Zohran Mamdani: Remarks, Jan 21, 2026

Mayor Mamdani Administration Bans Hotel Hidden Fees and Unexpected Credit Card Holds

In remarks on Jan 21, 2026, Zohran Mamdani said 8 of the 13 words Kalshi listed; Parrot’s count agreed with 12 of 13 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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13 words · 8 settled yes · our count agreed on 12 of 13

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityMarket
Junk / Fee Yes2939✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Afford / Affordable / Affordability Yes511✓54%n=2 from settlement history–
Working People / Working Class Yes33✓29%n=10 from settlement history–
Rent / Rental / Renter Yes11✓47%n=4 from settlement history–
Ripoff / Trap Yes11✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Subscription Yes11✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Economy / Economic Yes13✓22%n=21 from settlement history–
Accountable / Accountability Yes11✓20%n=2 from settlement history–
Trump / President No22✗30%n=3 from settlement history–
Deception / Deceptive No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Immigrant / Immigration No00✓26%n=15 from settlement history–
Landlord No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Inequality / Equality No00✓20%n=2 from settlement history–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:05 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Official transcript · Office of the Mayor of the City of New York (nyc.gov) · Source · Quotes of at most 25 words; the full text is at the source.

Where the listed words were said

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Junk / Fee” · prepared

I speak of the hidden fees that plague New Yorkers' lives any time they have the audacity to book a hotel room, not only when…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Afford / Affordable / Affordability” · prepared

…tool we have to make New York City more fair and more affordable. Last week, we blew the whistle on a $550 million scheme to…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Working People / Working Class” · prepared

…a champion of what it can look like to use the law as a tool for working people as opposed to a weapon against them.

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Rent / Rental / Renter” · prepared

…executive orders to target junk fees that add costs to New Yorkers' rent payments, gym memberships, or concert tickets. We've created a Citywide Junk Fee…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Economy / Economic” · qa

…in terms of one that better reflects the city's status as the economic engine of the state. And what we're talking about, in many ways,…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Accountable / Accountability” · qa

…of them?” And so, today is not just to hold bad actors accountable. It's also to say to those who have been good actors, that…

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