Astead Herndon

Try Odoo for free at odoo.com.

That's O-D-O-O dot com.

You're listening to Today Explained.

We're going to sit down with Zoran Mamdani in a minute.

But first, our producer, Peter Balanon-Rosen, is here to tell us about a pretty unique event he went to that the mayor-elect recently held.

Peter, hit me.

So for Samina and others, it seemed to be about the feeling that they got out of this, the emotional response.

It seems as if Mamdani was trying to create a sense of community between campaign and supporters.

Did you talk to anyone who had issues that they wanted addressed from Mamdani?

Did you meet anyone who was also wondering whether this was all just spectacle?

I'm doing well, Mayor-elect.

How are you?

Thank you for joining us.

My plan with talking to the mayor-elect was to figure out how he's going to avoid letting New Yorkers down, especially considering how much hope was surrounding his campaign.

But I also wanted to figure out how he makes this agenda happen once he's sworn into office three days from now.

Well, we're glad to talk to you at this point because, you know, we want to focus on the transition, not only how you all have conducted it, but also how you're thinking about how it informs your term ahead.

We know that kind of mayoral transitions can sometimes be the high watermark for elected officials.

I recently saw that you were plus 15 in your own favorability.

How do you reverse what has been a historic trend?

How do you make sure that this moment in office, that you're taking office, is not the end of something but the beginning?