STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Just a week after declaring a resounding victory, more than 50,000 candidates applied to work under Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe sheer number of applicants speaks to the excitement at the heart of this movement \u2014 one that has inspired people to believe that government can put working people first,\u201d Mamdani said in a written statement. \u201cThis was a movement built by and for New Yorkers \u2013 and our administration will reflect that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team manning the transition between Mayor Eric Adams and Mamdani opened a jobs portal shortly after his win to collect resumes of those interested in joining Mamdani\u2019s mission to create an affordable New York. <\/p>\n
The jobs, according to the statement, will vary in seniority and specialty. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re building an administration defined by excellence and a commitment to delivering on Zohran Mamdani\u2019s affordability agenda,\u201d said Elana Leopold, executive director of the transition. \u201c50,000 applicants are proving that they\u2019re ready to help carry out this work across all levels of government. And these applicants make this movement, and this incoming administration, that much stronger.\u201d <\/p>\n
The portal, found at transition2025.com<\/a>, features Mamdani\u2019s slogan at the top of the page: \u201cA new era for New York City.\u201d <\/p>\n The jobs portal, found under the \u201cApply\u201d button, offers the hopeful message, \u201cShape the future of our city.\u201d <\/p>\n It details that the resumes themselves will be added to a database and perused by the transition team upon the need for employees in specific roles throughout New York City\u2019s many agencies and departments. <\/p>\n For more information about the transition team, Mamdani, and how to apply, please visit transition2025.com. <\/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. \u2014 Just a week after declaring a resounding victory, more than 50,000 candidates applied to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-37264","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\/37264","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=37264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}