NEW YORK − New York’s mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, said on Nov. 5 the city's residents were facing twin crises.
There was affordability, the 34-year-old democratic socialist said in his first news conference since winning the election the night before. Then there was what he called “an authoritarian administration” under President Donald Trump.
"It'll be my job to deliver on both," Mamdani said. "It will be my job to stand up for the city."
Trump, a Queens native, has loomed over the election in his hometown, and he has threatened to punish New York with measures such as cutting the city's funds if voters elected Mamdani, a state assemblyman from Queens. If Mamdani became mayor, Trump recently said it would be hard for him to give "a lot of money" to New York, adding Mamdani would waste the money with his left-leaning politics.
Mamdani has vowed to fight back in court when he takes office in January.
