100 days of Mayor Mamdani
4/22/202626 min
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's success may speak to a major shift among liberals on Israel and populism. If the Democratic Party will listen. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina Al-Sadi with help from Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during his 100-day address. Photo by Ryan Murphy/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSean Rameswaram· Host0:00
Here's a probably incomplete list of things that Zohran Mamdani either did or announced just last week. [upbeat music] He said he was gonna open the first in a series of city-owned grocery stores.
Zohran Mamdani· Guest0:11
One of those stores will be at La Marqueta in El Barrio.
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:14
[crowd cheering] On tax day, in a video that, according to his top press person, got forty million views in twenty hours, he said he's gonna tax the rich.
Zohran Mamdani· Guest0:23
When I ran for mayor, I said I was gonna tax the rich.
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:26
He redoubled the city's efforts to get rid of the rats.
Zohran Mamdani· Guest0:29
Everyone that knows me, they know one thing. I hate rats.
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:32
And correlation or causation, but the Trump administration said they'd release sixty million dollars in funding for New York City's subways.
Zohran Mamdani· Guest0:40
He's a communist.
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:40
On the occasion of the completion of his first hundred days in office, we at Today Explained are gonna take a look at Mayor Mamdani and talk about what he's accomplished, because it seems like a lot, and we're gonna ask if the Democratic Party is taking note, because it seems like they should.
Speaker 20:56
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Sean Rameswaram· Host1:28
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