In a bid to boost his affordability agenda, Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday appointed his chief of staff to lead the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, a nonprofit that connects philanthropists with city programs in need of support.
The appointment of Elle Bisgaard-Church as chair of the fund’s board is part of Mamdani’s effort to develop public-private partnerships, which he described as government “driving the race car” and philanthropy “giving it that turbo boost to cross the finish line.”
“Or if you are a Mario Kart fan,” he added, “government is Yoshi and philanthropy is the golden mushroom, that edge we need to beat Bowser on the Rainbow Road.” Bowser, he said, was corporate greed….