Jahmila Edwards, director of intergovernmental affairs A top staffer at the city’s largest union of municipal workers who will work on policy implementation. Mamdani’s first political home shaped his vision of progressive organizing; many of its co-founders and members remain his close friends and allies.

The mayor-elect’s past call to defund the city’s police department continue to be a vulnerability. His decision to retain Jessica Tisch, the city’s current police commissioner, has eased some concerns about a radical shakeup at the top of the nation’s largest police force.

Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor of New York City on Jan. 1. Here's what to know about the ceremonies on New Year's Day.

He is a brilliant political talent with dizzying ambitions to change the city. Is he ready for the actual job, though?

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani loves his Astoria, Queens, neighborhood, and the feeling is mutual. But voters who live near Gracie Mansion, his new home, really wanted his opponent to win.

As Zohran Mamdani prepares to be inaugurated as the city’s next mayor, Muslim New Yorkers say his victory represents more than a historic first.

WASHINGTON — The first face-to-face meeting between incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump in November avoided the harsh exchanges they traded during the mayoral campaign. Instead, both talked about their mutual love of the city and finding common ground.

Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert joins 'The Sunday Briefing' to discuss New York City's mental preparation for Zohran Mamdani to officially take office and how Americans can stick to their New Year's resolutions.

Mamdani's team says the group of 48 includes "people from across fields and communities" and are "New Yorkers whose creativity, leadership and lived experience reflect the full life of the city."

A member of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team for worker justice slammed fellow Bangladeshi and other South Asian families for being "proud" to have relatives join the NYPD, because they could become "killers.