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Ideas for the mayor…

In the 1990s, Bogotá was chaotic. Drivers ignored red lights, pedestrians ran across highways, and traffic fatalities were at an all-time high because nobody respected the corrupt police. We're talking around 1,500 annually!

Enter Mayor Antanas Mockus. He was a philosopher, a mathematician, and quite unconventional. He campaigned in a spandex suite. But he believed that humans fear ridicule more than fines.

So he fired the cities 3,200 traffic police officers and replaced them with 420 mimes. Their job wasn't to write tickets, but to publicly shame those breaking the rules.

If a pedestrian jaywalked, a mime would follow them, mocking their walk. If a car blocked an intersection, four mimes would surround the vehicle and pretend to push it backward.

People were so embarrassed by the public mockery that they actually started following the rules. And it actually worked. Under his "Mime Policy" traffic fatalities dropped by over 50%.

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2026 New York City Inauguration Ceremony On January 1st, 2026, Zohran Kwame Mamdani will be sworn in as Mayor of the City of New York; Mark Levine will be sworn in as Comptroller of the City of New ...

Bryan Reisberg spends one day a week taking shelter dogs out of their kennels, slipping them in a “adopt me” backpack and carrying them around New York.

His goal is to help people see shelter dogs the way he does: curious, sweet and full of potential. https://wapo.st/4iPToS0

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani Ft. Madhur Jaffrey - Nani (Full Music Video) Mayor Zohran Mamdani's iconic song dedicated to his maternal grandma AKA his Nani.Lyrics:[Verse 1]I'm the best damn Nani that you ever done seenF**k top five...

Small businesses account for over 90% of all companies in NYC and employ nearly half of all workers in the private sector. But the economic outlook for small businesses in New York state is dead last nationwide, and too many in our city are forced to close because staying open costs too much and navigating the bureaucracy is too difficult. That costs New Yorkers their jobs, small business owners their dreams, and our city the places that give it character. We’re going to make it faster, easier, and cheaper to start and run a business: ✅ Cut fines and fees for small businesses in half ✅ Speed up permitting and make online applications easier ✅ Increase funding for 1:1 small business support by 500 percent