Overview
- After a 90‑minute Manhattan meeting, the two teams began staff‑level work on a path to universal child care with major investments targeted for the fiscal 2027 cycle.
- Hochul’s office briefed Mamdani on scenarios including ICE surges or National Guard deployments, and his transition will join coordinated preparedness sessions.
- Both sides discussed strategies to buffer potential federal funding cuts to housing, transit and social services, citing Trump’s public threats toward New York.
- Mamdani said he is closing in on a child care plan with Hochul and signaled openness to alternate revenue options, with any tax changes requiring state approval.
- The mayor‑elect has consulted Governors Pritzker, Moore and Shapiro on governing and responses to Trump, and he plans to establish working channels with the White House.