He\u2019s Zo-ing back on his word.<\/p>\n
Many of Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s lofty campaign promises have already bitten the dust 100 days in, as he makes a U-turn or scales them back almost beyond recognition.<\/p>\n
His improbable path from Democratic socialist also-ran to victory in 2025\u2019s election came in no small part from the sweeping, voter-pleasing pledges.<\/p>\n
Mayor Zohran Mamdani hit 100 days in office. Paul Martinka for NY Post<\/p>\n
Mayor Zohran Mamdani broke several key promises during his first 100 days in office. Andrew Schwartz \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n
While his marquee platforms of universal child care, fast and free buses and a rent freeze clearly captured voters\u2019 imaginations, he made a slew of other promises that would quickly \u2014 and significantly \u2014 reshape New York City, including:<\/p>\n
City-owned grocery stores<\/p>\n
Mamdani\u2019s early viral promise to open city-run grocery stores has all but disappeared from the conversation during his first 100 days in office.<\/p>\n
The pitch that candidate Mamdani made repeatedly was that five grocery stores \u2014 one in each borough \u2014 could sell food to hard-working New Yorkers at wholesale prices if the city covered rent and property taxes.<\/p>\n
But no such city-owned grocery stores have opened.<\/p>\n
Instead, Mamdani has just proposed $70 million in new funding for the city\u2019s Economic Development Corporation to scout potential locations for and build the five stores.<\/p>\n
Mamdani swept to victory during the 2025 mayoral election by making several voter-pleasing promises. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n
Department of Community Safety<\/p>\n
Mamdani\u2019s much-hyped major promise to launch a new city \u201cDepartment of Community Safety\u201d \u2014 with a $1.1 billion dollar price tag \u2014 that would have social workers respond to non-violent 911 calls instead of NYPD cops has fallen short of its lofty ambitions.<\/p>\n
Hizzoner so far has just rolled out a \u201cMayor\u2019s Office of Community Safety\u201d \u2014 a lite version <\/a>of his original promise with just two staffers and a murky $260 million budget.<\/p>\n Strategic Response Group<\/p>\n When Mamdani entered the mayoral race in 2024 as a longshot candidate, he vowed to disband the NYPD\u2019s Strategic Response Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n The elite unit tasked with responding to protests is still sticking around, though Mamdani has repeatedly vowed that he\u2019ll dismantle it.<\/p>\n \tZohran\u2019s little red book: The Post reveals what it thinks Mamdani’s first 100 days would look like<\/p>\n January 1:\u00a0Dear diary, I\u2019m the mayor! AOC owes me $20, she of little faith. She\u2019s refusing to pay, saying I should take solace in the \u201cwarmth of collectivism.\u201d After the block party, stopped by the new office to change the definition of antisemitism and allow people to boycott Israel. Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n January 6:\u00a0For some reason, my girl Cea Weaver is in trouble for saying she wanted to \u201cseize private property\u201d and that homeownership was a \u201cweapon of white supremacy.\u201d Duh! That was on my campaign platform! Also I moved into Gracie Mansion.<\/p>\n January 7:\u00a0Still cleaning up after Eric. How many glo-sticks does one mayor need? This place really needs a bidet. How can the bedroom\u00a0still\u00a0smell of Bill deB\u2019s weed?<\/p>\n January 14:\u00a0King Don called. Apparently still upset that I\u2019m letting illegal immigrant criminals go. I said he looked handsome on TV and he calmed down a little.<\/p>\n January 28:\u00a0People are blaming me for homeless people freezing outside. I blame the patriarchy.<\/p>\n January 30:\u00a0Got to try out my drop, the \u201cCity of New York\u201d jacket. Beard well oiled. Had \u201caura\u201d as the kids say. Put that on a propaganda poster! Smiling this much is starting to hurt.<\/p>\n February 11:\u00a0Tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax<\/p>\n February 12:\u00a0I\u2019ve been brainstorming some new taxes. What if we taxed millionaires for walking above 14th Street? Sidewalk congestion!\u00a0Note: Bring this up at next politburo meeting.<\/p>\n February 17:\u00a0Ugh, \u2018Karen\u2019 Hochul. I TOLD her I needed to have more taxes, and she went \u201cuhhh.\u201d Like c\u2019mon that\u2019s my brand. My X handle is @taxman. I\u2019m seeing if anyone else from my college socialist group wants to run for governor.<\/p>\n February 18:\u00a0Being mayor is hard.<\/p>\n February 26:\u00a0I told Jessica that a kid throwing a snowball at cops is not a crime. Even if that kid is 27 years old with a criminal record and whacked the cop across the head.<\/p>\n March 1:\u00a0Made a TikTok today.<\/p>\n March 2:\u00a0Made another TikTok.<\/p>\n March 8:\u00a0I don\u2019t understand why folks don\u2019t get it. When Rama is with me at official events, she\u2019s a public figure. When she\u2019s tweeting about how much she loves Hamas, she\u2019s a private citizen. Easy peasy. Why can\u2019t my press people get that across? Think we should stop calling on reporters.<\/p>\n March 16:\u00a0Turns out the lawyers say I can\u2019t \u201cban cars.\u201d I thought I was the mayor! But someone said in meeting I can lower speed limit to make walking faster.<\/p>\n April 2:\u00a0Reminder: Get more Crest white strips.<\/p>\n April 8:\u00a0Turns out giving everyone free buses and puppies costs a lot of money. All my friends at the Havana convention are going to be mad.<\/p>\n April 9:\u00a0How is my approval rating only 48%?! Everyone in Park Slope says they love me!<\/p>\n The mayor told the New York Times<\/a> this week that the SRG was part of an \u201cactive conversation\u201d with NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who supports keeping it. He said he\u2019d overrule Tisch if necessary.<\/p>\n \u201cI remain steadfast in my commitment to disband the SRG, to do so in a manner that upholds both First Amendment rights of New Yorkers and keeps New Yorkers safe,\u201d he told the paper.<\/p>\n Homeless encampments<\/p>\n Soon after winning the 2025 mayoral race, Mamdani vowed that he\u2019d stop<\/a> his predecessor Eric Adams\u2019 practice of clearing homeless encampments and focus instead on trying to line up housing for vagrants.<\/p>\n A homeless encampment in the East Village on January 23, 2026. Helayne Seidman for the NY Post<\/p>\n But Mamdani reversed course<\/a> soon after taking office when the city was walloped by back-to-back winter storms that led to at least 29 deaths<\/a>, most outdoors.<\/p>\n He revamped the policy<\/a> by instructing city workers to return to homeless encampments for seven days in a row and try to convince people to move off the streets before tearing\u00a0down their makeshift living structures.<\/p>\n Mamdani has walked back his promise to end sweeps of homeless encampments. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n NYPD gang database<\/p>\n Lefties, including Mamdani on the campaign trail<\/a>, have long argued that the NYPD\u2019s gang database perpetuates racial profiling and should be abolished.<\/p>\n But Mamdani\u2019s once-firm opposition has started to evaporate as he goes deeper into his mayoralty.<\/p>\n The mayor stood silent last week as Tisch said cops use the database \u201cevery day.\u201d When asked about the database Monday, Mamdani said he made his \u201ccritiques of the database clear\u201d and claimed that the NYPD was in the process of making reforms.<\/p>\n NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has maintained her support for the department\u2019s gang database. Andrew Schwartz \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n Housing vouchers<\/p>\n Adams infuriated City Council progressives and housing advocates alike when he fought the expansion of CityFHEPS, the Big Apple\u2019s housing voucher program.<\/p>\n Seeking to capitalize off that anger, Mamdani\u2019s campaign website explicitly promised that as mayor, he\u2019d drop Adams\u2019 lawsuits against the expansion.<\/p>\n But once Mamdani was elected mayor, he reversed course<\/a> by formally filing an appeal to keep an anti-CityFHEPS lawsuit alive \u2014 a move that one advocate bitterly called a \u201cbetrayal.\u201d<\/p>\n Class size law<\/p>\n Mamdani, as a Queens state assemblyman, voted in 2022 for the state\u2019s controversial class size law requiring New York City public school classrooms to shrink.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n He largely kept mum on the law \u2014 which Adams maintained would bust the city\u2019s already bloated education budget \u2014 until late in the mayoral campaign, when he renewed his support<\/a>.<\/p>\n As a mayor facing a massive budget shortfall, however, Mamdani started to quietly push for the law\u2019s mandate to be relaxed \u2014 an effort that a key state lawmaker has backed<\/a>.<\/p>\n Libraries<\/p>\n The city\u2019s public libraries have been the victim one of Mamdani\u2019s most egregious flip-flops from his campaign promises.<\/p>\n Then-candidate Mamdani had promised both to \u201cend the practice of using library funding as a bargaining chip in budget negotiations\u201d and commit 0.5% of New York City\u2019s budget to libraries \u2014 a direct rebuke against a much-criticized practice under Adams.<\/p>\n