{"id":363488,"date":"2026-10-03T04:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T04:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363488\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T04:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T04:38:38","slug":"mayor-zohran-mamdani-invites-new-yorkers-to-hit-the-streets-for-a-citywide-scavenger-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363488\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani Invites New Yorkers to Hit the Streets for a Citywide Scavenger Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2013 Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and the Mayor\u2019s Office of Mass Engagement (OME) today announced a free citywide scavenger hunt inviting New Yorkers to get out into their neighborhoods, explore the five boroughs and discover the people, places and movements that have shaped New York City\u2019s history of organizing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The scavenger hunt will take place Sunday, Oct. 11, with a rain date of Oct. 18. Teams will follow a series of clues leading them to locations across the city, where they will learn about New York\u2019s rich history of civic engagement and organizing.<\/p>\n<p>The hunt will culminate with a final clue directing the top participating teams to a final location \u2014 and a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers interested in participating must enter the ticket lottery at <a href=\"https:\/\/organize.nyc.gov\/scavengerhunt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">organize.nyc.gov\/scavengerhunt<\/a> by Oct. 3. Registration closes at the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are few better ways to experience New York City than by getting out into its neighborhoods, meeting the people and discovering the stories that make this city what it is,\u201d said Mayor Zohran Mamdani. \u201cOur city\u2019s history is filled with people who organized\u00a0and fought to make their neighborhoods and their city better for everyone. This scavenger hunt is a chance to discover some of those stories while rediscovering the city around us. And it\u2019s a reminder that this city doesn\u2019t happen by accident. We build it together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the defining moments in our city\u2019s organizing history live on in the places New Yorkers pass by every day without thinking twice. Those places hold stories of the perseverance and people-power that continue to shape our city,\u201d said Commissioner for the Mayor\u2019s Office of Mass Engagement Tascha Van Auken. This scavenger hunt is an invitation to discover those stories with friends, family, neighbors and strangers \u2014 and to remember what becomes possible when people come together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of the press interested in covering the scavenger hunt should RSVP <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=FijINVZsO0S69oMSFjytwUeOVxUUc9hAjjs43awoeGFUN0g1VUVQTDRBUllaMjFFSUlSMFZYNklQSy4u&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"&#9;text-align: center;&#10;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2013 Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and the Mayor\u2019s Office of Mass Engagement (OME) today announced a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-363488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363488","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=363488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}