{"id":43820,"date":"2025-11-18T17:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/43820\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T17:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:22:08","slug":"nyc-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-asks-for-donations-to-help-cover-4-million-in-transition-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/43820\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani asks for donations to help cover $4 million in transition expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani took to social media Tuesday<\/a> to ask supporters for donations to help fund his transition<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mamdani said that, so far, his campaign has raised $1 million to cover transition expenses, but they need $4 million, and – unlike during the campaign – transitions do not receive public matching fees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We have less than 50 days until we take office, and we have a lot to do. We have to vet the 50,000 resumes we’ve received,” Mamdani said in the video. “We have to keep paying our incredible team … and we have to plan not just our inauguration, but our policy implementation.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mamdani said most campaigns rely on wealthy donors to fund the transition, but “that’s not us.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mamdani said his 12,000 transition donors, so far, have contributed an average of $77 per donation. He said Mayor Eric Adams, by way of comparison, received $1,219 in average donations from 884 donors to fund his transition.<\/p>\n

Mamdani says his campaign needs the money so “January 1st can be the day we start to deliver, not start to prepare.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mamdani’s fundraising comes on the heels of him saying that he’ll be meeting with President Trump<\/a> to discuss affordability and lowering the cost of living.\u00a0<\/p>\n