New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani and Steven Spielberg had a private meeting on Monday at the director’s Central Park West apartment, per The New York Times.
The Times reported on the pair’s pre-dinner meeting on Thursday, which was confirmed by City Hall and Terry Press, Spielberg’s spokeswoman. Press additionally told the outlet Mamdani and Spielberg agreed to keep their meeting private, while Dora Pekec, a spokeswoman for the mayor, declined to comment, aside from sharing that he returned to work after the events.
Knowledgable sources tell The Hollywood Reporter the meeting was not initiated by Mamdani or Spielberg but by a third party who wanted the mayor and director to meet with Spielberg now being a full-time New York City resident. (The Times reported that the Jaws director became an official resident of New York on Mamdani’s inauguration day.)
Spielberg’s wife, Kate Capshaw, and their son Theo, plus his wife, were present at the meeting, as was Morris Katz, a Mamdani advisor, the the Times additionally outlined. The meeting took place on the first day of Mamdani’s first full week being NYC’s mayor.
Mamdani was inaugurated on New Year’s Day, where he promised a “new era” during his speech.
