Overview
- He took office as New York City’s mayor as a self-described Democratic Socialist and the city’s first Muslim mayor.
- Within hours, he revived the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants and launched LIFT and SPEED task forces to inventory city land and streamline permits, overseen by Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning Lila Joseph.
- He rescinded several Eric Adams executive orders, including a ban on city-agency boycotts or divestment from Israel and a directive creating protest-free buffers near religious sites.
- The “warmth of collectivism” line went viral across social media, drawing rebukes from Ron DeSantis, Ted Cruz, and Bishop Robert Barron.
- Supporters from the progressive wing were prominent at his inauguration as the phrase became a national flashpoint across partisan media.