Running at breakneck speed, Mamdani and Hochul mark two weeks as partners in government

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul completed their first two weeks as governing partners on Wednesday, marking a busy start to the enactment of an ambitious shared affordability agenda.

The newly elected mayor and the governor, running for re-election this year, claimed numerous victories in the early days of their working relationship, with the crown jewel being their Jan. 8 announcement of a citywide free childcare program for two-year-olds, a home run on a high-priority agenda item for both elected officials.