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- Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a plan to give away 70,000 free Metropolitan Opera tickets.
- The “Opera for All” partnership donates about 10% of the Met’s seasonal capacity for a monthly lottery.
- The city will only promote the tickets, not pay for them, according to the mayor’s office.
- Conservative users on X criticized the giveaway as misplaced while Mamdani also proposes fare-free buses, raising taxpayer-burden concerns.
