People are praising the ease and smoothness with which Mamdani allows space for the children's interjection and extemporizes to integrate them into his message, and those are praiseworthy skills, and I don't mean any criticism of the mayor—but there's no reason for those skills to be rare.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Feb 6, 2026 05:11
