
because that was when Mr. Adams lost the public’s trust.

Two executive orders that Mr. Mamdani revoked allowed federal immigration officials to investigate criminal activity at the #Rikers #Island #jail complex
and created an office focused on #blockchain technology, a passion of Mr. Adams who often talked about #cryptocurrency.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/nyregion/mamdani-housing-executive-orders.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Mamdani’s First Orders Focus on Housing and Undoing Adams’s Decisions

Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as mayor of New York City. They were aimed at protecting tenants and revoking some of ex-Mayor Eric Adams’s past orders.

The New York Times

The USA Potato Nov 5

“I Think That Protest Is a Healthy Part of Any Democracy,” Says Mamdani

The mayor-elect discusses the New York City Housing Authority, a possible Department of Community Safety, and more.

https://murica.website/2025/11/i-think-that-protest-is-a-healthy-part-of-any-democracy-says-mamdani/

“I Think That Protest Is a Healthy Part of Any Democracy,” Says Mamdani – The USA Potato

(((JaneinNJ)))Aug 11, 2025

Lovely story. A new #Jewish prayer book at #Rikers. https://babka.social/@dukepaaron/115012520012549808

נאריש זשלאָב מענטש (@[email protected])

"When some of #Rabbi Mia Simring’s congregants named themselves The Very Narrow Bridge Congregation, they weren’t just referring to the anthemic #Hebrew song “Gesher Tsar Meod” or the teaching from Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav on which it is based. They were also alluding to their status as inmates on #RikersIsland, #NewYorkCity’s largest #jail. “Everybody there knows that they are separated from the rest of their lives by an actual very narrow bridge,” Simring said. So when it came time to name the jail’s new #siddur — perhaps the first ever #Jewish prayer book compiled expressly for the use in a correctional facility — the choice was obvious. “The Very Narrow Bridge: A Rikers Island Siddur” entered use earlier this summer." https://www.jta.org/2025/08/11/religion/new-on-rikers-island-a-jewish-prayerbook-designed-with-incarcerated-congregants-in-mind

Babka Social

b҉Jul 10, 2025

one of my fav attorneys sent this link to the group chat.

I remember hearing a lot about this for a while, prob via democracy now etc, but hadn’t thought of it in a minute.

everyone should listen to it & think about what our society is, how easily (in a combined & uneven way, ofc) it could happen to you or someone you love.

#KaliefBrowder #rikers #USPOL #Massincarceration #stopandfrisk #racism #fascism #publicdefense

Kalief Browder: A Decade Later

Ten years after his suicide, lessons from what Browder shared with The New Yorker about his time in solitary confinement.

The New Yorker

sadele2 Jun 21, 2025

Two #Rikers Island deaths in one afternoon Friday

"The deaths follow five others this year that legal aid organizations have described as “Rikers-related” — people who died in the Department of Corrections’ custody, or shortly after release. According to the Board of Corrections, five people died at Rikers in all of 2024."

https://gothamist.com/news/two-rikers-island-deaths-in-a-single-day-friday

Flipboard News Desk May 13, 2025

After years of dysfunction and court battles, a judge has seized control of Riker’s Island prison in New York City. Read more from @[email protected]
https://flip.it/UW6RvV
#Prison #NYC #Judge #NewYork #Rikers #RikersIsland

Judge seizes control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex

Judge Laura Taylor Swain criticized the city's conduct in a 77-page ruling.

ABC News

Flipboard News Desk May 13, 2025

Judge seizes control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex

Judge Laura Taylor Swain criticized the city's conduct in a 77-page ruling.

ABC News

Enter504 Periódico Digital Apr 22, 2025

#Internacionales Jueza bloquea plan del alcalde Nueva York para instalar oficina de inmigración en prisión #PlanICE #ICE #NuevaYork #Rikers #EricAdams #Corrupcion #EstadosUnidos
👇 https://enter504.com/jueza-bloquea-plan-de-ice-en-rikers/

Jueza bloquea plan de ICE en Rikers

Una jueza bloqueó temporalmente este lunes el plan del alcalde de Nueva York, Eric Adams, para permitir que se instale una oficina del Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) en la prisión municipal de Rikers, la más grande de la ciudad.

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