Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Zohran Mamdani’s incoming administration began taking shape on Wednesday as the New York City mayor-elect announced a transition team to help enact what he called the city’s most ambitious policy platform in a generation, vowing to get right to work when he takes office on 1 January.Speaking at a morning press conference in Queens, the 34-year-old democratic socialist revealed an all-female transition team led by Elana Leopold as executive director.
45% : He often labels the democratic socialist a “communist”.New York City’s budget for fiscal year 2026 includes approximately $7.4bn in federal funding, accounting for 6.4% of total spending, according to a 2025 analysis from the state comptroller.On election day, Trump escalated his attacks, writing on Truth Social that “any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person”, despite Mamdani’s repeated condemnations of antisemitism.The campaign was marked by a massive wave of Islamophobic attacks from Democrats, Republicans and conservative commentators.
44% : “No matter what your politics, we’re all facing the same issues.”Mamdani campaigned on an unapologetically progressive platform including a rent freeze for stabilized apartments, free bus service, universal childcare and city-run grocery stores, all funded by increased taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
40% : And in Somerville, Massachusetts – home to Tufts University – voters approved Question 3, a non-binding measure calling on city leaders to end business with companies that “engage in business that sustains Israel’s apartheid, genocide and illegal occupation of Palestine”, by 55%.The incoming New York administration said it would begin announcing deputy mayors and agency commissioners in the coming days.

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