Overview
- In an interview with NBC New York on Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani said he will proactively contact the White House before taking office to seek areas of cooperation and to head off federal interventions.
- President Trump has mocked the mayor-elect and floated restricting federal funds, while Rudy Giuliani urged him to step down and called him a security threat.
- Real estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht warned that a rent freeze and high union-driven building costs could push developers out of the city, comparing potential fallout to Mumbai.
- Mamdani named former de Blasio budget chief Dean Fuleihan as first deputy mayor and DSA strategist Elle Bisgaard‑Church as chief of staff as he builds his transition team.
- His platform includes a proposed Department of Community Safety to send mental-health professionals to certain non‑life‑threatening 911 calls and a bid for fare‑free buses that Governor Kathy Hochul says she cannot currently support.