(Image credits: X @NYCMayor) New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday for a previously unannounced meeting that lasted about an hour, focusing on major new housing investments in the city while also addressing the arrest of a Columbia University student.After the meeting, Mamdani posted on […]
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated man as the new Commissioner of the city’s Department of Correction. 64-year-old Stanley Richards will be the first person who has previously served time in prison to lead the department that runs the city’s jails.Mamdani announced the appointment at a press event earlier this […]
New York governor Kathy Hochul on Monday said her advice helped Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani navigate his first high-stakes meeting with president Donald Trump, a meeting that ended on a surprisingly friendly note and eased fears of federal intervention in New York City. Hochul said she spoke to Mamdani before he visited the White House on […]
In a surprising twist, New York City’s newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani will sit down with President Trump at the White House. This unexpected dialogue follows a history of pointed critiques between the two leaders. The agenda? Tackling NYC’s affordability crisis, bolstering economic stability, and enhancing public safety. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is […]
In a fiery outburst, right-wing commentator Laura Loomer targeted the newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani, slamming him with harsh labels such as ‘jihadist communist’ and ‘Islamic immigrant from Africa. Right-wing commentator Laura Loomer attacked New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for standing beside President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office. Loomer posted on […]
Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state Assembly member, won the New York City mayoral race last week, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo by nearly 10 percentage points. His victory makes him the city’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor-elect, a milestone that has already drawn opposition from some Republican lawmakers in Washington, DC, who have […]
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has described the “weirdest” thing he saw during his visit to the White House to meet president Donald Trump. Speaking on The Adam Friedland Show on Monday, Mamdani said he noticed a stack of coffee-table books on a table, including one titled UFC at the White House. “I had […]
File photo: US President Donald Trump and New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that New York City’s mayor-elect, Zohran “Kwame” Mamdani, will meet him at the Oval Office on Friday, 21 November. In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote: “Communist Mayor of New […]
Donald Trump, Zohran Mamdani TOI Correspondent from Washington: A frisson of excitement is coursing through Washington DC and New York City after President Donald Trump announced that he will be meeting Zohran Mamdani in the White House on Friday at the request of the New York City Mayor-elect, the first Indian-origin person voted to administer […]
Zohran Mamdani (ANI photo) The TOI correspondent from Washington: He quoted from Jawaharlal Nehru’s speech in his victory remarks; he invited his saree-clad mom, the filmmaker Mira Nair, and his academic dad, Mumbai-born Mahmood Mamdani, on stage for celebrations; and his campaign blasted out the Bollywood hit Dhoom Machale, to herald his win.Zohran Mamdani’s election […]
