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title: "Q&A with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani on new municipal AI policy measures, like an AI ban for some students, support for a one-year data center pause, and more (Katie Drummond/Wired)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/q-a-with-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-on-new-municipal-ai-policy-measures-9e0ee585
published: 2026-11-04T01:45:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Q\&A with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani on new municipal AI policy measures, like an AI ban for some students, support for a one-year data center pause, and more (Katie Drummond/Wired)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-04 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/q-a-with-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-on-new-municipal-ai-policy-measures-9e0ee585

Katie Drummond / Wired : Q\&A with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani on new municipal AI policy measures, like an AI ban for some students, support for a one-year data center pause, and more — Ahead of the midterms, WIRED talked to New York City's mayor about data centers, AI in schools, and the future of the Democratic party.

In this story: [Data centers](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/data-centers), [AI policy](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-policy), [Wired](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/wired)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261103/p45#a261103p45)

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