New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s popularity in the metropolis has surged since his election last month, according to a new poll.

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    they can’t directly. but indirectly they can have local tools to reduce costs. foremost is to increase supply. other ways would be tax credits/abatements, city-sponsored clinics, etc.

    they can’t solve it, but they can reduce costs. the problem, however, is often such programs are politically very unpopular and the voters tend to get bent out of shape over their ‘unfairness’.