Hi, it's Layla Falded with a special episode of Up First, a conversation from our sister's show and PR's newsmakers, where we interview some of the most influential people of our time.

Our guest today is the mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani.

When you were campaigning, President Trump called you a communist lunatic, you called him a fascist.

Now that you've met with him, that you've spoken with him multiple times, do you still think he's a fascist?

Yes.

And do you tell him that?

Yes.

Is your party ready for the midterms?

I think not only will we push back against the bigotry and cruelty that we've seen in so much of these last few years,

but also push for a dignity that too often it seems like we have to look for in the history books of the Democratic Party and not in the present day.

New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdaniani was swept into office on a promise of affordability that

resonated with so many voters.

It's been just over 100 days that he's been in office.

So I came to City Hall to ask him about his accomplishments, the economy, the war in Iran,

and his relationship with President Trump.

We're in a different place. We're in City Hall from the last time that we spoke. It's been

over 100 days. You've made inroads on some of your campaign promises on others. You have not.

What would you give yourself as a grade? I will always leave it to New Yorkers to provide

the grades. What I will say is that I'm very proud of what the team was able to accomplish over

those first hundred days. This was a time when just on day eight, we delivered $1.2 billion

to make universal child care a reality across our city. This is a time where we secured more

than $30 million in

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