Mamdani picks experienced team to guide NYC transition

ZOHRAN MAMDANI, THE mayor-elect of New York City, moved quickly on Wednesday to try to reassure New Yorkers that he was prepared to lead, rolling out a team of City Hall veterans that he said would guide his transition into office.

- EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS & NICHOLAS FANDOS

Mamdani, 34,has laid out an agenda that would be ambitious for any mayor to deliver, including promises to make buses free, expand government-funded child care and jump-start housing development.

But as the youngest person to win the office in more than a century and a democratic socialist, Mamdani is certain to face even more intense scrutiny than his predecessors as he picks the team that will help run a city with a $115 billion budget and 300,000 municipal employees.

Mamdani tapped four women as co-chairs of his transition, three of whom have worked for his predecessors. The choices signaled that he was interested in a broad range of experience in New York and Washington.