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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 88 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can my city borrow Mamdani for a couple months?

This guy seems like he’s off to a great start.

And who would have thought paying people to provide services would work? I’m shocked!

[–] homes@piefed.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He’s young enough that, once he’s done in NYC, he could go off and be mayor of several other cities afterward.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think that's called a governor

[–] homes@piefed.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The pot hole that Governor Kathy Hochul filled once she ~~was elected to~~ took office was finally issuing cannabis stores and farms licenses to grow and sell two years after weed was legalized in New York State, after Cuomo refused to, that corrupt, ass-grabbing jerk.

And thank you very much for providing me the incredibly rare opportunity to use that pun. I’ve been sitting on that for so very long.

I had to read this like 4 times before I got it lmao that’s pretty good