À New York, retour sur une surprise démocrate nommée Zohran Mamdani

La victoire du candidat de 33 ans aux primaires démocrates pour la mairie de #NewYork montre le divorce entre la base du parti et son sommet. Elle souligne qu’il est possible de mobiliser et de gagner en parlant des préoccupations de la vie quotidienne, comme le logement et les transports.

Par @bougon › https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/270625/new-york-retour-sur-une-surprise-democrate-nommee-zohran-mamdani?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart

A key part of the New York City mayoral races was Ranked Choice Voting.

I'm not seeing many news articles mention this yet (correct me if I'm wrong though!).

Ranked choice let's us vote first for who we actually want.... and then put in backup votes for "good enough" candidates and allows us to compromise and find common ground.

It destroys the concepts of "lesser of two evils" and "throwing away your vote".

I hope we see Ranked Choice voting everywhere.

#newYork#NYC#NYCMayor#ZohranMamdani

There's deep anxiety among New York's elite that a win by Zohran Mamdani in November's mayoral race would lead to higher taxes and a subsequent exodus of wealthy residents from the five boroughs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/26/markets/mamdani-shock-wall-street/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #zohranmamdani #andrewcuomo #newyorkcity #newyork #wallstreet

N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign a bill that bans anonymous complaints to the state child abuse hotline. The law would still maintain the confidentiality of callers.

The change comes in the wake of a 2023 ProPublica investigation that showed how the hotline had been weaponized by people endlessly calling in baseless allegations against exes or rivals.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-bans-anonymous-child-welfare-reports?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#NewYork#Abuse#Law#Family#Children

How Hotels, Once a Last Resort, Became New York’s Default Answer to Homelessness
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Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from accessing services like child care and help finding housing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-homelessness-hotels?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#NY#NewYork#Homelessness#Homeless#Hotel#Housing#Shelter

"#YIVO’s story, which began in 1925 in #Vilna (now #Vilnius) as a means to lend scholarly legitimacy to the #Yiddish language and #Jewish people of Eastern #Europe, took a more existential turn in #WorldWarII, by which time YIVO’s headquarters had relocated to #NewYork, with most of its materials remaining behind."

https://forward.com/culture/731245/yivo-institute-jewish-research-exhibit-centennial-history/