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On the eve of Zohran Mamdani’s election, an assistant commissioner in the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs joined a wave of online commenters casting the young Muslim candidate as a terror sympathizer.
One-time mayoral candidate Erick Salgado — a $120,000-a-year liaison to immigrant communities — posted a “2001 NEVER FORGET” meme of the World Trade Center exploding on 9/11 to his personal Facebook page, with the words “2025 WE FORGOT” superimposed over Mamdani’s face.
Salgado, an also-ran in the 2013 mayoral election and the pastor of a Brooklyn church, also wrote, “This man must not win with Christian votes,” a screenshot of his now-deleted post shared with THE CITY shows.
An Adams spokesperson condemned Salgado’s post, saying it “undermines our commitment to ensuring every New Yorker is treated with respect and dignity.” A spokesperson for MOIA — which was created in 2001 to set policy for the city’s immigrants — added that “there should be absolutely no room for Islamophobia in our city and much less in our city government.
The Facebook post was not the first time Salgado has alluded to Mamdani’s religion on social media.
But Salgado remains employed, despite a source saying that MOIA Commissioner Manuel Castro recommended that he be fired. Read more here.
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In The Bronx, Manhattan-bound 4 trains skip 176 St, Mt Eden Av, 170 St, 167 St and 161 St-Yankee Stadium from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the service status updates here.
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After years of oversight, the court-appointed federal monitor of a city-run youth jail in the South Bronx has concluded that its work is “complete.” The Horizon Juvenile Detention Center in Mott Haven had been under the monitor’s supervision since 2018, when 16- and 17-year olds awaiting trial had been moved there from Rikers Island.
Formerly incarcerated New Yorkers, their loved ones and advocates have laid out a blueprint for Zohran Mamdani to press the city’s next mayor to make good on pledges made on the campaign trail. Among them: immediately reducing the number of people behind bars, ending solitary confinement and doing everything possible to permanently close Rikers Island.
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Council OKs Long Island City Plan
The City Council on Wednesday approved a sweeping rezoning of a 54-block area in Long Island City, Queens, that could yield up to 14,700 new apartments. The new land use rules allow developers to build high rises on formerly industrial sites along the waterfront.
Councilmember Julie Won (D-Queens) gave the plan her blessing late last month after negotiating for the construction of new schools, the restoration of Queensbridge Baby Park and other neighborhood investments.
“Through this project we will become one Long Island City to integrate current and future residents in all corners of this neighborhood,” Won said.
The Long Island City rezoning comes just a few weeks after the Council greenlit another massive Queens rezoning, targeting Jamaica, that could yield almost new 12,000 apartments. Together, the rezonings may spark a housing boom in what are already two of the city’s most productive neighborhoods for adding new housing.
— Samantha Maldonado
Market Rents Rise, Again
The relentless increases in rents in Manhattan and Brooklyn continued in October, according to a report released Thursday by Elliman, which tracks leases of vacant units.
Median rent in Manhattan increased 1% for the month to $4,600, the third-highest median rent ever and a 7% increase from a year ago. The median rental price in Brooklyn declined slightly to $3,850, but that figure is also the third-highest ever and up 7% from the same month in 2024.
The 7% increase is more than double the rate of inflation in New York. While mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani talks of a four-year rent freeze on regulated apartments, it is New Yorkers seeking apartments who have seen the biggest increases in recent years and real estate experts say a four-year freeze will force up market-rate rents even more.
— Greg David
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things to do around the city this week.
Thursday, Nov. 13: Watch “Night of the Living Dead” at Herbert Von King Cultural Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Free, starting at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 15: Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by creating corn husk crafts at the Juniper South Playground in Middle Village, Queens. Free, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Saturday Nov. 15: As the days get shorter make your own decorative light at Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Free, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
THE KICKER: Left Bank Books in the West Village is displaying two rare archives documenting the rise and fall of New York’s legendary Limelight and the Club Kids scene. On view through Nov. 23.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Thursday.
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