When the New York City Council convenes in January, it will have a new speaker and a new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to contend with.
How will the relationship change between the opposite ends of City Hall once Mamdani takes office in 2026?
Councilmember Lincoln Restler, a Democrat representing the 33rd District in Brooklyn, said Sunday that he’s confident Mamdani and the council will forge a smooth relationship and avoid some of the difficulties of working with the Adams administration.
Delivering on affordability agenda
Restler told CBS News New York’s “The Point with Marcia Kramer” that he supports Mamdani’s agenda and that his own priorities for better housing, transportation, safer streets and holding the mayor accountable won’t change in the new year.
“I’m very excited to work with this mayor to help deliver on his affordability agenda,” Restler said. “It’s been a challenge working with [Mayor] Eric Adams and his team, and I’m confident that Zohran is bringing in high-caliber people. It’s going to be a much more effective government [and] a much more honest government.”…