The meeting between President Trump and the incoming mayor of New York City was strikingly warm for two men who had expressed deep concerns about each other’s leadership.
During an Oval Office meeting on Friday, President Trump said he expected to be “a big help” to Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect. Mr. Mamdani said he looked forward to working with Mr. Trump to improve life in New York.
Zohran Mamdani and President Trump seemed to cast aside their months of traded insults, a development that seemed good for New York City but odd to some followers.
After a private meeting in the Oval Office, Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and President Trump held a joint news conference that was strikingly friendly and warm.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani argued that an endorsement of a left-leaning ally, Chi Ossé, would hurt his efforts to secure mainstream Democratic support for his proposals.
Zohran Mamdani, right, has tried to privately persuade Chi Ossé, left, not to challenge Representative Hakeem Jeffries. On Wednesday, he went public with his efforts.
The group, which powered Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s rise in 2018, is backing Darializa Avila Chevalier’s bid to unseat Representative Adriano Espaillat.
The meeting between Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and President Trump will come after the two men have fiercely attacked one another.
Zohran Mamdani takes office on Jan. 1 with ambitious plans to rethink policing and some officers angry about his past criticisms. Winning them over could be a key to a successful term.
In a television interview, Zohran Mamdani spoke of recognizing “what those officers put on the line every single day when they put their uniforms on, and the importance that we ask them to do that which is possible.”
“Leading this department is the greatest privilege of my life, and I am proud to continue doing it,” Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement.
Carlos Anibal Chalco Chango, 40, was released on Monday from an upstate New York jail where he had been held without his cane. It was a surprising move by an agency that rarely frees detainees.
After his arrest, Carlos Anibal Chalco Chango was initially placed in a cell at 26 Federal Plaza, the ICE offices in Lower Manhattan, where he was barred from using a text-to-audio app that could help him read legal documents.
Nurses and guards in Oneida County, N.Y., cracked wise and complained about poor equipment as Antwan Cater lay unconscious in a drug-induced seizure. His father has filed a lawsuit in the case.
Problems for Antwan Cater, who had a daughter and had struggled with drugs and his mental health, began soon after he arrived at the Oneida County Correctional Facility.
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