Mamdani’s first city report card: more potholes fixed, fewer 3-K seats filled

City Hall released the first Mayor’s Management Report of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tenure on Thursday. The data book runs more than 500 pages and measures how city agencies performed over the past fiscal year.

That year ran from July 2025 through June 2026, so the figures blend Mamdani’s first six months with the closing half year of Eric Adams’ administration. “Every number in this report represents a New Yorker we have a responsibility to serve,” the mayor said in a statement.

Pothole repairs rise, but 311 complaints take longer to close

Street repairs, the heart of the mayor’s “pothole politics” approach, stand out. Pothole work orders climbed 21% and completed repairs rose 27%. Residents who flagged a pothole to 311 waited longer for an answer, though: the average complaint now stays open four days, more than twice last year’s figure. On Thursday, Mamdani marked the 200,000th pothole fixed since he took office.

3-K, pre-K and affordable housing numbers fall short of targets

Enrollment in 3-K slipped to 43,678 from 44,729 the year before, under the administration’s goal of 45,454. Free pre-K enrolled 55,042 children, down from 56,950 and well below a target of 59,250. Administration officials pointed to cuts in outreach to families under Adams, along with fewer births and people moving away from New York. They said new investments will likely show results in the 2026-27 school year.

The city financed 26,913 affordable homes in the fiscal year, a drop of nearly 7%. In May, the mayor set a goal of 200,000 new affordable homes over a decade and another 200,000 preserved. Only 26% of affordable housing lottery projects finished approving applicants within six months, compared with 41% the prior year.

On public safety, major felony crime fell overall. Felony assaults, including those tied to domestic violence, rose to 29,996, a five-year high and nearly 20% above fiscal 2022. Transit summonses, mostly for fare evasion, hit a record 181,143, and quality-of-life tickets rose 12% to 220,802. Since Mamdani said in November he would keep Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, 93% of cases where the Civilian Complaint Review Board recommended discipline ended in sanctions. For most of the Adams years, that share was about half.

Smaller numbers and a call for reform

Among the lighter data points, attendance at the Parks Department’s historic homes open to visitors grew 4%. The Citizens Budget Commission, which published a guide to improving the report two years ago, said on social media Thursday that the mayor should fix the report and use it to manage the city.