“Zohran Mamdani, the incoming mayor of New York City, has requested the resignations of 179 staff members in Mayor Eric Adams’s administration,” the New York Times reports.

“The requests target political offices in City Hall, including people who work in the office of intergovernmental affairs and in other offices overseen by the city’s deputy mayors.”

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) will not seek reelection, “a seismic decision in Washington politics that will bring to a close more than a decade in leadership overseeing some of the city’s most booming times and also its most turbulent crises this century,” the Washington Post reports.

“Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, said on Wednesday that Jessica Tisch had agreed to stay on as police commissioner, forging an unlikely and high-stakes partnership as crime falls in the city,” the New York Times reports.

Said Tisch: “Leading this department is the greatest privilege of my life, and I am proud to continue doing it.”

Influential billionaire GOP donor John Catsimatidis — a fierce critic of New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani — now says he wants conservatives to work with the incoming administration to ensure the city’s success, the New York Post reports.

The Washington Post looks at how Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has worked to appease President Trump in the past year in order to fend off a complete federal takeover of the city.

Behind closed doors, Bowser “assured Trump in an Oval Office meeting that she would publicly emphasize the benefits of his federal intervention,” and “worked to beautify city property that had drawn his attention.”

“Former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said she’s exploring ways to maximize New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s executive authority through little-used laws already in place,” Bloomberg reports.

“New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has spoken privately with several Democratic governors about how to take on President Trump and tackle other priorities,” Axios reports.

“The meetings — with three potential 2028 presidential candidates — are a sign that Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is seeking advice on governing from Democrats across the party’s ideological spectrum.”

“The teams of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch have been in touch since Mamdani’s Nov. 4 general election win, and the two have a meeting scheduled,” Politico reports.

“The previously unreported moves represent the first sign Mamdani is following through with his campaign pledge to ask Tisch to remain atop the nation’s largest police department.”

“New York is quietly preparing for a Donald Trump takeover of the country’s largest city,” Politico reports.

“A wide range of New York’s most prominent civic leaders have for weeks been meeting behind the scenes to plan for the possibility of Trump sending in the National Guard or any other federal agents into New York City, according to multiple top elected officials.”

“Alarmed at what Trump may do in response to Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City mayor, Gov. Kathy Hochul has devised a virtual war room and convened a series of conversations with law enforcement, business officials and activist groups to stop or at least mitigate any federal incursion. More meetings are being scheduled, including with New York’s leading clergy and veterans groups, some of whom will be gathering around Veterans Day next week.”

“A newly empowered Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday vowed to use his convincing victory in the New York City mayor’s race as a mandate to push an ambitious progressive agenda past potential obstacles, from billionaire antagonists to Albany bureaucracy,” the New York Times reports.

“In a shift from the mollifying tone he had used for months, Mr. Mamdani made clear that while he would govern for all New Yorkers, he was determined to deliver for those who had been agitating for structural change.”

“The shift in tone was most striking when it came to his plan to raise taxes on the wealthy.”

“New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch is willing to remain in her post under Zohran Mamdani as long as the progressive mayor-elect allows her to keep pursuing her agenda,” Bloomberg reports.

“New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani marked the morning after his historic victory by introducing a slate of transition advisers with deep ties to city government — a team meant to bolster the young, inexperienced democratic socialist as he prepares to take the helm of the country’s largest city,” Politico reports.

“Mamdani’s transition will be led by women leaders who’ve worked in the administrations of Bill de Blasio, Eric Adams and Michael Bloomberg.”

“National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC, will remain mobilized in the city at least through February 2026,” CNN reports.

“The troops’ orders had been expected to lapse at the end of November before Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth extended them, which has not been previously reported.”

“San Francisco is back. Or at least on its way,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Crime rates have dropped to their lowest levels in decades and continue to fall, with burglaries, a particular nuisance to homeowners and tourists, down 28% this year. The homeless tent encampments that block sidewalks and bedevil retail businesses have shrunk, while foot traffic and transit ridership have risen.”

“Rents overall are up 12% year over year in the city proper, with September marking the 13th month in a row of consecutive growth, according to Apartments.com. And the hotel industry is showing signs of recovery.”