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Trump Meets NYC Mayor Mamdani to Discuss Housing and Immigration
Confirmed
In Short: President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met Monday at Gracie Mansion to discuss affordable housing and immigration.
The two leaders focused on the Sunnyside Yard project, an affordable housing initiative in Queens.
Trump praised Mamdani, calling him a 'great mayor' with 'great potential,' despite their political differences.
Mamdani, a self-identified democratic socialist, invited Trump to Gracie Mansion, stating his commitment to working with anyone who could help the city.
During the meeting, Mamdani emphasized the importance of immigrant New Yorkers, especially Haitian residents, to the city's economy.
Trump, however, did not indicate that Mamdani's concerns would influence federal policy.
The pair also discussed the cost of living crisis in New York City.
This was the third in-person meeting between the two, with previous encounters held at the White House.
Mamdani's visit to the White House in February to pitch the housing project was also discussed.
Trump, a former New Yorker, has maintained a cordial relationship with Mamdani despite their political differences.
The meeting took place while Trump was in New York for the United Nations' General Assembly.
What this adds
The meeting did not address the Israeli UN ambassador's call for Mamdani's arrest over planned protests against PM Netanyahu's visit.
Background
Israel's UN ambassador wants New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrested over planned protests against PM Netanyahu's visit.
What's confirmed
- The two leaders focused on the Sunnyside Yard project, an affordable housing initiative in Queens.
- Trump praised Mamdani, calling him a 'great mayor' with 'great potential,' despite their political differences.
- Mamdani, a self-identified democratic socialist, invited Trump to Gracie Mansion, stating his commitment to working with anyone who could help the city.
- During the meeting, Mamdani emphasized the importance of immigrant New Yorkers, especially Haitian residents, to the city's economy.
- Trump, however, did not indicate that Mamdani's concerns would influence federal policy.
- The pair also discussed the cost of living crisis in New York City.
- This was the third in-person meeting between the two, with previous encounters held at the White House.
- Mamdani's visit to the White House in February to pitch the housing project was also discussed.
- Trump, a former New Yorker, has maintained a cordial relationship with Mamdani despite their political differences.
- The meeting took place while Trump was in New York for the United Nations' General Assembly.
What's still developing
- The two leaders said they had a wide-ranging conversation on affordability and immigration, including constructing an affordable housing project called Sunnyside Yard, which would be built in Queens.
- “I can tell you that Sunnyside’s a big job — I’ve been watching that for 35 years,” Trump told reporters.
- President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met Monday to discuss affordability in the Big Apple and immigration, including Trump's decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
- Credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met Monday afternoon at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan where they discussed affordability, housing and how to keep "immigrant New Yorkers" safe, the mayor told reporters at a news conference afterward.
- During each encounter, they have discussed "how to improve the lives of New Yorkers" by tackling "the cost of living crisis," Mamdani said during a news conference Monday afternoon with Trump outside the mansion.
- When asked about the topic at the news conference, Trump said "the mayor feels very strongly about it," but offered no indication that those feelings would sway federal policy.
- Following their first meeting the pair began communicating by text and telephone calls, Newsday previously reported.
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump, shown above during an Oval Office meeting last November, met at Gracie Mansion on Monday for the first time.
- Before shaking the mayor’s hand and stepping away from the podium, Trump said Mamdani has "great potential." Get the latest breaking news as it happens.
- "I want him to be a great mayor," the president added.
- Mamdani said they spoke about affordability for city residents and the Sunnyside Yards residential project the two have been discussing over the past few months.
- "At a time where hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are asking the questions of how they can afford this city, I appreciate the conversation the president and I have had on the subject of how we can make it easier to afford life in this great city that we call our home," Mamdani said.