Mayor Zohran Mamdani skipped Sunday’s unifying Israel Day Parade in the city he governs to instead spend part of his day touting his bid for re-election — in 2029.
The controverial mayor said he loves being mayor so much that he wants to run again in three years to serve a total of eight years at the helm of City Hall.
“This is a job of a lifetime. I can’t imagine anything else I’d rather like,” Mamdani said on 1600 AM’s The Black Information Network.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he plans to run for re-election in 2029, just 5 months into his first tenture. REUTERS/David 'Dee' DelgadoMamdani has been mayor for five months.
And he already has certainly stirred the pot.
On Sunday, Mamdani became the first mayor ever to snub the Israel Day Parade over his criticisms of the Jewish state.
He also enraged Citadel financier Ken Griffin by appearing in a social-media video in front of Griffin’s residence to herald Albany’s approval of a pied-a-terre tax on luxury second homes. Griffin and other business executives said they shouldn’t be personally demonized.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani praying at Eid al-Adha prayers in Macombs Dam Park in the Bronx in New York City on May 27, 2026. Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Press Wire / SplashNews.com
Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani make a child care announcement at Garden School on May 19, 2026 in New York City. Erik Pendzich/ShutterstockMamdani defended the tax on wealthy “non-residents” Sunday and said claims that rich New Yorkers and corporations would flee the city over paying higher taxes had not materialized in the past.
The mayor was partially successful in getting Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Democratic-run legislature to support his agenda with a multibillion-dollar bailout for his left-wing agenda. Albany showered Mamdani with money to help launch his early childhood expansion and balance his budget.
