Mamdani did Trump a solid by keeping their White House meeting under wraps

The NYC mayor decided against publicly announcing the meeting after the White House asked it be kept secret for as long as possible.

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s second Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump brought their unusual alliance to new heights, cementing a bond that’s testing each of their bases while requiring the democratic socialist to bend on the tenets of his campaign.

With the president tantalized by the notion of the biggest federal housing investment in five decades, Mamdani’s pitch for a massive Queens real estate project is setting up a scenario where a legacy-defining accomplishment would be yoked to perhaps the most loathed figure in New York City.

“We put forward a proposal to build more housing in a single project than the city has seen since 1973. More housing than you would get combining Hudson Yards and Battery Park City together. And not just housing, but also parks, also child care, also hospitals — an entire new neighborhood,” the mayor said Friday at an unrelated press briefing. “I was heartened by the fact that the President was interested in this proposal.”

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