Tone Kapone: Alright, our first guest is making history, shattering expectations from tackling a massive $12 billion deficit to balance the New York City's budget, without cutting core services, to freezing rent for over a million residents and launching major housing initiatives. Now, he is rewriting the policy rule book. He is joining us tonight. That's right, the big guy himself, the man of New York City, Zohran Mamdani. What's happening? What's going on?
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani: What's going on? Thank you for having me. It's a real pleasure.
Kapone: Now, it's a real pleasure to have you in the Shade Room. First of all, let me go ahead and tell you, congratulations on the New York Knicks. Fifty-three years and you get a finals victory. How are you feeling?
Mayor Mamdani: I'm still on a high. I mean, it's still orange and blue skies out here in New York City. And I gotta tell you, it's 53 years of wait. And I mean, we hadn't even been in the finals since 1999. And for us to be able to see this team go all the way, it's still giving New Yorkers a spring in their step no matter where they are.
