‘I’m over the moon’: New York’s small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape
Zohran Mamdani at city hall in New York on 22 July. Photograph: NDZ/STAR MAX/IPxView image in fullscreenZohran Mamdani at city hall in New York on 22 July. Other pieces of paper, with phrases like “cumbersome fees and fines” and “a permit you need just to serve ice-cream”, were shredded too.
- ▪Zohran Mamdani at city hall in New York on 22 July.
- ▪Photograph: NDZ/STAR MAX/IPxView image in fullscreenZohran Mamdani at city hall in New York on 22 July.
- ▪Other pieces of paper, with phrases like “cumbersome fees and fines” and “a permit you need just to serve ice-cream”, were shredded too.
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Zohran Mamdani at city hall in New York on 22 July. Photograph: NDZ/STAR MAX/IPxView image in fullscreenZohran Mamdani at city hall in New York on 22 July. Photograph: NDZ/STAR MAX/IPxZohran Mamdani‘I’m over the moon’: New York’s small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tapeInitiatives including cutting permits just to serve ice-cream amount to a sweeping program of deregulationChristopher Mathias in New York Sat 25 Jul 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Sat 25 Jul 2026 07.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleRed Scare? The democratic socialist mayor of New York City spent this week talking about red tape.On Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani – the politician at the center of a revived rightwing panic about socialists and purported communists winning elections across America - posted a video…
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