NYC Housing Crisis: How the Newly Approved City Budget Could Affect the 28,000 Children in Shelters As a surprising agreement is reached, Mayor Mamdani and the City Council seek to chart a path forward that will benefit the city's 28,000 children experiencing homelessness By LW Platt Mayor Zorhan Mamdani shaking hands with Council Speaker Julie Menin after their June 30 city budget agreement. Courtesy of Gothamist/Photograph by Elizabeth Kim On Jan. 1, Zohran Mamdani was publicly sworn into office on the steps of City Hall as the 112th mayor of New York. The assemblyman from Queens took the mayor's race on a promise of greater care for the city's underserved communities, greater economic accountability for the elite, and a promise to counteract the rising cost of living that his campaign saw as disproportionately affecting the working and middle classes. Six months into his tenure, Mamdani is incrementally making progress on a number of campaign goals, like supporting str...
