NEW YORK — In his first month as New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani has begun to reveal a governing style that answers a central question of his campaign: How does a 34-year-old democratic socialist with no executive experience run the nation’s largest city?
Through interviews with nearly a dozen people who have insight into Mamdani’s schedule, a clearer picture is beginning to form: The young mayor puts in long hours. He approaches the city’s organizational chart with a Bloombergian deference to agency autonomy. And he takes a granular interest in public relations.
On more than one occasion, the mayor has walked into City Hall’s press shop, commandeered a keyboard and edited a statement himself, according to a senior administration official, who, like many of the people who spoke with POLITICO, was granted anonymity to provide a peek into the daily life of the world’s most watched mayor…