In a Sunday interview on “Meet the Press,” Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect, said he had made a forceful case to the president that troops were not needed in the city.

Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.

It was hard to miss the civic spirit spilling out of Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral campaign. You could find his canvassers gathering at parks, playgrounds, and plazas; at 5:30 pm on weekdays or noon on weekends;

The key to radical reform, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani clearly understands, is to be pragmatic as all hell. Mamdani’s ultra-disciplined campaign focused on a handful of policies that New Yorkers both needed and wanted: affordable housing and universal child care above all,

Jared Walczak, vice president of state projects at the non-partisan Tax Foundation, voiced opposition to Mamdani's proposed tax hike, saying the policy risks a gradual erosion in the high-earner tax base and revenue losses that would accumulate over time.

NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that the city's current police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, has agreed to remain in the post, a major coup for the incoming mayor as he moves to assuage concerns over his past criticisms of the New York Police Department.

Zohran Mamdani’s platform shares far less with state socialism than with a foundational text of Catholic social teaching: “Rerum Novarum.”

Zohran Mamdani needs a civic program to complement his affordability agenda It was hard to miss the civic spirit spilling out of Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral campaign. You could find his canvassers gathering at parks,

While surrounded by members of the media, New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, helps to serve meals at at POTS, a Bronx nonprofit that provides food assistance, in New York, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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