Mamdani says he is looking forward to having talks with NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch about her serving in his admin.
Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday during a press conference he was “looking forward” to having conversations with NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch about keeping her on as top cop.
The democratic socialist has previously said in the homestretch of his campaign he’d be willing to retain Tisch, but it’s unclear if the current head of the department will be willing to work in the Mamdani administration.
Questions about Tisch’s future came as FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker handed in his resignation Wednesday morning, effective Dec. 19, sources said.
GOP Councilwoman Kristy Marmorato concedes her race to Democratic challenger
By Carl Campanile and David Propper
GOP Councilwoman Kristy Marmorato conceded her Bronx race to Democratic challenger Shirley Aldebol in a race that was still razor-thin Tuesday night.
Marmorato, who became the first Republican to win the council seat in five decades in 2023, was trailing Aldebol 51-46%, according to unofficial city Board of Elections results.
About 97% of precincts had reported so far, but her spokesperson told The Post Marmorato conceded the race.
Aldebol is a first-time candidate, but served as high-ranking official in the powerful 32 SEIU union. She vowed to focus on increasing wages and tenant protections.
Three other closely watched races among the 51 council districts turned out as expected.
Democrat Phil Wong clinched his former boss Bob Holden’s seat, beating out fellow ex-staffer Alicia Vaichunas in Queens while Democrat Kayla Santosuosso will replace her boss Justin Brannan in Brooklyn. She beat out George Sarantopoulos with nearly 60% of the vote.
GOP firebrand Vickie Paladino topped Democrat Benjamin Chou with 57% of the votes in Queens.
Curtis Sliwa vows to fight Mamdani’s policies and calls Cuomo ‘prince of darkness’
By David Propper and Haley Brown
GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa vowed to take on election winner Zohran Mamdani’s socialist policies and called Andrew Cuomo “a prince of darkness” after conceding his election Tuesday.
“So he has his mandate. We’ll see what he does, but the first time that he tries to implement any socialist policy or render the police more impotent than they are now, then we organize, we fight,” Sliwa said of Mamdani as he feasted on meatballs, pizza and chicken parmesan in a back back room at Arte Cafe.
“We fight for what we know is right, we improve, we don’t move, and we take on the socialist issue by issue, whereas the supporters of Andrew Cuomo pretty much signaled that if they lost this election, they’re going to flee.” Sliwa added.
Sliwa said he called Mamdani to concede, and admitted it got under his skin when supporters for Cuomo claimed a vote for Sliwa was a vote for Mamdani.
“Well, of course, because I’m nothing like Mamdani,” he told The Post. “This is a democracy.”
He also said of Cuomo: “Hopefully he goes back to the Hamptons with his billionaire friends and crawls under a rock and leaves all of us alone because he’s a prince of darkness.”
Trump posts online ‘…AND SO IT BEGINS!’ as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani delivers victory speech
President Trump posted online “…AND SO IT BEGINS!” as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani delivered his victory speech.
The post on Truth Social came as Mamdani specifically singled out Trump, who has assailed the lefty Democrat as a “communist” and threatened to withhold federal funds if he wins City Hall.
Trump encouraged voters to support former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over Mamdani and GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa.
Mamdani tauntingly delivers four-word message to Trump: ‘Turn the volume up’
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani tauntingly delivered a defiant message to President Trump during his victory address.
Mamdani said he had four words for a Trump who would surely be watching the socialist’s speech: “Turn the volume up.”
“So, hear me President Trump when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.”
Zohran Mamdani proclaims ‘we have toppled a political dynasty’ in victory speech
Mayor elect Zohran Mamdani declared at the beginning of his victory speech that New Yorkers had “toppled a political dynasty” in electing him — and took a parting shot at foe Andrew Cuomo.
“My friends we have toppled a political dynasty,” Mamdani said.
“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in his private life but that [will be] the final time I utter his name,” he vowed.
Zohran Mamdani claims ‘mandate,’ blasts Cuomo in victory speech
Zohran Mamdani claimed a mandate late Tuesday after his stunning victory in New York City’s mayoral election.
“New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for a new kind of politics, a mandate for a city that we can afford and a mandate for a government that delivers exactly that,” he said.
The democratic socialist thanked his supporters, calling out “forgotten” hardscrabble New Yorkers that his campaign worked to reach.
He also offered a biting goodbye to Andrew Cuomo.
“My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty,” he said to cheers.
“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life. But let tonight be the final time I utter his name as we turn the page on a politics that abandons the many and answers only to the few.”
Mamdani crowd booed as Cuomo’s concession speech played live at winner’s watch party
Mayor Eric Adams congratulates Zohran Mamdani on ‘hard-fought battle’
Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams congratulated Zohran Mamdani after his “hard-fought battle” to lead the Big Apple.
“My team is going to put together transition documents and information to allow you to assemble your team and get prepared to govern the city,” Hizzoner said in video on X. “One of the most difficult jobs — but truly the greatest job on the globe is being the mayor of the city of New York.”
Adams assured those who did not vote for the 34-year-old Democratic socialist that “we will move together to ensure this city is a city that hears the voices of everyone.”
“And I can promise you as your former mayor and a former member of the New York City Police Department, your safety and your acceptance in the city that we all love.”
Proposals approved by city voters that would help fast-track housing
Big Apple voters signed off on proposals that would help fast-track housing across the city — but appeared ready to reject a measure that would line up mayoral elections the same years as presidential ones.
The proposals — which will give more power to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and kneecap some of the City Council’s power — were easily approved, according to Associated Press projections.
Proposal 2 would forego the traditional seven-month process when affordable housing is put forward, while Proposal 3 would create an expedited land use review process for smaller projects that would take it out of the purview of the City Council in most cases.
And Proposal 4 would establish an appeals board that could reverse affordable housing decisions made by Council members.
Proposal 5 will create a digital map to modernize city operations.
Right now, the city doesn’t have a unified map that defines street, neighborhood and park boundaries. The measure would instruct the Department of City Planning to create a citywide map by January 2028 and a digital map by January 2029.
As for Proposal 6, about 53% voters turned down the measure that would make mayoral elections the same year as the presidential race, with about 89% of votes counted, according to AP figures.
The sole state proposal, a retroactive measure to uphold state law for an Olympic sports complex near Lake Placid, which has already been built and used in two Olympic Games, was narrowly ahead with 52% of the vote, with about 89% votes counted.
A defiant Cuomo claims his independent bid for mayor was the ‘right fight’
A defiant Andrew Cuomo tried to spin his second humiliating loss to fledgling lawmaker Zohran Mamdani as a repudiation of the socialist’s ideal — insisting it was the “right fight to wage.”
The ex-governor, standing with his daughters and speaking to a packed room in Manhattan, praised the historic turnout of Tuesday that topped 2 million for the first time in more than 50 years.
“This campaign was the right fight for which I am proud of what we did and what we did together,” he said.
“It’s also important to note that almost half of New Yorkers did vote to support a government agenda that makes promises that we know cannot be met,” Cuomo said in a dig at the mayoral-elect Zohran Mamdani’s lofty promises for a grab bag of socialist freebies.
“We support an economy of jobs and opportunities of entrepreneurship. That’s what New York is, and that’s what New York means to me.”
Cuomo, running on an independent line, carved out an impressive 41.6% of the vote, trailing Mamdani by 9 points.
Mamdani entered the general election after trouncing Cuomo in the Democratic primary with a hefty lead for months.
“We got up off the mat the night after the primary, and we made it a real race,” Cuomo added, praising the some 850,000 votes nabbed on a third-party line, which was buried on the ballot.
He added that the percentage was greater than his father, Mario Cuomo, ran on an independent line in 1977 when he only pulled in 40% of the vote, and lost to Ed Koch.
“We are a nation of laws, and we believe in law and order, and we need the police to keep society safe,” he said, continuing, “We will not make the NYPD the enemy. We cherish our diversity, and we have no tolerance for discrimination of any kind by race, religion, sexual orientation, or creed, and we will not tolerate any behavior that fans the flames of anti-Semitism.”
“This campaign was necessary to make that point. A caution flag that we are heading down a dangerous, dangerous road,” Cuomo said in another shot at Mamdani.
Zohran Mamdani won but has no mandate — it’s up to Kathy Hochul to save the city
Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race, but his victory margin was slim, indicating New Yorkers’ apprehension about his socialist agenda. Many residents consider leaving the city if his policies are implemented.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and other Democrats are urged to intervene and prevent his radical plans from devastating New York City.
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