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The mayor-elect’s approach reflects a view that is going mainstream: To succeed, climate policies may need to lose the label. ZOHRAN MAMDANI barely campaigned on climate. The New York City mayor-elect’s overwhelming focus has been on affordability, from an early ad declaring that “the cost of living is the real crisis” to his victory speech before a jubilant crowd in Brooklyn on Tuesday night. That focus didn’t stop him from winning a first-of-its-kind endorsement from a prominent climate group, the youth-led Sunrise Movement, in late April, long before he had the backing of progressive icons like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders. The national group had never endorsed a mayoral candidate before, but poured its energy into the Mamdani campaign. By the time the Democratic primary arrived in June, Sunrise said its local volunteers had knocked on more than 20,000 doors in support of the candidate. They continued into the fall, and ended up knocking on about 40,000 doors, said De

What Zohran Mamdani’s Win Means for New York's Climate Politics Elections New York City Climate and Environment Transit Affordability What Zohran Mamdani’s Win Means for Climate Politics The mayor-elect’s approach reflects a view that is going mainstream: To succeed, climate policies may need to lose the label. Colin Kinniburgh · November 5, 2025 Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's climate approach is a sharp contrast to that of other New York politicians, like Governor Kathy Hochul, who’ve framed green goals as clashing with cost-of-living issues. | Photos: Zohran Mamdani/Facebook;

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