{"id":351642,"date":"2026-09-20T11:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T11:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/351642\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T11:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T11:54:30","slug":"mamdani-hosts-private-u20-world-summit-with-other-lefty-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/351642\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani hosts &#8216;private&#8217; U20 world summit with other lefty leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted lefty leaders from across the globe on Saturday to kick off a three-day summit pushing progressive agenda items like dealing with climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani delivered opening remarks at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban20.org\/u20summit\/2026-los-angeles-new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Urban 20 Summit <\/a>in New York City, where he and other mayors discussed \u201cpractical solutions\u201d to address \u201crising housing costs, the climate crisis and migration,\u201d according to a propaganda press statement released by the socialist mayor\u2019s media team.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the summit were scarce and released Soviet-style.<\/p>\n<p>Most of Saturday\u2019s activities were closed to the press. Only select media \u2013 which did not include The Post \u2013 were allowed to attend the mayor\u2019s opening remarks, and the location was not disclosed. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted lefty leaders from across the globe on Saturday to kick off a three-day summit pushing progressive agenda items like dealing with climate change. x\/Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/19\/us-news\/columbus-parade-boss-invites-mamdani-to-march-enraging-some\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mayor\u2019s schedule<\/a> noted he planned to visit an undisclosed wastewater treatment plant with Helsinki Mayor Daniel Sazanov, Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni and Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, with approved footage to be made available later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>It also noted he planned to meet privately at undisclosed sites with Collboni and Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In all, 25 mayors and other leaders representing 34 cities worldwide are expected to attend the three-day summit with only select media given access. x\/Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani<\/p>\n<p>During his opening remarks, Mamdani welcomed leaders both foreign and domestic to the Big Apple, claiming they all share common goals, including trying to make their cities more affordable, dealing with \u201cthe growing impact of the climate crisis,\u201d and fighting off right-wingers who make it \u201ctheir mission to demonize and terrorize <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/14\/us-news\/blakeman-slams-botched-nyc-enclave-map-says-historical-nyc-immigrants-left-behind\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">immigrants<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we hold panels, conversations and plenary sessions, my sincere hope is that this conference marks only the beginning of a new era of cooperation and emulation,\u201d crowed Mamdani, who posted footage of his remarks on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Deputy Mayor of International Affairs for Los Angeles Dilpreet Sidhu is co-chairing the U20 summit. x\/Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani<\/p>\n<p>In all, 25 mayors and other leaders representing 34 cities worldwide are expected to attend the three-day summit.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles is co-hosting the Big Apple-based event with the Mamdani administration.<\/p>\n<p>LA Deputy Mayor of International Affairs Dilpreet Sidhu, who also addressed the leaders, and Mamdani are serving as co-chairs of the summit.<\/p>\n<p>Pramono Anung, the governor of Jakarta, Indonesia, is also reportedly attending the U20, as is Mexico City\u2019s Head of Government Clara Brugada.<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Mamdani did not return messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted lefty leaders from across the globe on Saturday to kick off a three-day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7443,131316,1016,1442,57,3411,9,24,55,54,56,87,58,1076,82],"class_list":["post-351642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-climate-change","tag-g20-summit","tag-los-angeles","tag-mayors","tag-metro","tag-migrants","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-politics","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351642","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=351642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}