New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s law department on Tuesday sought a judge’s approval to stop representing the former mayor, Eric Adams, in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against him in 2024, the New York Times reports.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) “has used the encrypted messaging app to communicate with fellow elected officials and political advisers. In at least one instance, he’s discussed government business over the app,” Politico reports.

“In an indication he was aware of the problems Signal can pose for government officials, Mamdani left several group chats on the app after his November election victory.”

“Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City made an unannounced trip to Washington on Thursday to meet with President Trump,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Mamdani did not put the meeting on his public schedule… The White House did not immediately comment.”

“Mayor Zohran Mamdani proposed raising New York City property taxes by nearly 10%, having failed so far to persuade New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to increase taxes on corporations and the wealthy,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Higher taxes for rich corporations and individuals remains his first choice, Mamdani said Tuesday as he shared his proposed budget for fiscal year 2027.”

“Expanding a New York City program to help struggling tenants pay rent seemed like an obvious campaign promise for Zohran Mamdani, who staked his insurgent candidacy last year on making life more affordable in the five boroughs,” the New York Times reports.

“Now, confronting a grim fiscal picture in his second month as mayor, Mr. Mamdani no longer intends to back the growth of the $1 billion-plus initiative known as CityFHEPS, despite a plan passed by the City Council and upheld in court.”

“The reversal marks the clearest example yet of the clash between the ideology of his democratic socialist campaign and the tough realities of managing a sprawling, costly bureaucracy.”

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani told state lawmakers that the only way out of the city’s $12 billion budget gap is to raise taxes on the wealthy, the New York Post reports.

Said Mandani: “I’m asking for a 2% raise in personal income taxes on the most affluent New Yorkers, someone earning $1 million a year. The top 1% of New York City can afford to contribute $20,000 more in taxes.”

“The Trump administration has withdrawn all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into Democrat-run states encountered judicial roadblocks,” the Washington Post reports.

“The pullout was quietly finalized late last month, occurring with no public acknowledgment from the White House or the Pentagon. It was a remarkable turnabout after President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had insisted the mobilizations were necessary to combat what they claimed was unchecked violence and to support enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws.”

Politico: “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.”

“Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams, channeling his inner Kevin McCallister, rigged City Hall in the waning days of his term with a maze of governmental booby traps primed to stymie his successor, Zohran Mamdani,” Politico reports.

“Most of those efforts failed through a combination of bad timing, limits on Adams’ power and general ham-fistedness. But the former mayor managed to lay one tripwire so consequential that it has triggered weeks of legal and political scrambling — and raised questions about whether it can be disarmed at all.”

“Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Justice Department as part of the federal government’s investigation into whether Minnesota officials impeded immigration operations with their public statements,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reports.

The New York Times says at least five Minnesota officials have been subpoenaed, including Gov. Tim Walz.

Zohran Mamdani will make his first appearance on ABC‘s The View next week since he was sworn in as mayor of New York, Deadline reports.

Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) “has a word of warning for Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor she just helped to elect: Back off city politics,” the New York Times reports.

“Tension has quietly been growing between the two Democratic allies for weeks over who should succeed Ms. Velázquez in Congress as she retires after 32 years representing parts of Brooklyn and Queens.”

“But Ms. Velázquez pushed it into the open… when she formally endorsed Antonio Reynoso, the progressive Brooklyn borough president, as her successor, and cautioned the new mayor that his decision to campaign for Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, a fellow democratic socialist, could drive a wedge through the coalition that put him in office.”