A moderate Democrat said on Wednesday she had enough support to become the next speaker of the New York City Council.

The incoming mayor of New York City has had a volatile relationship with President Trump. They recently had a surprisingly cordial meeting. New Yorkers say they are still feeling on edge.

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.

If approved, the proposed pay hike would also apply to the new mayor, public advocate, comptroller and borough presidents. It would raise Mamdani's pay to nearly $350,000 from the current $258,000 with benefits.

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.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani says the city’s current police commissioner will remain in the post. The appointment of Jessica Tisch was announced Wednesday.

President Donald Trump said he would feel comfortable calling New York City home with Democrat Zohran Mamdani in office following his meeting with the 34-year-old mayor-elect. "We agree on a lot more than I would have thought,

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.

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

The day after Mamdani won the mayoral election, FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said he made an “emotional decision” to resign.