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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday that her first mayoral order was to draw the line after former Mayor Eric Adams was indicted while launching a new City Hall office aimed at changing how the public is involved in decision-making.
“In the first session of administration, you as the new mayor of the city, must sign the continuation of all previous orders or the revocation or amendment of all of them,” said Mamdani in a question and answer session focusing on what he called the renewed Durban Office of Mass Cooperation.
Mamdani said his administration chose to continue executive orders that came before Adams’ impeachment in 2024 on corruption charges, which were revoked by the Justice Department and overturned by a federal judge in April.
“And, therefore, what we did was to sign an executive order that continues all of the executive orders that preceded the impeachment of our former Mayor,” Mamdani said, calling it “a time when many New Yorkers lost more faith in New York City politics and the city government’s ability to prioritize the needs of the community, as opposed to the needs of the individual.”
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed executive orders with campaign volunteers during an appearance at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, Friday, New York City. The newly installed mayor rescinded a number of executive orders issued by former NYC Mayor Eric Adams, including some related to Israel. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
“And what we’re going to do now is show that new era to protect every New Yorker and deliver for those New Yorkers in a way that they haven’t seen under the previous administration,” he added.
The executive order revoked or required reissuance of mayoral directives issued after September 26, 2024, giving Mamdani administration control over which policies will continue.
Mamdani said this while explaining the purpose of the new Office of Mass Engagement, which he said is intended to consolidate the public relations work that is happening in the entire city government.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signs executive orders with campaign volunteers during an appearance at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, NY. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Mamdani said the new Office of Mass Engagement will be headed by Tascha Van Auken, an organizer whose background includes national campaigns for the Democratic Alliance and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in New York City.
“Since President Obama campaigned for the first time in 2008 in his leadership of the New York City DSA, Tascha has spent more than ten years organizing at a high level,” said Mamdani.
Mamdani thanked Van Auken for building a volunteer work after his mayoral campaign, saying that he mobilized more than 100,000 volunteers who knocked on more than three million doors throughout the city.
“The work of dialogue with the community existed before today. It was part of the city government,” said Mamdani. “However, there have been several closures in different parts of the city government’s infrastructure, sometimes under different offices, sometimes through different programs.
“Part of the purpose of this executive order is not only to create a new Office of Public Engagement, but also to consolidate all the work that is already being done in one place to make sure that it is not duplicated, and actually serves its purpose.”
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani addresses the crowd during his inauguration outside City Hall on Thursday. (Jason Alpert-Wisnia/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
Mamdani said he wants the new office to change when the public is consulted on the policy process.
“Most of the time, communication with the city government is done with the aim of clarifying the decision that has been taken,” he said. “The purpose of this office, however, is to make decisions in large part about what the public thinks about those decisions.”
When asked about the budget and staff, Mamdani said the office will start by taking from the existing city staff.
“There are a number of employees within this office who are now working for the city, within the existing offices. Then there will be details on how it will expand beyond that, something we will discuss later,” he said.
Mamdani dismissed the idea that this office was created through re-election politics, saying that it aims to “bring the people of New York today, deliver them to the people of New York every day. … We have an opportunity at this time when the people of New York allow themselves to believe that the city government can exist again. That is not a belief that will be able to sustain itself if there is no action,” said Mamdani.
Mamdani also pointed to another employment announcement, saying that the negotiation office is in line with his decision to appoint Ali Najimy to lead recruitment and access to the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Justice.
“Most of the time, the ability of a New Yorker to become a judge is determined by those who know him, compared to the work he does,” said Mamdani, adding that the goal is to ensure that the justice system reflects the city and “commitment to efficiency and the application of the law in a global manner.”
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Najimy said this position will increase the employment of people throughout the city and stop appointments to criminal and family courts, saying that those who will run for election must be evaluated by “their experience, their qualifications, their commitment to public service.”
Mamdani said he did not want the new office to be sorted by work alone.
“We should not be measured by the number of meetings we hold or surveys filled,” he said. “Actually, we should be measured in the way we include that response in the decisions we make.
Mamdani’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for further comment.
