Mamdani says being mayor ‘couldn’t be better’ — as 10 die in NYC deep freeze and city faces $12B budget gap

Jan 30, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani told other US city leaders that he “struggles” to imagine how his job “could be better” at the moment — even as 10 New Yorkers died in the recent deep freeze and the Big Apple faces a $12 billion budget gap. The cheery remarks, during a panel at the US Conference of...