À New York, la proposition de supermarchés publics de Zohran Mamdani suscite déjà des doutes

LE FIGARO : Le futur maire veut lancer cinq supermarchés publics (un par arrondissement) pour lutter contre la vie chère et la faim. Une promesse qui interroge distributeurs, experts et acteurs de terrain.

Des supermarchés publics offrant des prix bas pour lutter contre la vie chère : l'une des mesures phares du prochain maire démocrate de New York, Zohran Mamdani, n'a pas encore vu le jour que surgissent déjà doutes et interrogations. Élu sur une promesse de réduction du coût de la vie dans la mégapole américaine, le jeune édile de 34 ans, qui prendra ses fonctions le 1er janvier, s'est engagé notamment à venir en aide au 1,4 million de New-Yorkais en situation d'insécurité alimentaire. Mais son plan de création de cinq supermarchés publics (un par arrondissement) suscite déjà des critiques du secteur et la perplexité des experts, qui le jugent pour le moment encore très imprécis. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | vendredi 28 novembre 2025

The Debate: Radical Change? Mamdani Wins New York as Voters Turn on Trump across US • FRANCE 24 English

Nov 6, 2025 | One year after a presidential election where Donald Trump swept swing states and secured majorities in both houses of the US Congress, a first test has produced a radically different result. 34-year-old Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani has blown past establishment candidates for mayor of New York, unveiling his transition team this Wednesday. We ask about Mamdani's win and the highest turnout in the city's municipal elections in more than half a century.

Travel Back to New York City in 1911 - Restored Footage

Nov 1, 2025 | Restored footage from 1911 showing different areas around New York City such as City Hall Park, Chinatown, Herald Square, and Broadway filmed by cameramen working for the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern.

Around this time, Svenska Biografteatern sent a team of cameramen around the world to film famous locations.

Footage frame rate increased, upscaled and “colorized” by HistoryColored using AI technology.

Footage originally from: New York 1911, Wikimedia Commons Music: With the Dawn / Megan Wofford / Epidemic Sound

„Ich bin Trumps schlimmster Albtraum“: Zohran Mamdani wird Bürgermeister von New York

BERLINER ZEITUNG: Der 34-jährige linke Demokrat Zohran Mamdani setzt sich in New York klar gegen Ex-Gouverneur Andrew Cuomo durch – und wird als erster Muslim an die Spitze der US-Metropole gewählt.

Der 34-jährige Zohran Mamdani hat die Bürgermeisterwahl in New York City gewonnen. Nach Prognosen von US-Medien setzte sich der Demokrat aus dem linken Spektrum der Partei am Dienstag deutlich gegen seine Rivalen durch. Nach Auszählung von 91 Prozent der Stimmen kommt Mamdani auf 50,4 Prozent. Damit wird er der erste Muslim an der Spitze New York Citys.

„Diese Stadt ist Eure Stadt, und diese Demokratie gehört auch Euch“, sagte Mamdani am Abend in seiner Siegesrede vor jubelnden Anhängern. In seiner Ansprache versprach Mamdani, dass New York nun „in diesem Moment politischer Finsternis“ das Licht sein werde. Im Wahlkampf nannte er sich selbst den „schlimmsten Albtraum“ von US-Präsident Donald Trump.

Trump reagierte auf Mamdanis Wahlsieg mit den Worten, er selbst habe nicht auf dem Wahlzettel gestanden. Auch der Shutdown sei daran schuld, dass die Republikaner nicht gewonnen hätten. » | Sophie Barkey | Mittwoch, 5. November 2025

«Ce n’est pas seulement une victoire pour les démocrates» : Mamdani triomphe à New York mais le parti recentre son message ailleurs

LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Le candidat socialiste a remporté comme prévu la mairie de New York, mais en Virginie et dans le New Jersey, les candidats démocrates ont remporté les élections sur des programmes débarrassés des discours woke.

L’élection de Zohran Mamdani à la mairie de New York a moins marqué le virage à gauche de l’Amérique urbaine qu’il n’a confirmé le discrédit qui entoure l’appareil du parti démocrate, représenté face à lui par l’ancien gouverneur Andrew Cuomo. Mais la victoire simultanée de deux démocrates centristes aux postes de gouverneurs de Virginie et du New Jersey, et le succès du référendum de redécoupage électoral décidé par le gouverneur de Californie Gavin Newsom, a parallèlement indiqué une autre voie que la gauche pour renouveler un parti à la recherche de ses repères.

Un an après la victoire de Donald Trump, ces premiers scrutins étaient attendus comme des oracles, en particulier par les démocrates. La campagne victorieuse de Mamdani a été saluée comme celle d’un populisme de gauche, mêlant des discours exaltants, un programme un peu vague, et des promesses de lendemains radieux. «Le soleil s’est peut-être couché sur notre ville ce soir… mais je vois poindre l’aube d’un jour meilleur pour l’humanité », a lancé le vainqueur de l’élection mardi soir dans un discours exalté, citant le syndicaliste et socialiste américain Eugene Debs. » | Par Adrien Jaulmes | mercredi 5 novembre 2025

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Rama Duwaji: Who Is the Wife of NYC's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani?

BBC: At 28, Rama Duwaji will be the youngest first lady New York City has ever had - thrust into the spotlight as her husband Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race on Tuesday night.

And in his victory speech, the mayor-elect had a special shoutout for his wife standing beside him.

"And to my incredible wife, Rama, hayati," he said, using the Arabic word for "my life". "There is no one I would rather have by my side in this moment, and in every moment."

Duwaji is a New York-based artist with Syrian roots whose work often explores Middle Eastern themes. Her work has appeared on BBC News, and in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vice and London's Tate Modern museum.

"Rama isn't just my wife; she's an incredible artist who deserves to be known on her own terms," Mamdani wrote in a post on 12 May, announcing they had been married three months earlier.

"Omg she's real," Duwaji joked in a comment on that post.

The couple met on dating app Hinge, "so there is still hope in those dating apps," Mamdani said in an interview with The Bulwark. » | Max Matza | BBC News | Thursday, June 26, 2025. Updated: Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Zohran Mamdani Wins New York City Mayoral Election | BBC News

Nov 5, 2025 | Zohran Mamdani, 34, has won New York City's race for mayor in a contest that rallied young voters and sparked debate about the future direction of the Democratic Party.

The Ugandan-born Mamdani, a Democrat, beat former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, to become the youngest person in over a century to lead the largest city in the US.

"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty," he told the crowd during a victory speech, touting voters' "mandate for change" and "mandate for a city we can afford".

A self-described democratic socialist, he made affordability the central message of his campaign, pledging to expand social programmes paid for by new taxes on high earners and corporations.

Democrats also won governor races in Virginia and New Jersey, and in California voters backed a proposition to redraw the congressional electoral map ahead of next year's midterm elections.

How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The 34-year-old assemblyman won the Democratic primary by defying the city’s all-powerful establishment. He secured the mayoralty by delicately disarming it.

Zohran Mamdani was still asleep early in the morning after June’s Democratic primary when the phone calls started flooding in. There were the usual congratulations, certainly, but also signs of something more worrying.

A young democratic socialist, Mr. Mamdani had just toppled former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, upending New York’s power structure in an upset so stunning and so swift that even he had not fully seen it coming.

Now, titans of the city establishment were clogging up the phones of the candidate and his small team, looking for belated introductions. Most did not sound happy.

“It’s a great day in New York,” Morris Katz, Mr. Mamdani’s 26-year-old political adviser, told the real estate magnate William C. Rudin in one of the conversations. » | Nicholas Fandos | Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Zohran Mamdani Makes History as NYC’s First Muslim Mayor at Age 34, Winning Over 50% of the Vote.

Nov 5, 2025 | In an historic New York City election, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani has been elected the city’s 111th mayor — making him both the first Muslim mayor in NYC history and the youngest in over a century.

The progressive Queens assemblyman defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in a stunning upset that marks a major shift in city politics. Mamdani’s campaign focused on affordability, rent freezes, free childcare, and public transit, drawing massive grassroots support from young voters and working-class communities across the five boroughs.


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FULL SPEECH: Zohran Mamdani's Victory Speech Following Historic NYC Mayoral Win

Nov 5, 2025 | Democrat Zohran Mamdani delivers his winning remarks after a projected win of the New York City mayoral election. He is set to be the first the city's Muslim mayor of South Asian descent.

This is a FANTASTIC speech. CONGRATULATIONS Zohran! — © Mark Alexander

‘Turn the Volume Up’: Mamdani Invokes Trump in Fiery Speech that Laid Out Plan of Action

THE GUARDIAN: As New York City’s mayor-elect reiterated his policies, the president posted ‘And so it begins!’ on his social media

A screenshot taken from this article. | Zohran Mamdani waves to his supporters at an election night rally in New York City. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters
Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City, issued a direct call to Donald Trump in his victory speech on Tuesday night, saying he would enter City Hall with a firm plan to counter the politics of division and cronyism that helped elevate him to the White House.

Mamdani, speaking to supporters in Brooklyn after a decisive victory over Andrew Cuomo, the former governor, said New York had shown it would be the “light” in a “moment of political darkness”.

“Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall,” Mamdani, who will be the city’s first Muslim mayor, said. “No more will New York be a city where you can traffic in Islamophobia and win an election.”

The mayor-elect then issued a direct message to the president, saying if any city could show the nation how to defeat Trump, it was the “city that gave rise to him”.

“So, if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This is not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one. So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up,” Mamdani said, to raucous applause. » | Nick Visser | Wednesday, November 5, 2025

CONGRATULATIONS ZOHRAN for your GREAT VICTORY! And CONGRATULATIONS to NEW YORKERS for having the good sense to elect a THOROUGHLY DECENT MAN to the office of MAYOR. — © Mark Alexander

Trump Threatens to Cut Funds If ‘Communist’ Mamdani Wins Mayoral Election

THE GUARDIAN: President backs Cuomo in election eve Truth Social post as Mamdani hits back at Trump’s ‘threat – it is not the law’

On the eve of New York’s well-watched mayoral election, President Donald Trump issued a threat to its voters: stop Zohran Mamdani or pay.

“If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad.”

Trump’s comments echo those broadcast on Sunday during his appearance on CBS’s 60 minutes, in which he said: “It’s gonna be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York, because if you have a communist running New York, all you’re doing is wasting the money you’re sending there.” » | George Chidi | Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Trump news at a glance: president endorses and threatens on eve of New York City mayoral election: Trump backs Cuomo on Truth Social post on election eve as Mamdani hits back – key US politics stories from 3 November »

$42bn for Argentinians and cut off the funds for suffering Americans in New York! That doesn’t sound much like “America First” to me! Rather, that sound more like bias and hypocrisy. — © Mark Alexander

America’s Forgotten Fascism

Aug 27, 2019 | In 1939, 20,000 fascists assembled for a “pro-America” rally in the heart of New York’s Madison Square Garden

Nazism is no stranger to Americans. So now, under Trump, one can but wonder how long it is going to take before it becomes de rigueur for Americans to use the Hitler salute! [Heil Trump!] It surely won’t be long now. — © Mark Alexander

Gov. Hochul Blasts Trump, ICE Raids, Islamophobia at Zohran Mamdani's Massive Rally in NYC

Oct 27, 2025 | At the “New York is Not For Sale” rally, Gov. Kathy Hochul rallies New Yorkers to support Zohran Mamdani, denouncing bigotry, ICE raids, and Trump’s divisive politics. She emphasizes resilience, justice, and building a city that works for families and workers alike. …

IHIP News: 🚨 Zohran and AOC Dominate Trump at Massive NYC Rally! He's Panicking!

Oct 27, 2025 | Democrats all over the country are voicing support for politicians leading the way in MAGA resistance.

Very strong language alert!

Thousands Call to Arrest Netanyahu, March at U.N. against Gaza Genocide

Sep 29, 2025 | Democracy Now! was on the streets as thousands marched to the United Nations in New York City Friday while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the General Assembly. Despite the fact that Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes he has presided over in Gaza, he was able to travel to the U.N. without incident, as the United States says it does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC. We spoke to protesters demanding Netanyahu's arrest and an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza.

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Democracy Now! Zohran Mamdani on Trump's Meddling in Election as Eric Adams Drops Out

Sep 29, 2025 | In an exclusive interview just hours after incumbent New York City Mayor Eric Adams's decision to end his reelection bid, we sat down with Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to lay out his campaign and his vision for an affordable city. We discuss his platform, his support for Palestinian rights and why he identifies as democratic socialist. Mamdani also responds to Adams's decision to drop out, which is expected to help consolidate votes for Mamdani's main opponent, disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. "The reason that Donald Trump is seeking to clear the lane for Andrew Cuomo is because he knows that Andrew Cuomo will clear the lane for Donald Trump's agenda," he says.

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Zohran Mamdani Is So Impressive. He’s Handsome, Charismatic, Intelligent. ...

… He has sound thinking, and he has great ideas for New York and New Yorkers.

NYC's Best Cubano Is Hidden in Times Square | Sandwich City | NYT Cooking

Sep 5, 2025 | For the last 55 years, the husband and wife duo Rafael and Guadalupe “Lupe” Rivas have been holding down Margon, a bustling restaurant where they sell hundreds of Cuban sandwiches a day. Their storefront is easy to miss amid the chaos of Times Square, but Margon has a legion of loyal customers who have been coming since the 1970s.

This episode of Sandwich City dives deep into the well-loved Cuban sandwich at Margon. A warm, crunchy stack of Cuban bread, it’s piled with ham, salami, Swiss cheese, a secret sauce, mustard and pickles. Customers sit elbow to elbow in rows of old school tangerine orange tables — everyone from born-and-bred New Yorkers to tourists who carved their entire vacation around making a stop at the sandwich shop.

Smoking Bans Are No Match for New Yorkers | 2011

Sep 15, 2011 | Smoking in bars and restaurants has been banned in New York City since 2003 but [the then] Mayor Michael Bloomberg added beaches, parks, and pedestrian plazas to the long and growing list of places where smoking is verboten in the Big Apple.

"Sin taxes" on cigarettes have driven the average price of a pack to more than $11. Yet in a city renowned for its innovation and drive, smokers have found ways to work around government attempts at social engineering. These include the booming "loosie" trade, where street entrepreneurs risk arrest to sell loose cigarettes for a dollar each on the streets of Manhattan; tobacco crops blooming in Brooklyn; and a thriving Soho bar/restaurant that survived the smoking ban thanks to an obscure grandfather clause.

With so much tax revenue being lost to the black market, and even the green market, perhaps it's time for a mayor who made billions in the free market to consider allowing business owners to set their own policies, and let the marketplace sort out the demand for smoking and smoke-free establishments.

Produced by Anthony L. Fisher.


Reformed smokers are usually the most intolerant of all. Michael Bloomberg is a reformed smoker. In fact, I once read that he was a very heavy smoker. Sixty cigarettes a day? Can’t find the article now. It has been taken down.

These days, Americans have a lot bigger things to worry about than smoking. These days, Americans have to worry about authoritarianism and their country turning into a dictatorship. I wonder what Mr Bloomberg can do about that? — © Mark Alexander