Overview
- City Hall and Spielberg spokeswoman Terry Press confirmed the in-person meeting, which was not listed on the mayor’s public schedule.
- The Monday meeting occurred at Spielberg’s Central Park West apartment and was first reported by The New York Times.
- Sources told the Times the conversation lasted about an hour and had no set agenda.
- Press said the participants agreed to keep the meeting private, and The Hollywood Reporter says a third party initiated the introduction.
- The encounter highlights tension with Mamdani’s democratic-socialist stance toward billionaires, and there are no records of Spielberg donating to his campaign.