{"id":202277,"date":"2026-04-19T01:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202277\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T01:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:46:31","slug":"obama-mamdani-sing-wheels-on-the-bus-with-bronx-kids-during-first-joint-appearance-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202277\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama, Mamdani sing \u2018Wheels on the Bus\u2019 with Bronx kids during first joint appearance: video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former President Barack Obama<\/a> and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met for the first time Saturday to read and sing with children at a Bronx childcare center, and to discuss the mayor\u2019s vision for the city.<\/p>\n

Video showed the two leaders laughing, reading children\u2019s books and performing their rendition of \u201cWheels on the Bus\u201d at the Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx.<\/p>\n

The pair also met with families and discussed\u00a0Mamdani\u2019s\u00a0vision for the city<\/a>, according to the mayor\u2019s office, stressing the importance of \u201cgiving\u00a0New York\u2019s Cutest have the strongest start possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

SOCIALIST MAYOR MAMDANI BACKS HOCHUL IN MOVE THAT COULD RESHAPE NEW YORK GOVERNOR RACE<\/a><\/p>\n

While Obama had not met Mamdani<\/a> in person prior to Saturday\u2019s visit, the former president called the self-proclaimed socialist shortly before his election and offered to be his sounding board, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Mamdani marked his 100th day in office less than a week ago, vowing to create five government-run grocery stores<\/a> by the end of his first term on Jan. 1, 2030, falling in line with promises made during his campaign.<\/p>\n

MAMDANI GRILLED ON WHETHER HIS SOCIALISM PLATFORM WILL WORK OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY<\/a><\/p>\n

Recent polls showed 48% of his constituents approve<\/a> of Mamdani\u2019s job so far, while 30% disapprove and 23% are unsure, FOX 5 New York reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In terms of direction, 56% of residents said they liked where the city was headed under Mamdani, an improvement from the 31% who said the same in October, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Elaine Mallon contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met for the first time Saturday to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-202277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202277","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=202277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}