NYC Mayor’s ‘Racial Equity Plan’ Would Direct City Resources to ‘Black and Brown New Yorkers’ › Amer

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NYC Mayor’s ‘Racial Equity Plan’ Would Direct City Resources to ‘Black and Brown New Yorkers’ › American Greatness

Bryan Hyde

April 8, 2026

Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has introduced a “racial equity plan” directing city resources to “black and brown New Yorkers” in an attempt to “confront institutional and systemic racism within our city.”

The mayor’s policy proposal targets housing, health, and economic opportunities, and seeks to address disparities by prioritizing neighborhoods and residents that have supposedly been historically marginalized by economic or structural factors.

Mamdani’s Preliminary Citywide Racial Equity Plan and True Cost of Living Measure prompted a warning from U.S. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who called the measure “fishy” and promised to take a closer look at its legality under current civil rights laws.


The Daily Caller reports that during a Monday press conference, Mamdani told reporters the following: “And while today’s True Cost of Living Measure confirms that the affordability crisis touches every corner of our city, we know that these effects are not applied evenly. So often it is black and brown New Yorkers who are hit the hardest.”

Mamdani added, “This Preliminary Racial Equity plan is the first step in developing a whole-of-government approach to tackling that reality.”

NYC Chief Equity Officer Afua Atta-Mensah has been tasked with guiding the plan which focuses on narrowing the wealth gap and claims that white New Yorkers have a median net worth roughly 15 times higher than Black New Yorkers.

The goals of the initiative include expanding access to capital for businesses in underserved areas, using a racial equity framework to guide investment, and increasing access to primary healthcare and reducing pollution in communities of color.

Mamdani, an avowed socialist, has also increased the funding for the city’s Office of Racial Equity to $10.2 million, prompting concerns about race-based discrimination.

In his Monday press conference, the mayor sought to tie what he called “New York’s affordability crisis and its history of racial inequity” as justification for the proposal, claiming, “The wealth of a median white household in the city is more than $200,000, while that of a black household is less than $20,000 . . . We are reckoning with the long history of racism here and starting to act upon a framework that puts equity right at the center of it.”


The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division will review Mamdani’s plan to determine if it violates any civil rights laws.


https://amgreatness.com/2026/04/08/nyc-mayors-racial-equity-plan-would-direct-city-resources-to-black-and-brown-new-yorkers/

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DOJ to Review Mamdani’s ‘Racial Equity Plan’ for New York City

Legal Insurrection by Mary Chastain 4/7/2026

Shorter Mamdani administration: White people bad.

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who heads the Civil Rights Division, is not happy with New York City Zohran Mamdani’s “Racial Equity Plan.”

Mamdani tied his Racial Equity Plan to living affordability, claiming racial inequity caused the city’s affordability crisis.

“The True Cost of Living Measure offers an honest account of what it actually costs to live in this city — and who is being left behind. It shows that this is not a crisis affecting a small minority of New Yorkers. It is a crisis touching the vast majority of our city, in every borough and every neighborhood,” claimed Mamdani. “But we know this crisis is not felt equally. Black and Latino New Yorkers — who have been pushed out of this city for decades — are bearing the brunt. The Preliminary Racial Equity Plan is where we begin to reverse that pattern. These reports make one thing clear: we cannot tackle systemic racial inequity without confronting the affordability crisis head-on, and we cannot solve the cost-of-living crisis without dismantling systemic racial inequity.”

The key goals of Mamdani’s plan:

•   Economic Opportunity: Expand access to capital for underserved businesses, connect New Yorkers in high-unemployment communities to quality jobs, and help young people build generational wealth.

•   Housing: Apply a racial equity framework to all new housing proposals to ensure fair geographic investment.

•   Health: Ensure that every New Yorker has access to a primary care physician by 2034 and reduce truck-related pollutants in communities of color that are disproportionately affected by warehousing activity.

For example, Mamdani will force the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) to develop “new training and professional development opportunities,” with a focus on those “underrepresented.”

By the end of the year, BNYDC must achieve that goal, but “in a matter that is reflective of the diversity of NYC.”

You know what’s missing from all of these sections?

Legit qualifications for jobs.

More: https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/doj-to-review-mamdanis-racial-equity-plan-for-new-york-city/

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The problem with Dem libs is it is never about equity.

If so, the homeless on the streets would be the first in line.

Any scheme that is based upon race means many well-off blacks or browns would profit off the back of the poor working class who are not black or brown.

And that is what these evil people want.

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Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has introduced a “racial equity plan” directing city resources to “black and brown New Yorkers” in an attempt to “confront institutional and systemic racism within our city.”

Let me get this straight.

In order to combat "institutional and systemic racism" 'exposed' by comparing the median net worth of an army of freshly arrived POCs and those on welfare, along with the hard working folks of color who are trying to build wealth (honestly) with third (or more) generation whites, the City will be institutionally establishing systemic racism against whites.

Note, the Median is the middle of the set of values, the Average (Mean) involves adding them up and dividing by the number of data points. It can make a difference which one you use.

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What happened to the clause in the 14th Amendment (which I dislike intensely, but am posting anyway) that guarantees everyone "equal protection under the law" ?