Wins and challenges: Zohran Mamdani's first 100 days in office

"Nothing is too big for New York City to take on, and over the past 14 weeks, we have proved that there is no task too small either."

— Zohran Mamdani , Politician

"He's picking some of the stuff that he thinks he can most easily build support with, trying to find issues that have a broad base of support behind them instead of picking potentially divisive issues to start with."

— Justin de Benedictis-Kessner , Academic

""It’s early but so far, so good.""

— Jay Jacobs , Politician

""I think every single day it’s an opportunity to meet the needs of New Yorkers.""

— Zohran Mamdani , Politician

""Too much styling and profiling.""

— Curtis Sliwa , Politician

""So having Zohran as the alternative, I think for a lot of people even if they disagree with him, there’s some stability.""

— Curtis Sliwa , Politician

"The only real majority in this country and in this city is that of the working class."

— Zohran Mamdani , Politician

"These are the things that New Yorkers need, because we’re talking about a city of immense wealth, where one in four New Yorkers are also living in poverty."

— Zohran Mamdani , Politician

"One of the reasons we focus so much on filling 100,000 potholes across the city is that it’s symptomatic of a city government that can actually take care of even the smallest tasks in New Yorkers’ lives."

— Zohran Mamdani , Politician

"In the first snowstorm, it became clear that the city did not have a preexisting plan of how to address..."

— Zohran Mamdani , Politician

"And as I said on that freezing January afternoon to more than eight-and-a-half million New Yorkers, we will make no apology for what we believe. I was elected as a democratic socialist, and I will govern as a democratic socialist."

— Zohran Mamdani , Politician