{"id":2977,"date":"2026-09-05T14:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2026-09-05T14:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:35:36","slug":"mamdanis-attorney-seemingly-admits-to-illegal-propaganda-op-possibly-funded-by-taxpayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2977","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani\u2019s Attorney Seemingly Admits To Illegal Propaganda Op \u2014 Possibly Funded By Taxpayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s administration ran a secret, potentially illegal propaganda pipeline to its online influencer army \u2014 a violation the city\u2019s top lawyer seemed to acknowledge Friday, according to the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2975\">Lindsay Clancy\u2019s Ex-Husband Patrick Breaks Silence After Mistrial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem said City Hall took \u201ccorrective actions\u201d after learning the encrypted Signal chat was set to auto-delete messages \u2014 but only after a reporter flagged the issue, not because anyone at City Hall caught it first. Kassem said Signal use requires prior approval, and for that app specifically, staff must disable the disappearing-messages feature to stay compliant with records rules.<\/p>\n<p>The chat, called \u201cNYC Creators Announcements,\u201d traces back to Creators4Zohran, a volunteer network that boosted Mamdani\u2019s 2025 mayoral campaign online. The group now includes more than 200 creators, according to a Columbia Journalism Review\/Tow Center study, ranging from micro-influencers with 5,000 followers to accounts with millions. It is steered by Emilia Rowland, the mayor\u2019s director of new media and cultural communications, who sends daily updates, video clips and talking points that creators can repost. The New York Times reported that at least one channel Rowland ran was configured to erase her own messages after they were sent, a setting City Hall changed only after the paper began asking questions.<\/p>\n<p>The city does not pay creators to belong to the group or to post about City Hall, according to the outlet. But some have collected $5,000 to $20,000 per campaign from private marketing an advertising firms holding city contracts \u2014 a subcontracting arrangement that keeps their names off the procurement notices available to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2973\">The Forgotten Women Who Flew Straight Into Hell For America<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Critics say the setup runs afoul of New York\u2019s Freedom of Information Law, which requires officials to preserve records of public business. Criminal attorney Cory Morris, who litigates public-records cases, called the arrangement \u201cnot innocuous,\u201d arguing that Signal\u2019s disappearing-message feature suggests staff wanted to keep communications out of public view. City Councilman Phil Wong is now drafting legislation to regulate how city government engages influencers, telling the Post the episode is \u201cone of the biggest scandals\u201d to hit Mamdani\u2019s administration \u2014 and that officials calling it a \u201cfaux scandal\u201d only compounds the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani defended the outreach campaign Wednesday, saying his administration \u201cwill always strive to fully comply with all legal requirements, including those that relate to the preservation of city records,\u201d and that any slip-up would be corrected immediately.<\/p>\n<p>John Kaehny, who runs the good-government group Reinvent Albany, told the Post he saw sloppiness rather than anything sinister, faulting City Hall for a lack of professionalism, standards and training. He added a warning: if the administration keeps using Signal and similar apps, the story stops being about inexperience \u2014 and \u201cit\u2019s not going to be an excuse that \u2018we\u2019re new\u2019 for very much longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2971\">Obama-Appointed Judge Throws Trump\u2019s Mail-In Ballot Plan Into Limbo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s administration ran a secret, potentially illegal propaganda pipeline to its online influencer army \u2014 a violation the city\u2019s top lawyer seemed to acknowledge Friday, according to the New York Post.Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem said City Hall took \u201ccorrective actions\u201d after learning the encrypted Signal chat was set to auto-delete messages \u2014 but only after a reporter flagged the issue, not because anyone at City Hall caught it first. Kassem said Signal use requires prior approval, and for that app specifically, staff must disable the disappearing-messages feature to stay compliant with records rules.The chat, called \u201cNYC Creators Announcements,\u201d traces back to Creators4Zohran, a volunteer network that boosted Mamdani\u2019s 2025 mayoral campaign online. The group now includes more than 200 creators, according to a Columbia Journalism Review\/Tow Center study, ranging from micro-influencers with 5,000 followers to accounts with millions. It is steered by Emilia Rowland, the mayor\u2019s director of new media and cultural communications, who sends daily updates, video clips and talking points that creators can repost. The New York Times reported that at least one channel Rowland ran was configured to erase her own messages after they were sent, a setting City Hall changed only after the paper began asking questions.The city does not pay creators to belong to the group or to post about City Hall, according to the outlet. But some have collected $5,000 to $20,000 per campaign from private marketing an advertising firms holding city contracts \u2014 a subcontracting arrangement that keeps their names off the procurement notices available to the public.Critics say the setup runs afoul of New York\u2019s Freedom of Information Law, which requires officials to preserve records of public business. Criminal attorney Cory Morris, who litigates public-records cases, called the arrangement \u201cnot innocuous,\u201d arguing that Signal\u2019s disappearing-message feature suggests staff wanted to keep communications out of public view. City Councilman Phil Wong is now drafting legislation to regulate how city government engages influencers, telling the Post the episode is \u201cone of the biggest scandals\u201d to hit Mamdani\u2019s administration \u2014 and that officials calling it a \u201cfaux scandal\u201d only compounds the problem.Mamdani defended the outreach campaign Wednesday, saying his administration \u201cwill always strive to fully comply with all legal requirements, including those that relate to the preservation of city records,\u201d and that any slip-up would be corrected immediately.John Kaehny, who runs the good-government group Reinvent Albany, told the Post he saw sloppiness rather than anything sinister, faulting City Hall for a lack of professionalism, standards and training. He added a warning: if the administration keeps using Signal and similar apps, the story stops being about inexperience \u2014 and \u201cit\u2019s not going to be an excuse that \u2018we\u2019re new\u2019 for very much longer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mamdani\u2019s Attorney Seemingly Admits To Illegal Propaganda Op \u2014 Possibly Funded By Taxpayers - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2977\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mamdani\u2019s Attorney Seemingly Admits To Illegal Propaganda Op \u2014 Possibly Funded By Taxpayers - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s administration ran a secret, potentially illegal propaganda pipeline to its online influencer army \u2014 a violation the city\u2019s top lawyer seemed to acknowledge Friday, according to the New York Post.Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem said City Hall took \u201ccorrective actions\u201d after learning the encrypted Signal chat was set to auto-delete messages \u2014 but only after a reporter flagged the issue, not because anyone at City Hall caught it first. Kassem said Signal use requires prior approval, and for that app specifically, staff must disable the disappearing-messages feature to stay compliant with records rules.The chat, called \u201cNYC Creators Announcements,\u201d traces back to Creators4Zohran, a volunteer network that boosted Mamdani\u2019s 2025 mayoral campaign online. The group now includes more than 200 creators, according to a Columbia Journalism Review\/Tow Center study, ranging from micro-influencers with 5,000 followers to accounts with millions. It is steered by Emilia Rowland, the mayor\u2019s director of new media and cultural communications, who sends daily updates, video clips and talking points that creators can repost. The New York Times reported that at least one channel Rowland ran was configured to erase her own messages after they were sent, a setting City Hall changed only after the paper began asking questions.The city does not pay creators to belong to the group or to post about City Hall, according to the outlet. But some have collected $5,000 to $20,000 per campaign from private marketing an advertising firms holding city contracts \u2014 a subcontracting arrangement that keeps their names off the procurement notices available to the public.Critics say the setup runs afoul of New York\u2019s Freedom of Information Law, which requires officials to preserve records of public business. Criminal attorney Cory Morris, who litigates public-records cases, called the arrangement \u201cnot innocuous,\u201d arguing that Signal\u2019s disappearing-message feature suggests staff wanted to keep communications out of public view. City Councilman Phil Wong is now drafting legislation to regulate how city government engages influencers, telling the Post the episode is \u201cone of the biggest scandals\u201d to hit Mamdani\u2019s administration \u2014 and that officials calling it a \u201cfaux scandal\u201d only compounds the problem.Mamdani defended the outreach campaign Wednesday, saying his administration \u201cwill always strive to fully comply with all legal requirements, including those that relate to the preservation of city records,\u201d and that any slip-up would be corrected immediately.John Kaehny, who runs the good-government group Reinvent Albany, told the Post he saw sloppiness rather than anything sinister, faulting City Hall for a lack of professionalism, standards and training. 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