Karen Bass hasn't been particularly good, but this is something if Nithya does win, she will have to contend with. Mailroom Interns at the government NGOs that have LA in a stranglehold have more executive power than the Mayor.
mtswI think it's good that Mamdani is Just Doing Stuff but more people gotta realize that it is not a matter of Will or motivation or whatever but because the NYC Mayor, as an office, is one of the uniquely powerful individual offices you can hold in the United States (seriously)