New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani took to social media Tuesday to ask supporters for donations to help fund his transition.
Mamdani said that, so far, his campaign has raised $1 million to cover transition expenses, but they need $4 million, and – unlike during the campaign – transitions do not receive public matching fees.
“We have less than 50 days until we take office, and we have a lot to do. We have to vet the 50,000 resumes we’ve received,” Mamdani said in the video. “We have to keep paying our incredible team … and we have to plan not just our inauguration, but our policy implementation.”…