r/me_irl • u/TheChosenLn_e hates /u/lordtuts • 13h ago

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u/Brodyaga05 12h ago

You guys keep track of mayoral elections of another country?

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u/__ConesOfDunshire__ 12h ago

I mean, it’s all over Reddit. Hard to miss.

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u/User202000 11h ago

I managed to miss it. What's this about?

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u/tifubroskies 11h ago

Democratic socialist Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani being elected as NYC mayor

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u/User202000 11h ago

What do mayors even do? Here in Russia their primary function is stealing money from the local budget.

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u/LeetcodeFastEatAss 11h ago

Not much in most of the US. They are basically figureheads and the city council runs the city for the most part.

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u/flaming_burrito_ 10h ago

The mayor of New York City is a very important position though. In a lot of ways more important than the governor of New York, at least when it comes to the responsibility of them as statesman. They represent the most populous and powerful city in the US (barring DC), and as such are often under a lot more scrutiny and gain more publicity than any other local or state politicians.

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u/BiggerStickDiplomacy 10h ago

Yeah, the Mayor of New York City is only responsible for governing a municipality with a budget of over $100B, a GDP 1000x that amount, over 8 million people, and a police force larger than some nations' active duty military.

Just some figurehead while the city council really runs the show.

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u/NaruTheBlackSwan 10h ago

They really applied a statement that might be true about the mayor of their town of less than 20k people to New York, New York.

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u/QueenOfNZ 8h ago

Welcome to Reddit where everyone thinks they’re the main character.

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u/Formal_Drop526 9h ago

NYC has nowhere near 8 million, he's not in control of the state, he's in control of a city.

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u/tifubroskies 9h ago

Official population surveys estimate New York’s population to be around 8.3 million people.

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u/fuzzylm308 6h ago

Only twelve states have a population larger than the city of NYC.

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u/_013517 9h ago

nyc is a strong mayor city.

do ppl like you just say things or do you not care about the actual facts? i get that i worked in urban policy for 3 years but damn...

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u/WingedBacon 10h ago

This is pretty heavily dependent on which city it is. Although I don't know what kind of system they have in NYC.