{"id":202323,"date":"2026-04-19T02:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202323\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T02:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:37:39","slug":"mamdani-meets-obama-at-bronx-childcare-center-for-readalong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202323\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani meets Obama at Bronx childcare center for readalong"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met President Barack Obama for the first time on Saturday, April 18.<\/p>\n

The two leaders met at a school in the Bronx to read to and sing with children.<\/p>\n

Mamdani recently marked 100 days in office, and Obama previously had offered to be a sounding board for the city’s new mayor.<\/p>\n

NEW YORK – New York City<\/a> Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> met former President Barack Obama<\/a> for the first time on Saturday, days after Mamdani marked his 100th day in office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Former<\/p>\n

Former President Barack Obama, left, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani read a book to children at Learning Through Play Pre-K in New York, on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo\/Angelina Katsanis)<\/p>\n

Mamdani, Obama meet in the Bronx<\/p>\n

What we know<\/p>\n

The two leaders met at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx<\/a>, to read to children and lead a singalong.<\/p>\n

While neither took questions after the event, according to the Associated Press, City Hall told FOX 5 NY that “in between singing Wheels on the Bus, the two leaders discussed the Mayor\u2019s vision for the City and the importance of giving New York\u2019s Cutest the strongest start possible.”<\/p>\n

Shortly before Mamdani was elected, the former President called him, offering to be a sounding board for him, according to the Associated Press<\/a>. Saturday’s meeting comes shortly after Mamdani’s 100th day as the city’s mayor.<\/p>\n

SUGGESTED: Poll shows how New Yorkers view Mamdani at 100 days compared to Adams<\/a><\/p>\n

Mamdani’s approval 100 days in<\/p>\n

By the numbers<\/p>\n

A recent Marist poll<\/a> showed New Yorkers view Mamdani’s tenure \u00a0as generally positive. According to the poll, 48% said they approved of Mamdani’s job so far, while 30% disapprove; 23% said they were unsure.<\/p>\n

The majority of residents (56%) said that they think New York City is moving in the right direction under Mamdani. That’s up significantly from the 31% who said the same thing in October, before Mamdani was elected.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information in this story is from the Associated Press, a statement from City Hall and previous FOX 5 NY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met President Barack Obama for the first time on Saturday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[12674,128,9,24,63,129,131,130,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-202323","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-the-bronx","14":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","15":"tag-the-bronx-news","16":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202323","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=202323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}