Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani promised his new administration will focus on ending homelessness for veterans and even pledged to work with President Donald Trump to achieve that goal, spending Veterans Day in the Parkchester section of the Bronx.
“Thank you for your service and also to say the days of thanking you today and forgetting you tomorrow have come to an end,” Mamdani said at the Volunteers for American Veterans’ Residence Commonwealth.
Mamdani scooped hot meals for veterans, soliciting advice from a group of former servicemen.
“You’ve tapped into a zeitgeist where the people of this city really believe in you and the people really want to stand behind you,” one veteran said.
Another veteran placed a pin on Mamdani, asking: “If you wouldn’t mind wearing it?”
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