What Should Mayor-Elect Mamdani Do Now? Panel with Vital City

After a mayoral election discussed around the world, many are wondering what’s next for New York City and for Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani. On Wednesday, November 12, NYU Wagner and Vital City partnered to present a panel of experts to delve into what may lie ahead as Mamdani prepares to take office.

In a packed room in Wagner’s Main Event Space, Errol Louis, political anchor on Spectrum News NY1 moderated the discussion between panelists:

  • Polly Trottenberg, dean, NYU Wagner;
  • Kimberly Phillips-Fein, Gardiner-Kenneth T. Jackson Professor of History, Columbia University and author of Fear City;
  • Martha Stark, former commissioner, New York City Department of Finance and clinical professor of public service, NYU Wagner;
  • Michael Lange, writer and political analyst;
  • and Jeffrey Toobin, lawyer and author of True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump. 

 

Photos: ©Braddock Jr.: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau

Errol Louis, Jeffrey Toobin, Polly Trottenberg, Kimberly Phillips-Fein, Michael Lange, Martha Stark
Michael Lange speaking into microphone
Polly Trottenberg speaking into microphone
Jeffrey Toobin speaking into microphone
crowd laughing
Martha Stark speaking into microphone
Whole panel on stage
Panel facing crowd
Errol Louis speaking into microphone
Whole panel on stage
crowd in Main Event Space
panel from back of room
Polly Trottenberg shaking guest's hand