“I am proud to announce that I am not running for president in 2028,” @mayor.nyc.gov jokes at the National Action Network convention with Al Sharpton.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani made an unannounced trip to Washington on Thursday to meet with President Trump, and suggested afterward that they had found common ground around building more housing in New York City. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...
Asked about the false and doctored A.I. images connecting him to Jeffrey Epstein, Mayor Mamdani calls for closer regulation around artificial intelligence: “it is incredibly difficult to see issues that you know are fake….yet can reach across the world.”
NYC @mayor.nyc.gov Zohran Mamdani says the Adams administration “knowingly” understated fiscal issues such as budget gaps and actual spending numbers. He’s calling on taxes to be raised on the wealthy and corporations.
The decision to not have a snow did not come because of a lack of lobbying. @mayor.nyc.gov says one student found his wife Rama Duwaji’s e-mail and sent a message making the case for a snow day. “She thought it was a very good argument,” Mamdani said, unconvinced.
We’re prepared,” @mayor.nyc.gov Mamdani says on NY1 about the impending snow storm. He also announces there will be no snow day on Monday for the kiddos of NYC: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/n...
“Ms. Hochul is partnering with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and putting him on a path toward realizing one of the central promises of his victorious campaign last year; to make child care free for all New Yorkers under the age of five.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/n...
Julie Menin, on Wednesday afternoon, assumed the speakership of the New York City Council, where she is poised to serve as a structural counterweight to the democratic socialist mayoralty of Zohran Mamdani. w/ @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/n...
During his inaugural address, Mayor Zohran Mamdani quoted the great poet Jadakiss and said he would be “outside.” He wasn’t joking. Excluding the frigid outdoor inauguration ceremony, today’s consumer protection announcement in L.I.C. is the third outdoor news conference since Friday.
“In at least 2 visits over the past decade, Maduro’s political message to Harlemites stressed cooperation w/Black Americans, one of many efforts to forge a relationship btwn his government and Black leaders, to the chagrin of Washington.” Via @mayaaking.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/n...
Adams has been on a travel spree during his last three months in office. He flew to Albania, Israel, Uzbekistan and the Republic of Georgia. Some of the trips were in his official capacity as mayor, meaning taxpayers paid for things such as his security detail. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
Eric Adams said he wanted to travel after he left office. Well, the former mayor is wasting no time. Just hours after attending Mamdani’s inauguration, a source has spotted Adams boarding an Emirates flight from JFK to Dubai. No indication if the trip is business or pleasure.
Mayor Mamdani's soaring inaugural address, before thousands of New Yorkers, laid out plans to govern with a focus on the working-class. Here are 7 takeaways from the 20-minute speech, which marks the launch of the Mamdani administration: w/ @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist who captured New Yorkers’ attention and ardor, was officially sworn in.
When he became mayor more than 1,400 days ago, Eric Adams’s schedule was stuffed. A ubiquitous presence, he branded himself the mayor of “swagger” who liked “sampling the product” of the city he led. But on his final day in office, Mr. Adams was nowhere to be found. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...
Preparations underway at City Hall for Mayor-elect Mamdani’s inauguration tomorrow. Read Nick Fandos on the challenges awaiting the incoming mayor: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...
Speaking at New York Law School, presumptive incoming City Council speaker Julie Menin said she was not going to comment when asked whether she would support Brad Lander or Rep. Dan Goldman in the congressional race, saying she was “focused on the Council.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Between transition planning meetings, Mr. Mamdani has been dialing donors and spending mornings and evenings glad-handing with the city’s wealthy, much as other politicians do. w/ @jeffcmays.bsky.social and Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...
Julie Menin, a councilwoman from Manhattan, said on Wednesday that she had secured enough votes to become the next leader of the City Council. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/n...
In the 48 days between Oct. 6, when he landed in Albania, and Sunday, when he is scheduled to return to NYC, Adams will have spent roughly 27 percent of his time thousands of miles away from the city he governs." via @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he expected his conversation with Mr. Trump to revolve around New York’s affordability crisis. w/ @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/n...
When Mr. Mamdani was recently asked if Queens had surpassed Brooklyn in clout, he played the diplomat.“This guy’s trying to get me to go against other boroughs,” he laughed. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/n...
Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens, will be the 111th mayor of New York. He will be the first Muslim to ever lead the city, as well as its first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor in more than a century.
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“What Zohran said publicly is what Muslims have been saying quietly to us for months,” said Hassaan Chaudhary, Muslim engagement for Mamdani's campaign. “There’s a point where silence becomes complicity, and our communities were done being quiet.” w/ Wesley Parnell www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
“For as long as we have lived, we have known that no matter what anyone says, there are still certain forms of hate that are acceptable in the city,” he said while standing outside a mosque in the Bronx. “Islamophobia is not seen as inexcusable.”
The two campaign officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly, said Mr. Mamdani viewed Ms. Tisch, 44, as a highly effective change agent who had overseen declining crime rates and cleaned up a department rife with allegations of corruption.
The first general election debate in the race for New York City mayor produced some memorable one-liners, on subjects ranging from the candidates’ parents to imaginary sports championships. Here are 10 of the most memorable lines.
Since the indictment Thursday, Ms. James's campaign for re-election next year has raised approximately $1 million, 79 percent of it from new donors. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/n... Like Ms. James, Mr. Mamdani has been a frequent target for the president, who has falsely called him a communist and illegal immigrant while threatening to strip Mr. Mamdani of his U.S. citizenship and slash New York City’s federal funding if he becomes mayor.