NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani asks supporters for $4M to fund transition, vows no wealthy donors

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who won the city's mayoral race earlier this month, is fundraising for his transition, seeking a total of $4 million

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference at the Unisphere in the Queens borough of New York City, Nov. 5, 2025 (Stephani Spindel/VIEWpress)

Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, said "we need to raise $4 million dollars in total, so January 1st can be the day we start to deliver, not start to prepare."

Figures displayed in the video showed more than $1 million raised as of Nov. 14, with an average donation of $77.65 across 12,707 donors.

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks at his election night party in Brooklyn, New York, on Nov. 4, 2025 (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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Earlier this month, the New York state assemblymember and Democratic mayoral candidate won the Big Apple's mayoral contest, defeating former Empire State Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.

Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

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