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should he win...here's an AI summary of a few programs he's talking about...

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AI Overview

Yes, many of the programs proposed by New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have been employed or piloted in other cities. These include initiatives related to housing, public transportation, and community safety.

Public safety
Mamdani's public safety plans to create a new Department of Community Safety are informed by models in other cities that use non-police responses for mental health crises.
Eugene, Oregon: The Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) program dispatches teams of behavioral health workers and medics to respond to non-emergency calls involving mental health issues. Mamdani's plan cites CAHOOTS as an inspiration.

New York City (existing program): Mamdani's proposal to expand existing programs is similar to the city's Mobile Crisis Team program, which dispatches mental health professionals and EMTs to certain mental health emergencies.

Other models: Programs using violence interrupters and restorative justice practices also exist in various cities. For example, the non-profit Common Justice has worked with community organizations in New York to integrate restorative justice into community violence intervention programs.

Housing
Mamdani's housing proposals build on existing approaches seen in other states and municipalities.

Good Cause Eviction: The New York State Good Cause Eviction law of 2024, which Mamdani supports expanding, is based on a concept that has been legislated elsewhere.
States: Just cause eviction laws have been passed in other states, including New Jersey (1974), California (2019), and Oregon (2019).

Municipalities: Cities like Philadelphia (2018) have also enacted similar ordinances.

Social Housing: Mamdani's support for public financing of social housing is part of a broader movement to increase government involvement in housing development, a practice common in other countries and with some precedent in the U.S..

Municipal grocery stores
Mamdani's proposal to establish city-owned grocery stores to combat food deserts is based on models that already exist in the U.S..

Atlanta, Georgia: In 2025, Atlanta opened two municipal grocery stores.
Madison, Wisconsin: This city also has a municipally owned grocery store.
Kansas: Rural Venice, Illinois, and St. Paul, Kansas, have also established city-owned retail markets.

Public transit
Fare-free bus service, a central tenet of Mamdani's platform, has been implemented or piloted in cities across the country.
Kansas City, Missouri: The city was one of the first to eliminate fares on all bus routes permanently in 2020.

Boston, Massachusetts: The MBTA has piloted free bus routes.
New York City (existing pilot): The MTA has run small pilot programs for fare-free bus service on a few routes.

Other proposals
Guaranteed Income: While not a central part of Mamdani's core campaign, guaranteed income pilots, which provide monthly cash payments to residents, have been tried in over 160 cities across the country, including Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City. Some of these cities were inspired by federal pandemic relief funds to initiate such programs.
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