The mayor of New York was elected Johran Mamdani He has announced the leadership of his transition team, pledging to build a “competent and compassionate” administration to lead the city and turn his election platform into policies.
Mamdani said briefly on Wednesday that he was moving from “poetry” of propaganda to “beautiful prose of governance”.
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“In the coming months, my team and I will build a capable City Hall to deliver on our campaign promises,” he said.
“We will build an administration that is equal parts competent and compassionate, driven by integrity and willing to work as hard as the millions of New Yorkers who call this city home.”
Mamdani said his all-women transition team will be led by four co-chairs, including former heads of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Leena Khanwho is a prominent antitrust lawyer.
On Tuesday, the 34-year-old Democratic Socialist defeated the former Democratic governor. Andrew Cuomowho was supported by President Donald Trump and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa became the city’s first Muslim mayor.
He will assume charge on January 1, 2026.
New York’s race had ramifications beyond the city. Seen as A A reflection of the battle Between the progressive Democrats and the centrist, pro-Israel party old guard.
Mamdani’s campaign focused on affordability, promising to expand social programs to help struggling families.
His plans include waiving public bus fares, freezing rents for government-subsidized housing and providing residents with free childcare.
Mamdani’s agenda requires working with state leaders to raise taxes on top earners to fund his programs.
ADL will ‘monitor’ the Mamdani administration
Although Mamdani’s campaign focused on New York, his advocacy was For Palestinian rights The entire center was taken.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a major pro-Israel group, says it is launching “a comprehensive initiative to track and monitor the policies and personnel appointments” of the incoming Mamdani administration in New York.
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt leveled baseless accusations of anti-Semitism against Mamdani, saying the mayor-elect had “demonstrated an intense hostility toward Israel”.
“We expect the mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in the world to take an unequivocal stand against anti-Semitism in all its various forms and to support all of its Jewish residents as much as any other entity,” Greenblatt said.
“We will hold the Mamdani administration accountable to these basic standards.”
Mamdani has been critical of Israel’s human rights violations. He has pledged to protect Jewish New Yorkers and has met with Jewish community leaders throughout the campaign.
Mamdani should protest against Trump
Born and raised in New York, Trump was very assertive on the race. On Tuesday, he said any Jewish resident who would vote for Mamdani was a “fool”.
The president of the United States threatened to withhold funding to New York and deploy federal troops to the city if Mamdani was elected.
In his victory speech on Tuesday night, Mamdani sent a scathing message to Trump, saying that New York will show how to stop the US president.
“If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it’s the city that gave birth to him,” Mamdani said. “And if there is any way to defeat a dictator, it is to break the conditions that allow him to accumulate power.”
He added that addressing the root causes of Trump’s rise to power, including income inequality, would also prevent the rise of others like him.
“So, Donald Trump, I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Be loud,” Mamdani said.
Wednesday, Elected Mayor Trump suggested he would turn to the legal system if he took a stand against New York.
Asked by ABC News how he would stand up to Trump, Mamdani said: “The first thing is, you really use the courts. You stop taking things as law because of the fact that President Trump is saying it.”
Elections boost Democrats
Democrats also appeared in Tuesday’s election Win big In gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia.
Democrats also won two races for seats on Georgia’s utility boards — statewide contests considered a litmus test of Trump’s appeal in the swing state.
California voters approved a congressional map that would draw US House districts in favor of Democrats.
The results are a boost for Democrats ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
Trump acknowledged the election setback, partially blaming the feds Government shutdown For results.
Late Tuesday, Trump called on Republicans to scrap the filibuster — a Senate rule that requires 60 votes in the 100-seat chamber to pass major legislation — to facilitate what he called “voter reform.”
“Pass voter reform, voter ID, no mail-in ballot,” Trump wrote in a social media post. “Save our Supreme Court from “packing,’ no to state additions, etc. End the filibuster!!!”
Trump has long opposed mail-in voting, a practice that is common in democracies around the world, claiming baselessly that it enables fraud.
In the 2024 election, which Trump won, nearly 30 percent of Americans relied on mail-in voting to vote.
