"Less than 24 hours after throngs of ecstatic supporters poured into Manhattan for his history-making inauguration, Zohran Mamdani began his first full day of work with a routine familiar to many New Yorkers: trudging to the subway from a cramped apartment. Bundled against the frigid temperature and seemingly fighting off a cold, he set out Friday morning from the one-bedroom apartment in Queens that he shares with his wife."
"Flanked by security guards and a small clutch of aides on a Manhattan-bound train, he agreed to several selfies with wide-eyed riders, then moved to a corner seat of the train to review his briefing materials. When a pair of French tourists, confused by the hubbub, approached Mamdani, he introduced himself as "the new mayor of New York." They seemed doubtful. He held up the morning's copy of the New York Daily News, featuring his smiling face, as proof."
Zohran Mamdani, 34, began his first full day after inauguration by taking the subway from the one-bedroom Queens apartment he shares with his wife. Bundled against the cold and appearing under the weather, he traveled to Manhattan accompanied by security and aides, documented by photo and video crews, and stopped for selfies with riders. Mamdani has started signing orders, announcing appointments and answering press questions as he assumes leadership of the nation’s largest city. The transit ride underscored a pledge to make government reflect residents and echoed past mayors' use of public transit to signal relatability.
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