Overview
- The mayor-elect tapped Elana Leopold as transition executive director with co-chairs Lina Khan, Maria Torres-Springer, Grace Bonilla, and Melanie Hartzog.
- He said he intends to retain Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who has not yet stated whether she will stay on.
- President Donald Trump softened earlier threats to cut federal support, saying he would help New York "a little bit, maybe."
- The Anti-Defamation League announced a tool to track Mamdani’s policies and personnel, reflecting heightened scrutiny of his appointments.
- Mamdani won just over 50% with more than one million votes on the highest mayoral turnout since 1969, running on rent freezes, fare-free buses, universal childcare, and other affordability measures that face fiscal and state-level constraints.