Overview
- New York's mayor-designate named a five-member transition team made up entirely of women, including former FTC chair Lina Khan, signaling an affordability-focused agenda that features rent caps, childcare and transit funding.
- President Trump derided Zohran Mamdani in public as a communist while the New York Times, citing anonymous sources, reported he privately called him a talented and eloquent politician, and House GOP leader Mike Johnson labeled the win a milestone for socialism.
- Israeli Diaspora minister Amichai Chikli urged New York Jews to consider moving to Israel, and opposition figure Avigdor Lieberman issued harsher accusations, reflecting alarm over Mamdani’s past support for BDS and use of terms such as apartheid and genocide.
- Mamdani reiterated that he will stand with Jewish New Yorkers against antisemitism, noting he condemned Hamas’s terror, as New York’s diverse Jewish communities showed a split response across orthodox and progressive neighborhoods.
- The Anti-Defamation League said it will run a “Mamdani-tracker” to scrutinize policies and appointments, and city fire and safety commissioner Robert Tucker submitted his resignation as the transition proceeds toward a January 1 inauguration.