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In January, Mamdani was inaugurated as one of New York City’s youngest-ever mayors and its first Muslim to hold the office.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2026

Unlike past mayors, he didn’t sit courtside at the game or end up on the Jumbotron.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

County Republican Party, the Los Angeles School Police Assn. and more than a dozen members of the state Assembly, mayors and members of multiple city councils.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

“While other states are building at several times our pace, our state is falling further behind, and our communities are the ones paying the price,” the mayors wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The local authorities, after the armistice of Neerlandia, were mayors without initiative, decorative judges picked from among the peaceful and tired Conservatives of Macondo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez