LGBTQ Nation on MSN

Zohran Mamdani taps trans rabbi for mayoral transition team

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed Abby Stein, a trans woman and Rabbi, to his expansive transition team.
The Forward on MSN

Rabbis and other Jewish New Yorkers join Mamdani’s 400-member mayoral transition committees

Five local rabbis are among the more than 400 New Yorkers tapped for New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition ...
Gay City News

Callen-Lorde hires top LGBTQ health leader Demetre Daskalakis as chief medical officer

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, a prominent figure in LGBTQ healthcare who previously held top leadership roles in both the New York ...
CNN

From ‘mazel tov’ to ‘conflicted,’ Jewish New Yorkers react to Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win

Sen. Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and one of the most powerful Jewish politicians in the United States, did not endorse Zohran Mamdani and would not say who he voted for in New York City’s ...
VTDigger

How Bernie Sanders laid the groundwork for a democratic socialist mayor in New York

Then New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, right, hugs Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., before speaking during a rally, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in New York. Photo by AP/Heather Khalifa Zohran ...