Gabe Paley

Mamdani must fix city hiring if he wants to get big things done To call the system "byzantine" would be an insult to Byzantium. Two days after his election, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani smartly sought to seize his supporters' extraordinary enthusiasm by opening up an application portal to "identify candidates for roles across City agencies and offices." It worked. Within 24 hours, 25,000 people had submitted their resumes. There's plenty for them to do.