{"id":189589,"date":"2026-04-08T14:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189589\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:19:07","slug":"nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-has-48-approval-citywide-as-he-approaches-100-days-in-office-poll-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189589\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has 48% approval citywide as he approaches 100 days in office, poll says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/zohran-mamdani-rikers-island-hospital-unit\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a>\u00a0is approaching his 100th day in office, and almost half of New Yorkers say they approve of his job performance, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/maristpoll.marist.edu\/polls\/mayor-mamdanis-first-100-days-april-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Marist Poll<\/a> published Wednesday revealed 48% of city residents think the mayor is doing a good job. Meanwhile, 30% disapprove, and 23% are unsure how to rate his performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mamdani is also perceived as being likeable, hard working, caring, a good leader, representing all New York City residents, and a unifying force in the Big Apple,&#8221; researchers wrote.  <\/p>\n<p>The poll notes that Mamdani is underperforming against his predecessor, Eric Adams. The former mayor had 61% of residents approving of his performance in the months leading up to his first 100 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Residents have positive perceptions about Mamdani<\/p>\n<p>A majority of adults, at 55%, have either a very favorable or somewhat favorable view, and 33% have either a somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable opinion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most adults also say things in the city are moving in the right direction. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The majority of Democrats, at 63%, approve of Mamdani, while the same percentage of Republicans disapprove of him. Among those not enrolled in a party, 41% disapprove, 27% approve and 31% are unsure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is also perceived by many to be fulfilling campaign promises,&#8221; the poll states. &#8220;When it comes to whether city residents trust Mamdani to make decisions that are in the best interest of the five boroughs, a majority of adults have that confidence in him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Most residents also think he is changing the city for the better.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Approval by borough<\/p>\n<p>The mayor does best in Brooklyn and Manhattan, where majorities approve of him. A little less than half of the residents in the Bronx and Queens approve of his performance. In Staten Island, 57% disapprove of Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor recently came under scrutiny when his rollout of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-free-child-care-seats-kathy-hochul-zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> free 2-K program didn&#8217;t include the borough.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In February, he was also criticized after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/staten-island-snow-removal-blizzard\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Staten Island residents waited days for snow plows to clear<\/a> parts of the community after a historic blizzard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The poll said 65% of residents citywide approved of how Mamdani handled the snowstorms this winter. In Staten Island, only 30% of residents approved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani collaborates well with Gov. Hochul, President Trump<\/p>\n<p>A majority of 59% also think he has the &#8220;right balance&#8221; of collaboration with President Trump. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-donald-trump-white-house-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">two had a meeting in the Oval Office in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said he proposed working with Mr. Trump on a housing project and called the meeting productive. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the state level, 60% of residents think the mayor has a good working relationship with Gov. Kathy Hochul. The two often collaborate on initiatives, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/mamdani-hochul-child-care-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">free child care<\/a> being a main one. Hochul said the state will fund the 2-K program for the first two years. She has said she wants to help Mamdani implement universal child care across the five boroughs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u00a0is approaching his 100th day in office, and almost half of New Yorkers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64,82],"class_list":["post-189589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189589","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=189589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}