In a matter of weeks, Zohran Mamdani will become the youngest mayor to lead the city in generations, after securing his victory through a campaign centered around affordability that vowed to put an end to politics as usual, despite his youth and inexperience. Now that Mamdani is taking steps to build his incoming administration, his initial appointments show that he will lean on established political veterans to enact his ambitious vision and that he’s open to appointees far outside his coalition, even those who may hold opposing views.

As part of his first official staffing choices as mayor-elect, Mamdani named 74-year old Albany veteran Dean Fuleihan as his first deputy mayor, a job Fuleihan also held during Bill de Blasio’s tenure. Alongside that move, Mamdani announced that his camp

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