{"id":202308,"date":"2026-04-19T02:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202308\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T02:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:16:15","slug":"obama-meets-nyc-mayor-mamdani-in-person-for-first-time-at-bronx-pre-k-event-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202308\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama meets NYC Mayor Mamdani in person for first time at Bronx pre-K event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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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’s vision for the city.<\/p>\n

Video showed the two leaders laughing, reading children’s books and performing their rendition of “Wheels on the Bus” 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’s office, stressing the importance of “giving\u00a0New York\u2019s Cutest have the strongest start possible.”<\/p>\n

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Former President Barack Obama and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx on Saturday. (Ed Reed\/Mayoral Photography Office)<\/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’s 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

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former President Barack Obama dance with a group of children at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. (Ed Reed\/Mayoral Photography Office)<\/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’s job so far, while 30% disapprove and 23% are unsure, FOX 5 New York reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Former President Barack Obama and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani talk to kids at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx on Saturday. (Ed Reed\/Mayoral Photography Office)<\/p>\n

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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’s Elaine Mallon contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital journalist who covers breaking news, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.<\/p>\n

She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Zohran…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[12674,128,9,24,63,87,129,131,130,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-202308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-barack-obama","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-the-bronx","15":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","16":"tag-the-bronx-news","17":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202308","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=202308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}