For Mamdani, new bodyguards and an early morning at City Hall
New Mayor Zohran Mamdani went up the steps of New York City Hall just after midnight, accompanied by a much bigger NYPD bodyguard detail.
Mamdani remained inside City Hall — his office is in the northwest corner of the two-century-old building — well past 1 a.m.
He had some things he wanted to do (pressed, he wouldn’t say what), he said in the same spot where, 10 hours earlier, predecessor Eric Adams said he’d spend his post-mayoralty enjoying “cigar and single-malt scotch.”
At 1:28 a.m., Canadian tourists were at the west gate of City Hall begging one of Mamdani’s bodyguards for a glimpse.
Meanwhile, at the building’s east gate, two women were seeking access to a rave in the building, having been given the wrong address, The City news organization reported.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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