Mamdani taps party insiders to steer transition despite vowing to ‘turn the page’ on old-guard NYC Dems
Zohran Mamdani vowed Tuesday night during his victory address to "turn the page" on old-guard New York City Democrats, but within less than 24-hours the mayor-elect of New York City...
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Zohran Mamdani vowed Tuesday night during his victory address to "turn the page" on old-guard New York City Democrats, but within less than 24-hours the mayor-elect of New York City announced a transition team comprised of folks with ties to the administrations of Bill de Blasio, Eric Adams, Michael Bloomberg and Joe Biden. "Let tonight be the final time I utter [Andrew Cuomo's] name, as we turn the page on a politics that abandons the many and answers only to the few," Mamdani said Tuesday evening as he touted a new political order for New York City at his victory address at the Brooklyn Paramount theater. Meanwhile, the next morning, Mamdani named an all-female transition team comprised of four co-chairs and an executive director. The co-chairs are Maria Torres-Springer, a former top aide under former mayors de Blasio and Michael Bloomberg, and soon-to-be former mayor Adams; Lina Khan, the Biden administration's Federal Trade Commission chair; Melanie Hartzog, a former New York City budget director who served as the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services under de Blasio; and Grace Bonilla, a former Bloomberg and de Blasio aide appointed to lead the former's Task Force on racial equity and Inclusion. Elana Leopold, a former senior aide for de Blasio, was tapped to be the transition team's executive director. WILL ELECTION DAY 2025 BE REMEMBERED AS THE RISE OF THE SOCIALISTS? Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani for comment but did not get a response in time for publication. "The polls have barely closed and already the incoming mayor is breaking one of his core promises to shake up the status quo and usher in a new day. New York City started a downward spiral under the de Blasio Administration, and now some of its main players are returning to the halls of power," said Republican strategist Colin Reed. "And former FTC Chair Lina Khan became synonymous with her hostility toward businesses large and small during the Biden Administration and one of the ringlea…