{"id":564606,"date":"2026-02-04T01:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/564606\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T01:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:52:12","slug":"mayor-pushes-free-tax-filing-program-accelerates-opening-of-contested-homeless-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/564606\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor pushes free tax filing program, accelerates opening of contested homeless shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, Feb. 3, marked the 34th day of <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/mamdani100days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zohran Mamdani\u2019s term as mayor<\/a>. amNewYork is following Mamdani around his first 100 days in office as we closely track his progress on fulfilling campaign promises, appointing key leaders to government posts, and managing the city\u2019s finances. Here\u2019s a summary of what the mayor did today.<\/p>\n<p>As New Yorkers enter tax season with federal free-filing options shrinking, <a href=\"http:\/\/nyc.gov\/mayor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Hall<\/a> on Tuesday paired a renewed push for its long-running Free Tax Prep program with a stepped-up crackdown on tax preparers who overcharge or hide fees.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"meta-box read-more-box\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/politics\/mamdani-100-days-02032026\/\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSee the full article at amNY &#13;<br \/>\n\t\tMAMDANI\u2019S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor pushes free tax filing program, accelerates opening of contested homeless shelter &#13;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Tuesday, Feb. 3, marked the 34th day of Zohran Mamdani\u2019s term as mayor. amNewYork is following Mamdani&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":63474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[246250,5229,166310,246251,246252,89735,241476,246253,136190,242658,237268,246254,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,13145,246255,246256,246257,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-564606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-affordability-agenda","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-breaking-ground","11":"tag-city-hall-operations","12":"tag-code-blue-nyc","13":"tag-consumer-protection","14":"tag-department-of-consumer-and-worker-protection","15":"tag-extreme-cold-snap","16":"tag-first-100-days","17":"tag-homelessness-crisis","18":"tag-junk-fees","19":"tag-mamdani100days","20":"tag-new-york","21":"tag-new-york-city","22":"tag-newyork","23":"tag-newyorkcity","24":"tag-ny","25":"tag-nyc","26":"tag-nyc-mayor","27":"tag-nyc-free-tax-prep","28":"tag-safe-haven-shelters","29":"tag-tax-season-2026","30":"tag-united-states","31":"tag-united-states-of-america","32":"tag-unitedstates","33":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","34":"tag-us","35":"tag-usa","36":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}