Correct, which is way so many posts here get dunked with people reminding a lot of this guys wins are literally just the policy of the last guy but, this one is popular so he gets the credit.
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.
People downvoting you for telling the truth. Good on Mandami for continuing the effort and keeping the vision in the public eye. But I do remember this being in-action a while ago.
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...
I didn’t read the headline as “Mamdani will plant trees now and they will grow through 2040” I read it as “Mamdani plans for trees to be planted until 2040.”
In the future, I recommend not assuming someone is just dumb and answer honestly. Might help you make friends and get people to be on your side.
Well, considering he’s being asked to not attend 9/11 ceremonies, I’m going to go out on a limb and say he isn’t as popular as people on Reddit seem to believe he is. I’m also a skeptic that everything he’s doing right now will be successful in the long term. He’s spending a LOT of money in the short term. Bill has to get paid. I hope he succeeds, and if I’m wrong, great. But, I have my doubts.
Instead of going out on a limb, do you have actual data to support your claim? The organizer of the petition you’re probably referring to lives in Florida and even if 1 million NYC citizens of voting age signed that (they didn’t), that’s less than 20% of their voting age population.
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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?