New York Metropolis Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani instructed “Good Morning America” on Wednesday that he wouldn’t be “intimidated” by potential threats from President Donald Trump to deploy the Nationwide Guard to town.
“His threats are inevitable,” Mamdani stated. “This has nothing to do a security, it has to do with intimidation.”
“If it was security, President Trump can be threatening to deploy the Nationwide Guard to the highest 10 states of crime, eight out of that are all Republican-led,” Mamdani added. “However due to that get together he will not really be doing it.”
Zohran Mamdani speaks after profitable the mayoral election, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York.
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The 34-year-old democratic socialist was propelled to victory amid a document turnout in New York Metropolis. Greater than 2 million voters turned out on Tuesday — the primary time a mayoral election crossed that threshold since 1969.
Mamdani will change into town’s youngest mayor since 1892 and the primary Muslim to carry the workplace.
New York Metropolis Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani seems on “Good Morning America,” Nov. 5, 2025.
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Mamdani additionally stated he noticed his election victory as a “mandate” to pursue the “most bold” affordability agenda for New Yorkers in many years.
He described the primary steps towards funding that agenda as pushing to lift taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers — together with elevating company taxes to 11.5% from its present degree at about 7.25%.
“This stuff collectively elevate about $9 billion,” he stated, “which greater than pays for the financial agenda and in addition begins to Trump-proof our metropolis.”
Mamdani’s proposal for city-funded common youngster care is among the many insurance policies he stated he deliberate to fund with new tax revenues.
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