Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named an architect of New York's controversial congestion pricing scheme as the city's new budget director on Thursday.

Police lights, body cameras, last-minute action! City Council Dems were poised to steamroll through a controversial bill giving the NYPD’s civilian watchdog direct access to body-worn camera footage Thursday in an end-of-year vote. The measure faced strenuous objections from police unions, who decried it as a slap in the face for rank-and-file cops. The bill would...

The big budget hole comes on top of figuring how to pay for up to $10 billion in new spending if he implements his freebie-filled agenda.

He hopes you had the time of your life.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani unveiled a brain trust of more than 100 elected officials he said will help enact his sprawling socialist agenda -- but pettily snubbed pols who didn't back his historic run.