Seven more years!
Zohran Mamdani said he loves being mayor and plans to seek re-election in 2029 to serve eight years at the helm of City Hall.
“This is a job of a lifetime. I can’t imagine anything else I’d rather like,” Mamdani said Sunday on 1600 AM’s The Black Information Network.
Host Vanessa Tyler asked Mamdani if he loved the job enough to serve a second term.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he plans to run for re-election in 2029, just 5 months into his first tenture. REUTERS/David ‘Dee’ Delgado
Mamdani has been mayor for five months.
He has certainly stirred the pot.
On Sunday, Mamdani becomes the first mayor ever to snub the Israel Day Parade over his criticisms of the Jewish state.
He enraged Citadel honcho Ken Griffin after the mayor appeared in a social media video in front of Griffin’s residence to herald Albany’s approval of a pied-a-terre tax on luxury second homes. Griffin and other business executives said they shouldn’t be demonized.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani praying at Eid al-Adha prayers in Macombs Dam Park in the Bronx in New York City on May 27, 2026. Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Press Wire / SplashNews.com
Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani make a child care announcement at Garden School on May 19, 2026 in New York City. Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock
Mamdani defended the tax on wealthy “non-residents” Sunday, and said claims that rich residents and corporations would flee the city over paying higher taxes had not materialized in the past.
The mayor was partially successful in getting Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Democratic-run legislature to support his agenda with a multi-billion dollar bailout. Albany showered Mamdani with money to help launch his early childhood expansion and balance his budget.
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