Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is bringing together a panel of over 100 New York elected officials to help execute his ambitious affordability agenda — but he’s freezing out politicians who didn’t support his campaign for City Hall, including incoming City Council Speaker Julie Menin.

The Elected Advisory Committee, which Mamdani was set to gather for the first time Friday afternoon in Lower Manhattan, features political heavyweights like Gov. Kathy Hochul . U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.

In a statement ahead of the first meeting, Mamdani said he will lean on the committee’s members as he begins the process of trying to enact his agenda, which he noted “will require partnership with

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