Prajwal Bhat

Prajwal Bhat is a New York City–based journalist.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a press conference at Deno’s Wonder Wheel on Coney Island in New York City on February 15, 2026.

Zohran Mamdani Is Putting Corporate Sick-Leave Cheats on Notice Zohran Mamdani Is Putting Corporate Sick-Leave Cheats on Notice

The mayor announced that the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection will investigate employers where more than half their workers take no paid time off in a given year.

Feb 24, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat

Zohran Mamdani and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Sam Levine announced more than $5 million in worker restitution and penalties secured from major restaurant delivery app companies.

Mamdani Secures a Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Delivery Worker Wage Theft Mamdani Secures a Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Delivery Worker Wage Theft

Uber Eats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan also agreed to reinstate 10,000 wrongfully deactivated workers.

Feb 2, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat

Striking nurses listen to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders on the picket line at Mount Sinai West on January 20, 2026, in New York City.

Nurses Dig In Against New York’s Hospital Giants Nurses Dig In Against New York’s Hospital Giants

As nearly 15,000 nurses’ strike, New York’s biggest hospital systems are trying to roll back hard-won staffing rules and health benefits—even as executive pay soars.

Jan 23, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat

Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City, steps up to a podium during a news conference in Brooklyn borough of New York on January 15, 2026.

Zohran Mamdani Takes on the Gig Economy’s Wage Thieves Zohran Mamdani Takes on the Gig Economy’s Wage Thieves

New York City is suing a delivery app for stealing workers’ pay—signaling that under Mamdani, gig companies can no longer break the law with impunity.

Jan 19, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press briefing to Nominate Midori Valdivia for chair and commissioner of the Taxi and Limousine Commission at LaGuardia Airport Queens, New York City, on January 13, 2026.

Zohran Mamdani’s Taxi Agenda Pulls Up to City Hall Zohran Mamdani’s Taxi Agenda Pulls Up to City Hall

Mamdani names Midori Valdivia as taxi commissioner as the drivers who powered his rise press him to finish the fight against medallion debt.

Jan 14, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat

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