{"id":188763,"date":"2026-04-07T20:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188763\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:47:07","slug":"mamdani-throwing-first-100-days-celebration-and-thousands-of-nyc-teachers-are-invited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188763\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani throwing first 100 days celebration &#8212; and thousands of NYC teachers are invited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani is throwing a massive event to mark his first 100 days in office \u2014 and thousands of New York City teachers and other municipal employees are invited.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/28\/us-news\/nyc-schools-chancellor-sent-son-to-elite-private-school-known-for-educating-roosevelts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels<\/a> sent the invitation to educators in a \u201cDear Colleagues\u201d letter Tuesday, letting them know about Mamdani\u2019s plan to deliver a \u201c100 Day Address\u201d on Sunday evening at the Knockdown Center in Queens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe progress made during this time has only been possible because of the dedication and hard work of City workers across agencies,\u201d Samuels wrote. \u201cTo recognize these contributions, City employees are invited to express interest in attending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Mamdani is holding an event at the Knockdown Center in Queens on Sunday to mark his first 100 days in office. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The letter provided a link to an application form to attend the event, with an RSVP deadline of 5 p.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease note that submitting the form does not guarantee attendance. If interest exceeds capacity, invitations will be distributed by lottery to ensure representation across agencies,\u201d Samuels said.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration at the concert venue in Maspeth is an \u201cinvitation-only event, and invitations are non-transferable,\u201d the letter noted.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed guests will receive a formal invitation with full event details from the mayor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Those already volunteering for the event need not apply, the chancellor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team looks forward to seeing you there!\u201d Samuels said.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cDays of a New Era\u201d sign at a Mamdani event at the Hall of Science in Queens on April 1, 2026. SARAH YENESEL\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>One teacher who applied didn\u2019t expect to score an invite, given the mass-blitz that also went out to employees of other city agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The Mamdani event will be standing room only, though there will be accommodations for people with disabilities, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/06\/us-news\/nyc-ny-politics-live-updates-on-zohran-mamdani-governors-race-more-april-6-7-8-9\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow live updates on Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s socialist agenda and the latest in NYC politics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Knockdown Center is New York\u2019s largest independent music venue, with a standing capacity of about 3,200 people.<\/p>\n<p>This 50,000-square-foot building was once a glass factory, then a warehouse for the Manhattan Door Factory, which invented the \u201cknock-down\u201d doorframe there in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels attends a press conference in New York City on Monday, March 9, 2026. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>One government watchdog said the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/07\/us-news\/mamdani-opens-luxe-241-million-bellevue-hospital-ward-for-inmates-as-he-pushes-to-close-rikers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mamdani administration<\/a> invite to city employees did not appear to violate any ethics or campaign rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took a look at the invite but nothing strikes us offhand as a violation of ethics laws or inappropriate here,\u201d said Alex Camarda, of Reinvent Albany.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is purely voluntary on the part of city employees, and the Mayor is laying out his vision for the year,\u201d Camarda said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile an address like this is political in nature, it\u2019s also consistent with his government duties as the leader of City government.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani is throwing a massive event to mark his first 100 days in office \u2014 and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[302,1092,57,9,24,56,63,65,64,5181,58,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-188763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-city-hall","9":"tag-mayor","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-nyc-headlines","16":"tag-nyc-news","17":"tag-teachers","18":"tag-us-news","19":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}