STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Thousands of New Yorkers have already donated funds to help Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani prepare to take office.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the transition committee announced that it had raised $517,947.30 from 7,028 donors less than 30 hours after it launched.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am extremely grateful to the thousands of working New Yorkers who have chipped in to fund our transition effort. Their support will allow us to hit the ground running to deliver on the affordability agenda we\u2019ve been fighting for since day one,\u201d said Mamdani.<\/p>\n
The more than 7,000 donors thus far vastly exceed the 884 and 820 donors who contributed to the transition committees of Mayor Eric Adams and former Mayor Bill de Blasio, respectively.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the committee noted that the average donation of roughly $73 is far less than Adams\u2019 average donation of $1,219 and de Blasio\u2019s average donation of $2,392.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver 7,000 donors who believe in Mayor-elect Mamdani and his vision for New York City have contributed to our transition committee. We\u2019re especially proud to have an average donation amount of just $73, demonstrating the grassroots support behind the Mayor-elect\u2019s bold affordability agenda,\u201d said Elana Leopold, executive director of Mayor-elect Mamdani\u2019s transition.<\/p>\n
Funds raised by transition committees, formally known as Transition and Inauguration Entities, are used to fund candidate-elect\u2019s transition or inauguration into office. Funds raised by the candidate\u2019s previous campaign committee cannot be used for these purposes.<\/p>\n
Transition costs include things like seeking and selecting city office staff, temporary office furniture and rent, payroll and consulting fees, phone bills and seminars related to city government and elected service, according to the New York City Campaign Finance Board.<\/a><\/p>\n Potential inauguration expenses may include catering, entertainment, payroll, invitations, rental fees, decorations, advertising, transportation and photography for the single permitted inauguration event.<\/p>\n Leopold will lead Mamdani\u2019s all-female transition leadership team<\/a>, which includes nonprofit leader Grace Bonilla, city budget and social service expert Melanie Hartzog, former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, and housing and economic development leader Maria Torres-Springer serving as transition co-chairs.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom day one, our campaign was laser-focused on making this city affordable for working people. And on day one of my administration, with this talented transition team in place, we will be ready to make that vision a reality,\u201d Mamdani said on Wednesday. \u201cOur transition leaders will help build a City Hall committed to excellence, integrity and a hunger to solve old problems with new solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Thousands of New Yorkers have already donated funds to help Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani prepare…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-32402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32402","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=32402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}