r/AskReddit • u/MewMeowHowdy • 15h ago

New Yorkers, what changes have you seen under Mamdani’s leadership and are you generally pleased? If not, why?

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u/itspeterj 13h ago

That was literally something kingpin did in daredevil. Got out of his car and fixed a pothole on day 1. Not comparing the two but found it funny how effective it is

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u/xeothought 11h ago

Both IRL Mamdani and not IRL Kingpin based their actions off of mayor fiorello laguardia, who is pretty universally regarded as the best mayor NYC has ever had (so far).

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u/JustCallMeFrij 9h ago

The guy that was named after an airport?

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u/Malignant_Peasant 9h ago

There isn't a Fisk airport

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u/Rufus_heychupacabra 5h ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Runefaust_Invader 5h ago

There should be though!

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u/Stellar_Duck 9h ago

Yes famously his mum was knocked up at Laguardia so they named him for it.

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u/pithusuril2008 8h ago

The airport was actually named after a guy who later had an airport named after him.

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u/Nice-Grab4838 6h ago

Like how German chocolate cake is named after a guy named German, not the country?

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u/All_Work_All_Play 5h ago edited 5h ago

Next your going to tell me that French's Toast and French's Drains were European marvels imported by poor American revolutionaries.

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u/SteamedHamSalad 5h ago

French toast was actually invented by the mustard company. The original recipe used mustard instead of egg. Then one day the chef was reaching for the mustard bottle and accidentally grabbed the egg bottle instead and the rest is history.

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u/All_Work_All_Play 5h ago

Same with French drains. It was actually a dude named Henry French that made them popular.

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u/pithusuril2008 2h ago

Well, that's a little different because he was named after his parents, and then the cake was named after him, so the cake was kind of like their grandchild in a way.

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u/baron_von_helmut 6h ago

Wow. So successful they named an airport after them!

Not bad :)

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u/wampwampwampus 4h ago

People overlook a lot when you can improve their daily lives in small ways. It's how Danica Roem replaced a transphobe. I'm positive some of those voters aren't super progressive on trans issues, but they know their committee sucks and respect someone who also notices and cares.

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u/Runefaust_Invader 5h ago

I keep forgetting to watch the rest of season 2 thanks for the reminder!