New York Metropolis Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is ready to meet with President Trump on the White Home on Friday afternoon, the place he plans to debate affordability and public security with the president.
The end result of the assembly may very well be vastly consequential for the way forward for New York Metropolis. There’s loads on the road — from funding for infrastructure tasks, to setting parameters round immigration enforcement and, maybe most significantly, Mamdani wants federal safety clearance to be briefed on terror threats and different regulation enforcement exercise.
“I’ll work with him on any agenda that advantages New Yorkers”
The excessive stakes assembly comes after months of public hostility between the 2. Mr. Trump strongly opposed Mamdani through the mayoral marketing campaign, even threatening to arrest and deport him. Mamdani has accused the president of performing like an authoritarian, and Mr. Trump has known as the mayor-elect a “communist.”
“I’ll work with anybody to make life extra reasonably priced for the greater than 8.5 million individuals who name this metropolis dwelling,” Mamdani mentioned Thursday.
Mamdani, who vowed to “Trump-proof” the town on election night time, mentioned he reached out to the president to arrange the sit-down assembly.
“I’ve many disagreements with the president, and I imagine that we ought to be relentless and pursue all avenues and all conferences that might make our metropolis reasonably priced for each single New Yorker,” Mamdani went on to say. “I intend to make it clear to President Trump that I’ll work with him on any agenda that advantages New Yorkers.”
Can they discover frequent floor?
Mr. Trump has slammed Mamdani for months, falsely labeling him a “communist” when he is a democratic socialist.
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared to point Thursday that her boss nonetheless had reservations concerning the 34-year-old mayor-elect.
“I feel it speaks volumes that we now have a communist coming to the White Home, as a result of that is who the Democrat social gathering elected because the mayor of the most important metropolis within the nation,” she mentioned.
It is unclear if the 2 leaders will be capable to discover any frequent floor, however New York Gov. Kathy Hochul — who has tried to forge a working relationship with the president, regardless of main coverage disagreements — thinks it is doable.
“Let’s get the Gateway Tunnel completed. Let’s work on our subway system, cash that we want right here within the metropolis. And in addition simply the dialog about how it isn’t essential to ship within the Nationwide Guard, as a result of crime goes down dramatically,” she mentioned.
Friday’s assembly is ready for 3 p.m. on the Oval Workplace. Neither camp has revealed precisely what they may focus on.
