Zohran Mamdani: Remarks, Feb 17, 2026

Mayor Mamdani Releases Balanced Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget

In remarks on Feb 17, 2026, Zohran Mamdani said 6 of the 13 words Kalshi listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 13 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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13 words · 6 settled yes · our count agreed on 13 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
Hochul / Governor Yes1219✓36%n=27 from settlement history–
Afford / Affordable / Affordability Yes610✓45%n=22 from settlement history–
Home / Housing Yes44✓84%n=32 from settlement history–
Adams / Previous Administration Yes44✓26%n=12 from settlement history–
Safe / Safer / Safety Yes34✓68%n=32 from settlement history–
Snow Yes11✓30%n=6 from settlement history–
Five Borough No00✓49%n=9 from settlement history–
New Era No00✓43%n=13 from settlement history–
Economy / Economic No00✓40%n=40 from settlement history–
NYPD No03✓39%n=33 from settlement history–
Trump / President No00✓30%n=12 from settlement history–
Freeze / Freezing No00✓29%n=8 from settlement history–
Cleanup / Clean Up No00✓21%n=13 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“Hochul / Governor” · prepared

…in tandem with more than a billion dollars in additional aid from Governor Hochul, have lowered that deficit from an initial $12 billion to $5.4…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Afford / Affordable / Affordability” · qa

…wealthiest New Yorkers, the most profitable corporations. I believe that they can afford to pay a little bit more. We are in the most expensive…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Home / Housing” · prepared

…structural changes in Albany, or painful decisions of last resort here at home. I am encouraged and heartened by the relationship that we have built…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Adams / Previous Administration” · prepared

…we inherited. This crisis did not materialize overnight. It originated with Mayor Adams' 2025 November plan. The city's budget at the time was $118.2 billion.…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Safe / Safer / Safety” · prepared

This reflects our priorities, education, healthcare, safety, and the everyday functioning of the city that we love. This preliminary budget increases city expenses by over…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Snow” · prepared

…recent snowstorm. This also includes an addition of $100 million to our snow removal budget. Beyond winter response, we are expanding services to our most…

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