The Daily Populous Friday January 2nd, 2026 morning edition
Authored by bronx.news12.com and submitted by Rock-n-roll-Kevin

Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked his first day in office with a flurry of activity, signing five executive orders that set the tone for his new administration.

The first order repealed all executive orders issued by former Mayor Eric Adams following the day Adams was federally indicted. Mamdani said the move reflected a moment when “many New Yorkers decided that politics had nothing for them but more of the same.”

His second order formally appointed his five deputy mayors and outlined the structure of his administration. The remaining three focused heavily on one of Mamdani’s central campaign themes: housing.

“We will also stand up for tenants, build new housing, and get New Yorkers into housing faster,” Mamdani said.

As part of that housing agenda, the mayor announced two new task forces, LIFT (Land Inventory Fast Track) and SPEED (Streamlining Procedures to Expedite Equitable Development), aimed at speeding up home construction, including development on city-owned land by July 1. He also appointed housing advocate Cea Weaver to lead the restored Office to Protect Tenants.

“We will make sure that 311 violations are resolved, and we will hold slumlords to account for hazardous and dangerous threats to your well-being,” Mamdani added.

The executive orders were signed in the lobby of a Pinnacle-owned building in Crown Heights, part of a portfolio of properties with conditions so severe that Mamdani announced his administration is now intervening in their bankruptcy sale to protect tenants.

According to Mamdani, those buildings alone have more than 5,000 open hazardous violations and 14,000 complaints, including those previously covered by News 12.

The mayor toured the troubled units, including apartments previously covered by News 12. He did not say whether the city has the authority to block the sale, but tenants expressed hope for change.

“I need the next landlord to not be a slumlord,” said Tamar Gressel, a Pinnacle tenant.

cogman10 on January 2nd, 2026 at 01:37 UTC »

> revoke all prior executive orders issued before Sept. 26, 2024, while reissuing prior executive orders Mamdani's administration feels are "central to delivering continued service, excellence, and value-driven leadership."

This is factually incorrect. A failure at reading comprehension.

The executive order keeps all EOs before Sept. 26. It revokes all EOs after Sept. 26.

Ok_Character_5532 on January 1st, 2026 at 23:33 UTC »

Just to be pedantic, I feel like the choice to use “multiple” instead of “two” makes a difference in how the reader interprets the headline

Rock-n-roll-Kevin on January 1st, 2026 at 23:32 UTC »

Mayor Mamdani's 1st EO nullifies every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.

https://www.nyc.gov/content/dam/nycgov/mayors-office/downloads/pdf/executive-orders/2026/eo1-prior-executive-orders.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery

It's a good lesson why governing by fiat and EO can easily be wiped away on Day 1 by the next admin. To impart lasting change passing bills in congress is necessary.