<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Mayor Mamdani:]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Mayor Mamdani:</p><p>"When we came into office, we uncovered a $12 billion budget deficit. <br /> <br />Today, I’m proud to say we brought it down to zero. <br /> <br />We didn’t close the gap on the backs of working people. <br /> <br />We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets and making historic investments in public housing.</p><p>We achieved this in two major ways. Increasing revenue and support from Albany and cutting waste and finding savings here in NYC."<br /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f44f.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--clap" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="👏" alt="👏" /> <br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4BIv5ebu_M" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://www.</span><span>youtube.com/watch?v=m4BIv5ebu_M</span><span></span></a><br /><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UsPol" rel="tag">#<span>UsPol</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/38a5eaeb-6e7b-4d10-9729-0aa37c7a9491/mayor-mamdani</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 02:12:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/38a5eaeb-6e7b-4d10-9729-0aa37c7a9491.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:48:45 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Mayor Mamdani: on Tue, 12 May 2026 21:54:00 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/akasci%40fosstodon.org">@<span>AkaSci</span></a></span> </p><p>He didn't cut planned increases to lower the teacher to student ratio in classrooms? I'm pretty sure he did, along with housing vouchers which he campaigned on, but please let's not let the facts get in the way of the circle jerk.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HakeemG/statuses/116563826503796378</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HakeemG/statuses/116563826503796378</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[hakeemg@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Mayor Mamdani: on Tue, 12 May 2026 21:34:06 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/akasci%40fosstodon.org">@<span>AkaSci</span></a></span> That's a deep budget hole to climb out of...and in 100 days?  Wowzers.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Nead/statuses/116563748244062311</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Nead/statuses/116563748244062311</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nead@social.vivaldi.net]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:34:06 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>