Mayor Zohran Mamdani has moved swiftly to reshape City Hall, issuing an executive order that revokes all directives signed by former Mayor Eric Adams after September 26, 2024 — the date of Adams’s indictment.
Mamdani framed the move as a defense of working-class New Yorkers, though he did not provide specific examples of policies affected.
In theory I 100% agree. But right now our legislatures are typically in gridlock and executive orders are the only way things get done.
If legislative can’t do anything. It shouldn’t be done. Gridlock is no excuse to bypass democratic processes
You assume those processes were ever democratic to begin with. The truth is that they’ve been rigged against the common people since they were first written.
I’m all for following the rules, but we can’t ever put the rules before people’s lives and wellbeing. If the law is unjust, you have a duty to disobey it. This includes legislative gridlock engineered to stifle progress and thwart the will of the people.