A New Year's Repost! Zohran Mamdani (NYC's Brand New Mayor) Pops In

What Now? with Trevor Noah

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🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate the New Year (and Mayor Mamdani's inauguration), we're reposting this incredible conversation from December. Zohran Mamdani stops by to break down how he actually plans to fix New York City, from housing to transit to the cost of just existing. Somewhere along the way, our friend Dave fully becomes the unhinged NYC resident everyone knows…enjoy!

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0:00.0	This is What Now with Trevor Noah.
0:10.4	This episode is presented by Whole Foods Market. Eat well for less.
0:18.4	How are you doing, man? I've got to see you. Congratulations, by the way.
0:21.6	Thank you very much.
0:22.5	What did he win?
0:23.3	Very much.
0:23.9	Huh?
0:24.3	He won an all expenses paid trip
0:26.3	Almost a family.
0:27.2	To the Upper East Side.
0:29.1	All expenses paid trip to the Upper East Side.
0:31.6	Call a number.
0:33.3	What number mayor are you, by the way?
0:35.6	Just saying it's 112.
0:37.1	No ways.
0:38.0	Pitches and cream.
0:40.5	What?
0:41.3	They should sing at your inauguration.
0:44.8	You know what's stuck in my head?
0:48.4	Kanda.
0:49.5	Kanda.
0:50.4	Kanda.
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