{"id":361899,"date":"2025-11-07T09:48:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/361899\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:48:32","slug":"zohran-mamdani-heads-to-puerto-rico-for-summit-of-new-york-political-insiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/361899\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani heads to Puerto Rico for summit of New York political insiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) \u2014 New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani <\/a> made a triumphant trip to Puerto Rico on Thursday for an annual summit that brings New York politicians and lobbyists to sunny San Juan for strategy meetings, workshops and boozy confabs. <\/p>\n

Fresh off his election win, Mamdani was greeted by a cheering beachfront crowd at the Somos conference, where he promised them he would fight for working people. <\/p>\n

His Democratic ally, New York Attorney General Letitia James, exhorted the crowd to sing \u201cMamdani, whoa-oh-oh-oh\u201d along with her to the tune of old standard, \u201cVolare.\u201d <\/p>\n

The conference is something of a post-Election Day retreat for the state\u2019s political movers and shakers at a Hilton hotel in San Juan. This year, there are ballroom events<\/a> billed as \u201cWorkforce Development Through Rising Communities\u201d and \u201cCelebrating Human Services Together,\u201d along with a series of legislative workshops. The whole affair is typically viewed as a chance to unwind, schmooze and party. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy to be here at Somos, and I\u2019m happy also to be here because … you cannot tell the story of New York City without telling the story of Puerto Rico,\u201d Mamdani said shortly after arriving.<\/p>\n

He added that he had already tried the traditional plantain dish, mofongo, and that \u201cit was great.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mamdani, 34, announced his transition team<\/a> this week, hiring a group of veteran officials to help guide his shift to City Hall, as he plans to carry out an ambitious affordability agenda when he takes office next year. <\/p>\n

Before landing in Puerto Rico, Mamdani spoke by phone with the city\u2019s outgoing mayor, Eric Adams, who promised that his team \u201cwill fully cooperate with this transition,\u201d according to a spokesperson for Adams. Adams did not attend the annual summit.<\/p>\n

Mamdani is set to return to New York on Saturday. <\/p>\n

The trip comes days after he defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in New York City\u2019s mayoral race. <\/p>\n

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Izaguirre contributed from New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) \u2014 New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani made a triumphant trip to Puerto…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":361900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5297,1613,5340,90,5289,57,1612,24980,8302,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,80,45546,61,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-361899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-andrew-cuomo","10":"tag-central-america","11":"tag-curtis-sliwa","12":"tag-elections","13":"tag-eric-adams","14":"tag-general-news","15":"tag-latin-america","16":"tag-letitia-james","17":"tag-lobbying","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-city","20":"tag-newyork","21":"tag-newyorkcity","22":"tag-ny","23":"tag-nyc","24":"tag-politics","25":"tag-puerto-rico","26":"tag-u-s-news","27":"tag-united-states","28":"tag-united-states-of-america","29":"tag-unitedstates","30":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","31":"tag-us","32":"tag-usa","33":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115507790445813767","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}