They’re turning over their beef.
Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams and his far-left successor Zohran Mamdani had a cordial sitdown Tuesday – briefly setting aside their bitter rivalry as New York City prepares for a groundshifting leadership change.
The hour-long confab proved far more lowkey than the unexpected Oval Office lovefest that unfolded after Mamdani’s recent face-to-face with President Trump.
Mamdani didn’t make a joint appearance with Adams after their Gracie Mansion chat. He instead briefly spoke to reporters alone in the rain outside, huddled under an umbrella.
“It went well,” Mamdani deadpanned. “I appreciated the conversation that I had with Mayor Adams and his team.
“We focused on how to make this as smooth as possible of a transition and how to continue to serve New Yorkers.”
Mamdani called his meeting with Adams as “typical” for a mayoral transition, breezing over the months of bad blood and potshots they’ve lobbed at each other.
The democratic socialist has repeatedly cast Adams’ mayoralty as corrupt, incompetent and a betrayal of working-class New Yorkers.
Adams in turn denounced Mamdani’s socialism and heavily implied that the vocal critic of Israel was dangerous, especially for Jewish New Yorkers.
But the pair seemed to call a truce by their Tuesday powwow, at least temporarily.
Adams first revealed the sitdown when he told reporters Tuesday morning that he was scheduled to sit down with the mayor-elect later in the day to hand over his transitional document to create a seamless shift in power.
“I am meeting the mayor-elect today at noon, and we are going to turn over a document of our transition,” Adams said at an unrelated press conference just before the meeting.
Adams said he planned to make the case to the new Big Apple leader about what initiatives have worked over the last few years to keep them alive.
“What I must do is show what I have accomplished,” Adams said.
Adams welcomed Mamdani — along with the mayor-elect’s incoming Chief of Staff Elle Bisgaard Church and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan — at the mayoral residence for the transition talk.
Mamdani said after the sit-down that he planned to continue at least some Adams key programs, such as trash containerization and furthering the massive “City of Yes” rezoning push.
“I’ve obviously made my critiques clear,” Mamdani told reporters. “I also think that there are good things that this administration has done.
“I think these are the two examples on City of Yes and containerization,” he said, adding, “I also have appreciated the work that Commissioner [Jessica] Tisch has done in reducing crime across the five boroughs.
“And that’s a critical part of why I decided to retain her.”
