In the new year, New Yorkers will see if the hallmark promises of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s campaign can come to life. With rent freezes, free buses and free childcare promises, Mamdani won over the public by painting bold visions of a more affordable city. His proposals for healthcare, in comparison, are lackluster both in detail and ambition. New Yorkers have inequitable access to high-quality healthcare depending on where they live. His three short paragraphs on healthcare on the campaign website proposes to increase access in general through outreach workers and public hospital funding, but does not grapple with this unacceptable status quo.

New York State has previously made headlines for ranking near the bottom of the 50 states in the average quality of care of its hospitals.

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