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Mamdani Creates NYC Business Advisory Council of 10+ CEOs

8/28/2026

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Mamdani Launches Council

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday the creation of a New York City business advisory council of more than ten CEOs.
Billionaire CEOs Ken Griffin and Jeff Bezos, along with President Donald Trump, publicly criticized the council and Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax proposal.
Council members are Hamdi Ulukaya, Keia Clarke, Kruti Patel Goyal, and Pat Wang.
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social in April that the tax plan is ‘destroying New York’.

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Mamdani Forms Council

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday that New York City will create a business advisory council of more than ten CEOs.
Despite rent-payment allegations, the mayor refused to distance himself from DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo.
A former landlord alleges Gordillo owes $5,000 in back rent for a Crown Heights apartment that costs $2,500 per month.
Despite the IBEW terminating Gordillo’s apprenticeship for absences, DSA approved a $95,000 salary for him.

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A former landlord alleges DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo failed to pay $5,000 in rent on a Crown Heights apartment, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers terminated his apprenticeship after prolonged absences, while DSA approved a $95,000 salary for him.

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Mamdani Launches Council

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday the creation of a New York City business advisory council of more than ten CEOs.
Billionaire CEOs Ken Griffin and Jeff Bezos, along with President Donald Trump, publicly criticized the council and Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax proposal.
Council members are Hamdi Ulukaya, Keia Clarke, Kruti Patel Goyal, and Pat Wang.
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social in April that the tax plan is ‘destroying New York’.

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