It's the Brian Laris show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone.

Well, it's been 98 days since Iran-Mam Dani was sworn in as New York City's 112 mayor. As his administration

approaches that 100-day milestone, what does Mom Dani's New York actually look like so far?

What, if anything, has changed? You know he ran on three big promises, freeze the rent,

free child care, and fast and free buses. But campaign promises are one thing.

What's he actually been able to deliver? Here's how he described his governing philosophy

as a reminder and a starting point at his inauguration on New Year's Day.

I was elected as a Democratic socialist and I will govern as a Democratic Socialist and I will govern as a Democratic Socialist.

I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical.

As the great senator from Vermont once said, what's radical is a system which gives so much

to so few and deny so many people the basic necessities of life. So that from the inaugural. Now as

Mayor Mamdana gets ready to celebrate, the occasion of the 100 days with a rally this Sunday at the knockdown center in Maspeth and Queens, let's see what 100 days of governance as a Democratic Socialist has meant for New York City. With me now are Errol Lewis, political anchor at Spectrum News, New York One, host of Inside City Hall there, and the big deal with Errol Lewis.

He's also a New York magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide.

And our Bridget Bergen, WNYC and Gothamist senior political correspondent.

Hi, Bridget and Errol, welcome back to WNYC.

Hey, Brian. Good morning. Great to be with you. All right, Errol. welcome back to WNYC. Hey, Brian.

Good morning. Great to be with you.

All right, Errol.

You often end the debates you moderate and that we sometimes moderate together with a lightning round of short question, short answers.

I want to begin with one for you and Bridget on Mayor Mamdani's first 100 days.

You ready?

All right. Sounds good. Is there a biggest thing or two that have obviously changed from the Adams administration? Neryl? Oh, sure. Much better communications. You know, the mayor now talks regularly with the press and therefore with the public minus the, you know, the bluster and the whining and, you know, playing music and all kinds of other sort of, you know, strange gimmicks. We get a lot more direct communication that shows a mayor doing his job and trying to convey

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