Overview
- Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said his team has reached out to the White House to pursue a face-to-face, focusing on SNAP, grocery prices and the broader cost-of-living squeeze.
- President Donald Trump acknowledged the request and said “we’ll work something out,” adding that he wants things to go well for New York.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said no date or time has been set for any meeting.
- The prospective sit-down follows months of hostile rhetoric from Trump, who labeled Mamdani a “communist” and threatened to curtail federal support for the city.
- Mamdani, who takes office Jan. 1, says he will collaborate on affordability where possible and is also preparing legal defenses to counter federal actions he views as harmful to New Yorkers.