It’s obvious that Mamdani doesn’t want to become Brandon Johnson, repeatedly looking like a deer in the headlights while asked a bunch of very obvious and simple questions he can’t answer.
When your policies are deliberately destructive and mostly indefensible to anyone but your dedicated ideologues, you really don’t want to have to stand in front of a camera and try to explain them.
“What would you say to the individuals who are rioting and destroying property” isn’t a question Zohran has any rational answer for, because then it’ll get into questions about policing, use of force, and exactly who is causing the chaos.
So rather than be embarrassed by the question, it’s better to just pretend none it is happening and limit media access. He’s doing this on dozens of issues now.
His supporters don’t care and his critics can’t stop him, so why bother with kabuki?
It’s a fundamental disrespect for the office and the people of our city, but again, he doesn’t care.
Mayor Mamdani just released his "pooled" briefing on World Cup preparedness.
No reporters were there, with no chance to ask questions, and no information aside from "we're prepared" was given in the "briefing."
The press restrictions from this admin are truly unique.