New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday his first executive order as mayor was meant to draw a line after former Mayor Eric Adams was indicted while also launching a new City Hall office aimed at changing how the public is involved in decision-making. "In the first executive order, you, as the new mayor of a city, have to sign a continuation of all prior executive orders or a revocation or an amendment of all of them," Mamdani said during a question-and-answer session focused on what he called the city's revived Office of Mass Engagement.

Behind Mayor Zohran Mamdani's stunning electoral victory was a grass roots volunteer operation that saw 100,000 volunteers knock on three million doors and make 4.5 million calls to engage voters. Mr. Mamdani announced on Friday that he wants to bring that level of public participation to City Hall. Sitting in Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, he signed an executive order creating an Office of Mass Engagement to help New Yorkers participate in government decisions and to reach communities that have been marginalized from the process.

New York's newly sworn-in mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order Friday to create an Office of Mass Engagement led by his campaign's field director and veteran socialist organizer Tascha Van Auken. The new office will help rebuild "our social infrastructure at scale," Mamdani said at his first press conference at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, and will maintain the social and civic momentum he generated in this year's election. "For too long, city government has only listened to the wealthy and well-connected while working New Yorkers remain further and further disconnected from those elected to serve them," Mamdani said in a statement. "The Office of Mass Engagement will fundamentally change this, creating a deeper connection between City Hall and community organizations, faith-based groups, and everyday New Yorkers looking to make their voices heard. Tascha Van Auken has been instrumental in creating the mass movement that delivered us to City Hall, and she will bring the…

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