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This Week with George Stephanopoulos

Extended Interview: Mayor Mamdani discusses NYC agenda, Trump & ICE operations

This Week with George Stephanopoulos

ABC News

Politics, News

3.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani sat down with "This Week" for his first Sunday show interview since being inaugurated. The two discussed issues local and national — from the 34-year-old democratic socialist's approach to governing and ambitious economic agenda to his relationship with President Trump and the administration's immigration enforcement tactics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.6

Mr. Mayor, thank you for joining us.

0:32.6

Very welcome. Thank you for coming.

0:33.6

You got a huge storm coming.

0:35.6

This is a big test. Are you ready? Is the city ready?

0:39.4

I'm very much ready. And I think this is a moment where we can show that this is a city government that's ready to meet the challenge that New Yorkers are facing. And we're talking about it. It could be eight inches of snow. It could be 18 inches of snow. It's quite a range.

0:50.4

It's quite a range.

0:51.4

But the good thing is that we have an incredible set of city workers who have been out

0:55.2

as of 6 a.m. this morning, brining highways, major roadways, making sure that we're prepared for any eventuality.

1:01.9

And then we've actually procured 700 million pounds of salt just to be ready for a moment like this.

1:06.5

Because we've seen snowstorms undo mayors.

1:09.4

I mean, you know, you, you know, you're reminded by

1:11.0

everyone. Mayor Bloomberg was in Bermuda one year. I remember when a big storm hits. So, so you could be really judged. This is, this is people going to look at you and say, did he pull it off? And I think, you know, New Yorkers are right. I mean, you're not the one actually plowing the streets but you know but they're right to ask which is you know Ken city government

1:27.8

helped me in my most

1:28.7

day-to-day needs?

1:29.7

And on Sunday, we're talking about a level of snowfall that will change the way New Yorkers can move around the city. So, yes, we're asking New Yorkers, you know, stay home, watch some terrible reality TV with your friends and family. But on our end, we have to deliver, and I'm just really proud of the city workers who are doing exactly that.

1:44.1

And I've heard it said there's no democratic or Republican way, I guess no democratic socialist way to plow the streets. Fiora LaGuardia. Yeah. I mean, so is that true? Is that basically, you know, it's just competence. You have to deliver it. And I have to tell you that for as much as my, I believe deeply in the importance of public goods, I believe

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