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After more than 100 days as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani is still very much a democratic socialist, committed to governing for working people and meeting their everyday needs, no matter how mundane or basic.
That was the theme of Mamdani's "First 100 Days" address in Queens on Sunday evening, held at the Knockdown Center, the former door factory-turned-nightclub venue. The event was attended by hundreds of City Hall staffers, agency employees, deliveristas, everyday New Yorkers, and members of the Democratic Socialists of America—Mamdani's political home.
With the fading afternoon light filtering in through the factory space's west-facing, dust-covered windows, Mamdani championed his vision for democratic socialism in the country's largest city.
"On January 1, I told New Yorkers that City Hall would hold a singular purpose, to make this city belong to more of its people than it did the day before," Mamdani said to the often-roaring crowd. "For 102 days, we have endeavored to do exactly that, delivering public goods and public excellence."