Mamdani staffed his administration with corporate-friendly appointees, retained police commissioner Jessica Tisch, and established a business advisory council despite campaign promises to challenge the establishment. The mayor implemented austerity measures cutting teacher hiring and pension payments while blocking wage increases for low-paid workers and firing Haitian municipal workers under Trump's immigration policies.
DSA Mayor Mamdani Embraces Establishment After 8 Months in Office
Transit worker Moet McCullum, 41, was struck and killed by a D train while setting up flagging lights; police killed Pamela Cisneros and Chaun Bottom; dozens to hundreds of Haitian workers were fired.