Tisya Mavuram

Tisya Mavuram is The Nation’s engagement editor.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch arrive to attend the New York City Police Department Memorial Wall on October 13, 2026.

Mamdani Can No Longer Avoid the Issue of the NYPD Mamdani Can No Longer Avoid the Issue of the NYPD

The mayor has been able to put difficult questions about policing on the back burner—until now.

Oct 19, 2026 / Tisya Mavuram

Attendees during an election night event with Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, not pictured, in New York City on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. More than 930,000 New Yorkers cast their ballots in the city's Democratic primary, with more than half withstanding record temperatures to vote at polling stations on Tuesday.

Is This the Decade of the Youth Vote? Is This the Decade of the Youth Vote?

Young voters showed up for Zohran Mamdani. They could reshape American politics elsewhere, too.

Aug 11, 2025 / Tisya Mavuram

Eric Adams and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo shake hands during a press conference, July 14, 2021, in Brooklyn, NY.

Why Are New York Politicians So Corrupt? Why Are New York Politicians So Corrupt?

The state’s political culture is—especially as evinced by its campaign finance laws—practically designed to encourage wrongdoing.

Nov 1, 2024 / Tisya Mavuram