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Disclosure Items
Grand opening · Franchise Disclosure Document, Edition 0.1
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Year one of Zohran Mamdani’s City Hall, written up as a franchise disclosure: what it cost, who had to say yes, what got delivered and what got sent back. Take the parts that fit your city. Leave the rest on the counter.
Built only from the public record: 278 sources from 126 publishers, from budget documents and executive orders to court filings and polls. Evidence cut-off 10 Nov 2026. How it’s made ›
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Franchise Disclosure Document
The Mamdani Franchise
Edition 0.1 · Evidence to 10 Nov 2026
SubjectOffice of the Mayor, New York City
CoverageNov 2025 → Nov 2026
Initial franchise fee$0
Royalty0%
Disclosure Items11
Promises on the rail14
Secret recipeNone. It’s all cited.
278
Sources in the register
126
Publishers cited
14
Promises on the ticket rail
$0
Franchise fee, forever
Mind the gap
Every Item runs the same route.
Transition
Nov 4 – Dec 31, 2025
Team named the day after the election. 400+ volunteers in 17 committees.
First 100 days
Jan 1 – Apr 10, 2026
Org chart set by executive order on day one. Then a January cold snap and a stated ~$12B two-year gap.
First budget
Feb – Jun 2026
Albany says no to new income and corporate taxes. A $125.8B budget passes 45–6 on June 30.
Year 1
Jul – Dec 2026
The rent freeze takes effect Oct 1 while landlords fight it in court.
Present
As of Nov 10, 2026
The biggest city workers’ contract expired Nov 6. The November budget update isn’t out yet.
The playbook
Pick a line. Ride it end to end.
Showing all 11 Items
0Disclosure and methodWho made this, who paid for it, how sources are ranked, and how to correct us.Draft v0.1 · method chapter1The franchisor and managementA veteran First Deputy, a Chief of Staff from the Assembly office, 179 City Hall jobs cleared, and an org chart set by executive order.Draft v0.1 · 16 sources filed2Initial investmentAn inherited gap of about $12B over two years, how it was closed, and the $6.4–8.5B a year still open from FY28.Draft v0.1 · 36 sources filed3Operations manualSavings officers in every agency, day-one executive orders, and what 311 data says about delivery.Draft v0.2 · 40 sources filed4Political and coalition operationsAlbany, the Council, unions, business, organizers and Washington: what each gave, and what each didn’t.Draft v0.1 · 43 sources filed5CommunicationsA creator desk inside City Hall, fights over press access, and a year of polls.Draft v0.1 · 25 sources filed6Hiring and org designPayroll data on which agencies grew and which shrank, including the Mayor’s own office (+11.6%, FY26).Draft v0.2 · 21 sources filed7Resource allocationWhere the money went, line by line, and how much had actually been spent by November.Draft v0.2 · 30 sources filed8Performance representationsFourteen promises against the record: 3 delivered, 5 not met, delayed or not started, 6 somewhere in between.Draft v0.2 · 22 sources filed9Risk disclosuresNine reversals, seven court fights, critics from every direction, and the budget risks waiting in FY28.Draft v0.1 · 29 sources filed10Territory fit36 states ban local rent control. Check what your state, charter and budget allow before you copy anything.Draft v0.1 · 16 sources filed
How it’s made
Every ingredient from the public record.
Each claim goes into a public evidence register, with a link and a date, before it goes into the manual. If it couldn’t be sourced, it isn’t here.
Source Facts
Serving size: 1 playbook, Edition 0.1
Sources per serving278
By source type% of sources
News reporting 13247%
Local and national outlets
Government records 8631%
Budgets, executive orders, court and Council records, city data
Watchdogs and pollsters 4115%
Comptroller, IBO, CBC, Control Board, Siena and others
Critics on the record 155%
Think tanks and advocacy groups, from every direction
Official social accounts 41%
Posts read for format and cadence
High confidence (checked on the original page)37%
Medium (reputable secondary source)60%
Low (single source)3%
Still flagged unverified0
Sources dated Jan 2003 to 10 Nov 2026. Contains no leaks, private messages or anonymous tips.
1
Collect
Budgets, executive orders, court filings, Council records, 33 city datasets, official accounts and on-record reporting. Nothing behind a login.
2
Log
One row per claim: link, publisher, date, phase and a confidence grade.
3
Rank
When sources disagree, government records outrank watchdogs, watchdogs outrank news, and news outranks commentary. Both numbers stay on the page.
4
Check
Independent reviewers that never saw the drafts checked every chapter line by line. They flagged 189 problems, 15 of them serious, and each was fixed the same day. The reports are public.
Order up
Fourteen promises on the ticket rail.
A ticket moves along the counter only when a source shows it moved: a budget line, an executive order, a vote, a ruling. Status as of 10 Nov 2026.
Ticket
Ordered
In the kitchen
Out for delivery
Served
Receipt
Freeze the rentStabilized apartments
Served.0% on 1- and 2-year leases from Oct 1. A landlord lawsuit is pending. EV-124
Free child care, 6 weeks to 5Starting with 2-year-olds
Out for delivery.2,000 seats opened in September; 12,000 planned for fall 2027. EV-125
Universal 3-K3-year-olds
Out for delivery.Up to 3,000 seats added this year, in two announcements that may overlap. EV-183
Fare-free busesCitywide
Delayed.Needs the State and the MTA. Now described as a full-term goal. EV-118
Tax millionaires and corporations2-point surcharge; higher corporate rate
Sent back by Albany.The State said no to both and passed a pied-à-terre surcharge instead. A 2027 push is planned. EV-069
A Department of Community Safety~$455M in new funding
Served smaller.A mayoral Office, by executive order. Press puts the consolidated budget near $260M; the Office’s own line is $3.08M. EV-223
A $30 minimum wageBy 2030
Not started by City Hall.A Council bill has sat in committee since Mar 10. EV-115
Drop the CityFHEPS lawsuitHousing vouchers
Served, after a detour.The City appealed in March, then dropped the case in the June budget deal for a $175M program. EV-072
200,000 new and 200,000 preserved homesTen-year plan
In the kitchen.12,491 homes financed Jan–Jun, per the City; part of that pipeline predates the Mayor. EV-126
1% of the budget for Parks
Short of the pledge.About 0.56% of the FY27 budget. EV-180
0.5% of the budget for libraries
Short of the pledge.About 0.4%, though a proposed cut was reversed. EV-180
Keep the NYPD near 35,000No big headcount push
Served at the authorized level.A 580-officer increase was floated, then dropped; the Mayor cited savings. EV-267
16 small fixes in 100 daysPotholes to playgrounds
Served, per the City.21,000+ public votes picked the one the Mayor did himself. EV-043
Five city-owned grocery storesOne per borough
In the kitchen.First site named (La Marqueta). None open; the first is targeted for end-2027. EV-121
Done, with a sourceWhere it standsSent backNot yetStatus words are ours. The facts behind them are in Item 8.
Meet the crew
Collect the whole cabinet.
SECOND STINTDF
Dean Fuleihan
First Deputy Mayor
FROM THE CAMPAIGNEB
Elle Bisgaard-Church
Chief of Staff
THE NUMBERSSS
Sherif Soliman
Budget Director (OMB)
HOLDOVERJT
Jessica Tisch
Police Commissioner
Public roles only, as reported. No photos, no profiles.
City Hall University
Crew training in three modules.
101
Read the disclosure
Eleven Items. Each one lays out the tactic, what it cost, what had to be true first, and a source for every line.
201
Check your territory
Item 10 sorts tactics by city size, charter and state law, so you skip what your city can’t legally serve.
301
Open your location
Download the kit, swap in your city’s promises, keep the credit line. The license allows it.
Talk to the manager
Built to be corrected.
This isn’t a case for or against anyone. It’s a manual that gets better when City Hall staff, reporters and critics tell us where it’s wrong.
Corrections are paused for now.
Primary sources first
Budgets, orders, filings and city data outrank news, and news outranks opinion. Where sources disagree, both numbers are shown.
Public changelog
Every chapter ends with a dated log of what changed and why.
Right of reply
Anyone named can respond. Published replies sit next to the claim they answer.
Find a location near you
Your city. Your charter. Our homework.
Type your city to get the nine questions to answer before you copy anything. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
Before your city opens
- Can your mayor do this alone, or does it need a new state law?
- Has your state banned the policy outright? (36 states ban local rent control.)
- Is there money that recurs, or only one-time cash?
- Which other body has to say yes: the state, a transit agency, a school district, the council?
- Is the governor or legislature on board for this one item?
- Is there a public dataset to track whether it worked?
- Will it outlast you? An executive order can be undone by the next mayor.
- Who could sue, and over what process?
- Does it change pay or work rules that have to be bargained?
Full version, tactic by tactic: Item 10, Territory fit.