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In this NewsBusters article, Siena Do argues that CNN’s Kaitlan Collins gave New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani a friendly platform to promote an expensive housing plan without serious scrutiny.
- The article says Mamdani appeared on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins to discuss his “Block by Block” housing proposal.
- Mamdani described the plan as building 200,000 new affordable homes, preserving another 200,000 affordable homes, increasing code enforcement, investing in tenants, and putting more than $5 billion into public housing.
- NewsBusters criticizes Collins for allegedly asking soft questions rather than challenging the cost, funding assumptions, or likely consequences of the plan.
- The article notes that Mamdani wants to raise public housing funding from about $1.2 billion annually toward roughly $5.6 billion over five years.
- The plan reportedly calls for up to $100 billion in public investment over a decade, funded through municipal bonds and higher taxes on corporations and top earners.
- Mamdani argued that New York City should not wait for federal help and should begin delivering housing improvements itself.
- Collins also asked Mamdani about his proposed pied-a-terre tax and whether he had heard back from Citadel CEO Ken Griffin after Griffin criticized one of Mamdani’s ads.
- The article takes aim at Mamdani’s claim that the wealthy do not pay their “fair share,” arguing that high earners already shoulder a large portion of New York City’s income tax burden.
- NewsBusters concludes that Collins largely allowed Mamdani to repeat his talking points and ended the segment on a friendly note about the New York Knicks.
Read the full story: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/siena-do/2026/05/27/cnns-kaitlan-collins-welcomes-zohran-mamdanis-costly-housing-plan
