Zohran Mamdani: Press conference, Feb 18, 2026

Mayor Mamdani Holds Press Conference to Break Ground on Timbale Terrace
Wed, Feb 18Press conferenceOfficial transcriptZohran Mamdani

Kalshi listed 15 words for Zohran Mamdani’s press conference on Feb 18, 2026; 7 settled Yes. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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15 words · 7 settled yes

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, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultProbabilityMarket
Home / Housing Yes85%n=33 from settlement history–
Safe / Safer / Safety Yes70%n=33 from settlement history–
Afford / Affordable / Affordability Yes49%n=23 from settlement history–
NYPD Yes37%n=34 from settlement history–
Property Tax Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Budget / Deficit Yes35%n=9 from settlement history–
Trump / President Yes27%n=13 from settlement history–
Five Borough No44%n=10 from settlement history–
New Era No40%n=14 from settlement history–
Hochul / Governor No39%n=28 from settlement history–
Snow No38%n=7 from settlement history–
Economy / Economic No38%n=41 from settlement history–
Adams / Previous Administration No32%n=13 from settlement history–
Cleanup / Clean Up No19%n=14 from settlement history–
Millionaire / Billionaire No17%n=4 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“Home / Housing” · prepared

A 100 percent affordable housing development that will transform the lives of hundreds of families across East Harlem. It is a privilege to be joined…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Safe / Safer / Safety” · prepared

…construction workers that are going to be here in the trenches to build this beautiful building, and we wish them a safe passage to completion.

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Afford / Affordable / Affordability” · prepared

…not happen by accident. It happened because generations of New Yorkers could afford to live here. To afford to live here, is a foundation for…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“NYPD” · prepared

…started off as a public RFP. This is a formerly city-owned site, NYPD parking lot that went through an RFP process, brought together public, private,…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Property Tax” · qa

…resort. I described them as last resort because we have a broken property tax system in the city. We have one that can barely stand…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Budget / Deficit” · qa

And so, that's why, if you see in our preliminary budget, we increased funding for specifically this kind of outreach, so that we would be…

Zohran Mamdanispeaker“Trump / President” · prepared

…as the current comptroller, but he was also the former Manhattan borough president, Mark Levine. Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal. Our very own Assembly member,…

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