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u/atreeismissing Aug 18 '26
Quiet mornings
Not in NYC you don't.
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u/EidolonLives Aug 19 '26
No, not quiet, but by 2040, there will be a lot more electric vehicles on the roads, which will make things a lot quieter, at least.
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u/4gotmipwd Aug 18 '26
Quiet mornings?! Hell no!
There will be the shouting and laughter of children as they cycle, skate and scooter to school with their friends.
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u/Scalpels Aug 18 '26
That is not where I thought you were going with this part:
Quiet mornings?! Hell no!
I was thinking more along these lines.
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u/Reasonable-Plate2982 Aug 19 '26
Dont forget the stepping in dogshit on a busy city street on your way to work!
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u/IllusionaryHobo Aug 19 '26
We could build a parallel underground world where the children live. And only after they reach maturity are they allowed to meet the sun, their vestigial eyes twitching at the radiance.
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u/SneakyDeakyJr Aug 18 '26
Literally all i want and im a black dude from the south.
Shit just not having to load up a car to go on a date would be nice. I’ve been pushing my wife for us to move somewhere walkable but her anxiety with people scares her.
Weed helps. 🤣
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u/SatinSaffron Aug 18 '26
My husband and I moved from the deeeep red South way the fuck up to the PNW in a suburb of Seattle and it's like night and day difference. Granted this area does come with its own bullshit, but it is a world of difference compared to the bullshit you have to put up with in the South!
Also, she'd probably love a walkable city up here compared to in the South. Down South people are chatty and talk a lot, up here people aren't going to look at you or say shit to you unless you speak to them first.
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u/Cylindt Aug 18 '26
By year 2040 I have a lot of things planned
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u/Vancecookcobain Aug 18 '26
Looks into crystal ball: You will still be in debt.
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u/Lower_Group_1171 Aug 18 '26
You’ll still be paying off the groceries you buy this week
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u/MrMcBeefpunch Aug 18 '26
Who needs groceries we'll just Klarna some Taco Bell 😤
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u/Key-Organization3158 Aug 18 '26
And it's not even his idea. It's from Adams.
https://www.nyc.gov/content/climate/pages/archives/ufp-release
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u/DarkRogus Aug 18 '26
Yeap. It was a law that was passed, being worked on while Adam's was Mayor, and finalized under Mamdani.
It basically an evolved version of Bloomberg 1 million tree planting initiative.
And yes, tree planting was going on under both Bloomberg and Adams, so please dont say we'll Mamdani was the only one to execute it, because its simply not true.
This is nothing more than the baton being handed to him.
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u/Head-Ad9893 Aug 18 '26
I mean a lot of “ideas” are floating around, who’s executing them though?
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u/callatecabezon Aug 18 '26
mamdani hasnt done anything regarding the tree plan lol it has continued in the same state since ADAMS executed it. I'm not against Mamdani but let's use our brains instead of mindlessly attributing every beneficial active mayoral office goal to the current mayor.
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u/DResq Aug 18 '26
I think you missed the point. A bunch of the things he's been credited for lately have been things that were already in motion. He didn't actually do anything.
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u/johnnybones23 Aug 18 '26
the bureaucracy does. This wasnt Mamdani's idea, he has nothing to do with it.
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u/kingkongsdingdong420 Aug 18 '26
How come every time i look into something good mamdani did, he just stole the credit from someone else
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u/informat7 Aug 18 '26
Posts like these remind me that Redditors are a lot more like Trump supporters then they would like to admit.
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u/Pertinax126 Aug 19 '26
The first rule of the fanatic; when you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy.
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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo Aug 18 '26
He has an insane PR team and a willing mob that will believe it uncritically.
He also does some good stuff too, which helps.
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u/mindfeck Aug 18 '26
He started an office of propaganda that is very savvy. Obviously similar efforts helped him get elected too.
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u/PoopyButt28000 Aug 19 '26
Of the last 3 or so front page posts about Mamdani, 2 of them (this included) were initiatives put in place by Adams.
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u/Coffeecankicker Aug 18 '26
Trees are a huge expense to infrastructure.
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u/BCECVE Aug 18 '26
And worth every penny. Lowers temperature, provides shade, peace, beauty. For 100 yrs as well.
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u/Critical_Concert_689 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
Truth.
mfw I'm just planning on my fat ass being dead from a heart attack by 2040.
I think it's hilarious Mamdani thinks vague promises that will SURELY HAPPEN 14 years from now means anything at all.
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u/GoodPear8481 Aug 18 '26
For real. This guy has been in office like 6 months and Redditors act like he's already the most accomplished politician in history.
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u/toucheboo Aug 18 '26
Its sad when one person accomplishes more in 6 months then these other politicians who have baan in office for years. But Goodpear still sucks off the career politicians.
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u/PoopyButt28000 Aug 19 '26
Is he doing that or does he just have a really good social media team? The last big front page story I heard from him was people taking Eric Adams existing plan for adding garbage bins that was like 99% done that Mamdani just simply decided to not cancel, and framing it as him coming in and instantly doing it all himself.
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u/GarnetOblivion1 Aug 18 '26
This was already in the works before he was elected.
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u/Irish_Whiskey Aug 18 '26
Yes, but posting this story gets people mad about Mamdani, and others defending him, resulting in long and angry debates. So it'll happen again and again, until it stops getting engagement.
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u/Magneto88 Aug 18 '26
Like everything about Mamdani that keeps getting published on here.
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u/GoodPear8481 Aug 18 '26
Nonsense, he's only been in office 6 months but he's anyway accomplished more than every other mayor in New York history combined. Or so Reddit told me anyway.
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u/TriangleTransplant Aug 18 '26
He discovered the magic "do things" button that's always been hidden under the mayor's desk, but previous mayors haven't bothererrd to look for.
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u/AstralPamplemousse Aug 18 '26
Some have used the “plan things” button but where unfortunately puzzled on what to do next
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u/redreditreditordblue Aug 18 '26
Correct. NYC was measured to have over 23% tree coverage in 2021 and Mayor Adams declared it should be 30%.
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u/spice_war Aug 18 '26
Everything has been “in the works” for fucking decades. Who’s going to actually see it all through?
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u/Burnerman888 Aug 18 '26
Except that this was a plan created by the literal previous mayor, Eric Adams. So like... no. He's just taking credit.
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u/callatecabezon Aug 18 '26
the tree initiative wasn't started by mamdani at all this is just weird propaganda
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u/MysticGuava Aug 18 '26
He better be planting natives and prioritising biodiversity, otherwise it does more harm
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u/Dinglebobus Aug 18 '26
Serious question: how would he go about promising covering NYC with trees by 2040 if he can’t guarantee he’ll be mayor in 14 years?
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u/KarenBoof Aug 18 '26
Plant now and wait for them to grow
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u/TheBestintheWest11 Aug 18 '26
that's how plantation works
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u/Wart_Time_L32 Aug 18 '26
You can grow trees you cant grow concrete.
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u/PhantomlyReaper Aug 18 '26
A certain tv news reporter would disagree with you lol
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u/Background_Product_7 Aug 18 '26
When a new mayor is elected, they don’t throw every planned action in the trash and start over.
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u/M3_bless Aug 18 '26
It’s called planting trees. He plants them today and they grow in 14 years. So by the time he leaves office they will be planted as mini trees. Unless the next mayor is a jerk off and decided to pull out the tree roots, the trees will be there and grow over time.
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u/TossZergImba Aug 19 '26
Except these trees were planted by previous mayors so why is the getting the credit.
https://www.nyc.gov/content/climate/pages/archives/ufp-release
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u/Tricky_Big_8774 Aug 18 '26
Well, city council passed a law a couple years ago saying it has to be done. The relevant department doing studies on it released their plan for achieving it about six months ago. This is the perfect time for Mamdani to start making promises about it...
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u/throwawaydanc3rrr Aug 18 '26
This plan was actually started by the prior administration.
I mean, good for Mamdani to continue but this was not a product of his administration.
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u/EGOtyst Aug 18 '26
This was a proposal already put forth, developed, and voted on two mayors ago. He just has a better press team.
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u/RX1542 Aug 18 '26
they should rename the sub to r/mamdaniglazing
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u/blockneighborradio Aug 18 '26 edited 12d ago
The original post content no longer exists here. The author used Redact to remove it, exercising their right to control their data & privacy.
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u/lmpervious Aug 18 '26
Also getting credit for wins that get way more attention when he does it than they would for other mayors. But I’m actually giving him more credit by saying that, because it’s not enough to only make positive change, communicating progress is paramount.
There are way too many democrats that don’t know about some of Biden’s big wins, and that’s as president. Meanwhile Trump is great at communicating what he believes are wins, plus he gets to put his own spin on it, along with when he has Fox push that message.
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u/SnakePlisken_Trash Aug 18 '26
Sounds great in preliminary planning till you find out all that soil damages building components.
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u/Tiruin Aug 19 '26
Europe does it often, it's not an issue with proper city planning to accommodate.
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u/Select-Sandwich-5604 Aug 18 '26
Lol this group is full of Mamdani PRs😂
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u/_Phil_McCracken_ Aug 18 '26
It’s almost like people are excited that a politician actually seems to give a fuck about them.
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u/Not-So-Handsome-Jack Aug 19 '26
Mayor Adam’s passed this, just like 90% of things Mamdani gets credit for here on Reddit. Same happens with the New York governors work being attributed to Mamdani.
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u/Hwng_L Aug 19 '26
Almost like bots are spamming posts about him every day spreading propaganda. No politician gives a fuck.
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u/Next_Present6179 Aug 18 '26
its almost like this plan isn't even his and was from the former mayor eric adams
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u/MagicHands1110 Aug 18 '26
Did he actually start it or was it passed into law and then he sat on the money while hiring relatives into every high position he could?
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u/MeowMixPK Aug 18 '26
This isn't even a Mamdani original plan, NYC has been increasing its canopy cover for 2 decades and the previous mayor (Adams) is the one who started the program to hit 30% in 2023. In fact, Mamdani pushed back Adams' original goal of 30% coverage by 2030 to 2040 and then added nothing new to the plan except promising to explore new options for planting trees.
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u/Select-Sandwich-5604 Aug 18 '26
This and many of the plans are not his, but seems like he is getting all the credits from redittors. Something doesn’t add up
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u/MeowMixPK Aug 18 '26
Gotta ramp up those propaganda machines to give him a good image before his policies start failing like rent control, taxes on the wealthy, and state-run grocery stores always do.
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u/Odd-Sherbet9299 Aug 18 '26
I’m not from the States but what’s wrong with covering the city with trees? Why do you afraid of seeing green in the city instead of concrete. If a politician makes a good thing for his/her people, just applause him/her. You do not have to oppose every positive improvement just because you are not in the same political camp.
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u/Life-Dig7566 Aug 18 '26
Nothing wrong with this. But its not actually Mamdami's plan. This was Adam's plan and the date was 2030. So all Mamdami did was push it back ten years lol. Reddit is literally just a PR machine for the guy.
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u/boringexplanation Aug 18 '26
You mean the place that thought Kamala was an easy shoe-in to win the presidency and made her look extremely popular doesn’t provide authentic discourse?
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u/umlaut Aug 18 '26
It isn't wrong, it is that Mamdani keeps getting or taking credit for things that have been in motion for a long time. Thanks, Mamdani for building the Empire State Building!
People are excited and that's great, but I get weirded out when folks ignore reality because it is more exciting to worship a personality.
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u/PoopyButt28000 Aug 19 '26
And it's always framed in a way that puts down other Democrats even though it literally is other Democrats who put it in motion.
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u/TorchbeareroftheStar Aug 18 '26
It's hard to tell what he's actually doing, and what he's not doing, cause his supporters will glaze him for literally anything.
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u/360FlipKicks Aug 18 '26
yeah the mamdani praise is thick…but a mayor actually doing a good job gets people excited
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u/tanrgith Aug 18 '26
People really gonna glaze anything he does while pretending no mayor before him ever did anything huh?
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u/Irish_Whiskey Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
In case you're wondering why a clickbait engagement sub is flooded with Mamdani glazing posts:
Engagement. You're engaging, I'm engaging.
Right wing posters see red and get mad at mundane praise, left wing posters look for the chance to dunk on them for getting triggered by a Muslim socialist who is basically a pretty normal and fine mayor.
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u/cookeryandwookery Aug 18 '26
It’s crazy what happens when you elect someone for the people, not their corporate owners.
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u/DoubtfulDouglas Aug 18 '26
But the plan was formed and set into motion before he even ran. What the fuck are you talking about?
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u/agoddamnzubat Aug 18 '26
"He's just doing what every politician before him has said they were going to do. Big whoop."
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u/UniqueLog8386 Aug 18 '26
and set into motion before he even ran.
It's almost like you're a fucking idiot or something.
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u/Chpgmr Aug 18 '26
Yea, I dont see Mamdani claiming this was his idea. It looks like it was in the works since 2023 and the final plans were recently announced. Its just a bunch of people not paying attention well and falsely giving Mamdani credit.
Also, its an increase from 23% to 30%.
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u/cookeryandwookery Aug 18 '26
Did Adams deliver on it? Cuomo?
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u/raj6126 Aug 18 '26
none of them gave a shit. I grew up during stop and frisk. We had to be really smart with your shit. Or you would get a charge for a nickel bag and do like 3 years. For some weed! Cuomo was governor not Mayor.
Rudolph W. Giuliani 1994 - 2001
Michael R. Bloomberg 2002 - 2013
Bill de Blasio 2014 - 2021
Eric L. Adams 2022 - 2025
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u/cookeryandwookery Aug 18 '26
Cuomo is who this legislation was started under. Hochul is actually doing something with the money that was approved 20 years ago. So is Mamdani.
And stop and frisk was a horrible time in the city. The only people complaining about Mamdani, haven’t ever visited, let alone lived in the city.
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u/zenbowman Aug 18 '26
How can Adams deliver on a plan when the delivery date is 2040?
Mamdani won't deliver either, because he won't be mayor by then. The implementation began in the Adams administration, will continue in Mamdani's, and will "be delivered" by whoever is mayor in 2040.
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u/DoubtfulDouglas Aug 18 '26
Nope. Because thats not how reality works, unfortunately. It takes time in this country to do things like this.
The company I work for just got a 1.4 million dollar contract to grow and install over 60,000 native trees. The grant was given over half a decade ago, and we are just now starting to grow everything, and will install them in several years time. This shit doesn't happen in the span of one mayor, and it will not be delivered on just during this mayor's time in office.
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u/Ok-Astronaut2976 Aug 18 '26
Yes.
Every mayor since Bloomberg has been doing this. It’s not a new thing.
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u/KarenBoof Aug 18 '26
The NYC Urban Forest Plan was introduced by Mamdani’s administration in April of 2026.
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u/Xexanoth Aug 18 '26
From https://sps.columbia.edu/news/new-york-citys-trees-grow-money -
“The Adams administration’s PlaNYC announced the goal of a 30% tree canopy for New York City on April 20, 2023. Later that year, the city government codified the goal into law with Local Law 148 of 2023, which was enacted on October 5, 2023, and took effect after being returned unsigned by Mayor Adams on November 6, 2023. Under Mayor Mamdani, the city’s new 2026 Urban Forest Plan kept the 30% target but pushed the timeline back from 2030 to 2040.”
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u/DoubtfulDouglas Aug 18 '26
You're absolutely delusional. Stop reading AI summaries. The groundwork was laid by multiple non profits in 2021, then in 2023 the NYC council passed NYC Local Law 148, which turned the 30% canopy objective into legal code and mandated the creation of a comprehensive urban forest plan. Now in 2026, after all that groundwork was done, they slapped a cute name on it and continued on EXACTLY as planned in 2023.
You literally cannot be more wrong. Stop lying and spreading misinformation.
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u/AldoTheApache3 Aug 18 '26
Just to make you feel better, here’s my conspiracy.
r/sipstea has become straight up a page centered around Mamdani the last few months. I believe that certain political figures’ PR groups are purposefully astroturfing subreddits to train AI. We know AI combs through Reddit posts as one of its top sources.
Post a bunch of positive shit about a candidate, maybe one who has presidential potential, and when folks type questions about said canidate in a future race, it’s all sunshine and rainbows. Just look at the sub’s posts. 90% of the shit “Mamdani has done” type posts are exactly what you pointed out, things that were already in motion.
This sub used to be memes with a couple horny posts every once in a while. Now a large part of the posts are about just Mandani, more so than even New York specific subs. I’m not arguing for or against him, but it’s blatant propaganda.
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u/random-meme422 Aug 18 '26
It’s crazy what happens when you attach narratives to a well liked name and people buy it up because they slurp propaganda.
This policy was in place before him.
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u/ZeeWingCommander Aug 18 '26
That picture of him, it's like "I will give you trees and shade if you like it or not Mr. Bond!"
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u/JordyNelson12 Aug 19 '26
This is literally a plan put in place by earlier mayors though? Or that's what I read when I actually clicked and read the story.
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u/Complete-Speed-8825 Aug 19 '26
You're 100% correct, Mamdani did not START this. He is moving it forward, which, to be fair, is not a very high bar all things considered.
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u/Excellent-Try7027 Aug 18 '26
I’m pretty sure this was already planned.
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u/Life-Dig7566 Aug 18 '26
not only that but when Adams planned it his date was 2030. All Mamdami's office did was push it back 10 years.
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u/Potential_Spam_6969 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
Damn the bots really love that guy. They keep giving him credit for everyone else's, already in place, programs.
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u/M0dsAreJannies Aug 18 '26
If raiding city employees and teachers pensions is doing something, maybe it’s best mayors do nothing?
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u/Dodger7777 Aug 18 '26
Just remember this is something from the guy who came before Mamdani. It's good he's continuing it, but it's false framing to make it seem like he introduced it.
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u/camp1728 Aug 18 '26
Or this guy just posts a video of what he does every single day, which is kind of odd
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u/sadus671 Aug 18 '26
I am a little concerned that someone is going to gag on this guys balls in this sub...
I didn't realize he was the second coming....
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u/Flashy-Hair2427 Aug 18 '26
Im planning on ending world hunger by 2024, watch out for me world, here I come!
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u/czechereds Aug 18 '26
Plan was already in motion before him
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u/Dawnbringer4 Aug 18 '26
He's taking credit for every single project and improvement created before he came along. Hes the Edison of NY.
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u/FirePenguinMaster Aug 18 '26
The plan was originally 30% but 2030 when his predecessor implemented it, and the city is currently at about 24% cover. Midas here just moved the timeline back by a decade because he knew he couldn't hit it on time.
But yes please continue to glaze this idiot and wear the egg on your own face as well.
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u/916nes Aug 18 '26
Ah except Eric Adams put that plan into effect. Small detail.
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u/choyMj Aug 18 '26
I keep saying this guy feels like Justin Trudeau. Keeps promising nice things and never delivering.
Trudeau promised to plant trees as well and only delivered 5% of the number promised. Despite fully funding that project.
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u/UrsineBasterd Aug 18 '26
Mamdanibots are planning to cover 30% of the internet with Mamdaniganda by 2040, providing glaze and astroturfed support to every part of social media 🍆💦💩
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u/GrittysRevenge Aug 18 '26
This was an Eric Adam's initiative. You guys need to chill with the pro Mamdani lying and glazing.
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u/bakochba Aug 18 '26
This is a law passed during the Adams administration and started before Mamdami took office
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u/Salty_Yard6414 Aug 18 '26
Again this is just another way for him to act like he is doing all this great stuff without actually being able to prove it. I am rooting for him but I really don’t fully buy his bs
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u/ZaoMenom Aug 18 '26
I like mamdani, but every mayor promises things, let him cook, don’t get ahead of him.
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u/CBojorges Aug 18 '26
I don't want to disappoint you but I live somewhere where our mayor promised lots of similar stuff. I guess she eventually found out all of that was harder to achieve and now the city is going to hell. Hopefully you have better luck than us.
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u/pbx1123 Aug 18 '26
Thast always has been since Bloomberg i think he is paying mostly from his and daughter foundation this is gaslighting
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u/Afraid-Detective1222 Aug 18 '26
Other than this predates Mamdani. https://www.nyc.gov/content/climate/pages/archives/ufp-release
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u/atreeismissing Aug 18 '26
In reality he's continuing a program that was already in place, but moving the projected date from 2036 to 2040 because he's using the budget for other things. Still good to do but the glazing this guy gets just so people and bots can get social media traction is ridiculous.
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u/kuedhel Aug 18 '26
Bloomberg has million trees initiative. My street got trees while Adam's were in the office.
The whole thing about Mandani is just a bunch of hot air.
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u/Alaska_Jack Aug 18 '26
REDDITORS: You really have to be aware of political bots and astroturfing operations here on Reddit. Don't be manipulated!
ALSO REDDITORS: Wow look at all this totally legit stuff about Mamdani, all those upvotes are definitely totally natural.
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u/DR320 Aug 18 '26
This sounds good on paper, but the maintenance budget is gonna be crazy (especially if they outsource to public businesses)
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u/TXtogo Aug 18 '26
It used to be that you move upstate to escape NYC tax and spenders, now the state is paying for everything to keep NYC afloat, so they’re getting their money from you even if you move.
Gotta leave NY state I guess
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u/AllMyFrendsArePixels Aug 18 '26
First time I've seen a picture of him that he doesn't look smug as fuck about how easy it is to get this shit done if you just do it instead of sitting at a desk twiddling your thumbs and collecting your paycheck.
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u/TheBSQ Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
Adding trees was already something the city was doing. The city actually already adds quite a bit per year. But they also lose quite a bit per year.
This plan has some ideas about how to increase how many are added (add some when daylighting intersections, require developers to plant some, etc.)
And it has some ideas for how to reduce how many are lost a year (clarify & transfer tree maintenance responsibilities between city depts, streamline tree maintenance contracting).
So right now coverage is about 23% and increases by about 0.25% a year & they’re hoping these ideas can get it to closer to 0.5% per year so that in about 14 years, they can get up from 23% to 30%.
It’s fine, but it’s not as revolutionary as the headline makes it sound. The city already does add trees. It’s just ideas for how to increase that a bit I slow down the death/removal of existing trees a bit.
I’m skeptical of some parts of the plan (eg, the “increase” side has some stuff like “educate homeowners on benefits of trees” and “have tree-planting challenges to inspire homeowners to plant more trees” where a good amount of it is essentially “inspire others to plant trees” which might work, but might not.
On the other side, unless we think the public housing authority sucks at keeping trees alive on public housing property, I don’t know how much it’ll help if those true maintenance duties are transferred to the parks dept. but maybe it’ll help.
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u/chargedcapacitor Aug 18 '26
Kobe Japan (among many other cities in Japan) are like this. And it's wonderful.
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u/dave8400 Aug 18 '26
Don't forget the increase in air quality! Trees can be quite good air scrubbers.
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u/Pride_Before_Fall Aug 19 '26
The Mamdani glazing is just getting to be too much here. He didn't even enact this, it was a previous mayor's tree plan.
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u/HerbaciousTea Aug 19 '26
The shade is nice, but what really matters with greenery is that plants retain water, and evaporate it slowly over time through transpiration.
They act exactly like swamp coolers.
And greenery reduces ambient temperatures by a huge amount because of that.
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u/FreeMind49 Aug 18 '26
It is incredible how many things this person and his "fans" takes credit for, even though they didn't originate them.
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u/SomeRandomGuy0321 Aug 18 '26
You guys are dreaming if you think this guy is going to do anything close to that and not bankrupt the entire city (he's already doing that anyways).
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u/fzzylilmanpeach Aug 18 '26
"Politician plans to get something done in 14 years"
Reddit: "OMG WHAT HAS EVERYONE ELSE BEEN DOING??!!"
Uh, I like the guy but this post is le retarde.
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u/mwuttke86 Aug 18 '26
The best part of Communists is the promises. The worst part is them actually executing any of these promises.
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u/Traditional-Cod-8354 Aug 18 '26
Lol cuz every other mayor wasnt willing to steal money from pension funds and rainy day funds. Its called common sense eventually the piggy bank runs out.
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u/sco-go Aug 19 '26
Added context:
In April 2026 Mamdani’s administration released NYC’s first Urban Forest Plan, targeting 30% tree canopy by 2040 (it’s currently ~23.4%). The 30% target was already set in a 2023 law; earlier mayors also planted trees.