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  "description": "The mayoral candidate has supported legislation regulating AI and providing internet access for the temporarily housed.",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-07-01T21:30:56.000Z",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, July 1, 2025 – Where does **Zohran Mamdani** , the Democratic party’s candidate to be New York City’s next mayor, stand on technology-related issues?\n\nMamdani has not talked much about broadband access on the campaign trail, but his legislative history offers some clues on where he stands. In 2021, while serving in the New York State Assembly, Mamdani _co-sponsored legislation_ requiring the state to fund internet access for all individuals residing in temporary housing. He co-sponsored similar legislation in both the _2023_ and _2025_ legislative sessions.\n\nNotably, Mamdani has not taken a public stance on reviving _the New York City Internet Master Plan_, a municipal broadband blueprint launched in 2020 under Mayor **Bill de Blasio** and canceled in 2022 by Mayor **Eric Adams**. The plan sought to use city-owned infrastructure to expand affordable high-speed internet across all five boroughs.\n\nNew YorkGet a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in New York.Broadband BreakfastState Broadband\n\nThe 33-year-old’s views regarding the regulation of AI remain unclear. He _was not_ one of the over 50 New York state lawmakers to sign onto a letter urging the House Republican leadership to _strip the proposed 10-year AI moratorium_ out of the reconciliation package.\n\nHowever, Mamdani has expressed support for New York Attorney General **Letitia James** ’s proposed FAIR Business Practices Act, which _cracks down_ on AI-based schemes, _online phishing scams_, hand-to-cancel subscriptions, junk fees, and data breaches, among other practices.\n\n### _Broadband-related work on strengthening consumer protection_\n\nMuch of Mamdani’s broadband related work has revolved around strengthening consumer protections. Mamdani’s _campaign website_ states that he supports a provision in New York’s 2025 budget that would make _cancelling subscription services_, such as cable or _Spotify_, easier.\n\nThe mayoral candidate co-sponsored legislation in _2023_ that would have required in-state businesses that provide online accounts for consumers to permit those consumers to recover those accounts if they were the victims of _identity theft_ and could show state-issued identification.\n\nMamdani _co-sponsored similar legislation_ in 2025 that would have required businesses that provide consumers with online accounts for accessing their cellphones to allow those consumers to use state issued IDs to access those accounts.\n\nMamdani also sponsored legislation in _2021_, _2023_, and _2025_ that would have prohibited the police and other governmental entities from creating fake electronic communication service accounts or from collecting or using an individual’s account information. In the event of a violation, his proposed legislation would have established a private right of action.\n\nThe Ugandan-born Mamdani has also expressed an interest in helping the disabled access the internet. He co-sponsored legislation in 2021 _that would have required_ state contractors and vendors to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, a set of international standards designed to ensure online content is usable by individuals with visual, auditory, cognitive, or motor disabilities.\n\nWhen asked about his plans for expanding broadband internet access in New York, Mamdani’s office did not respond in time for publication.",
  "title": "What a Mayor Mamdani Could Mean for Tech Policy in NYC",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T03:26:57.666Z"
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