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Ali Najmi, the civil rights and election legal professional Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed to chair the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary. Photograph by Ramy Mahmoud Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed longtime advisor and election legal professional Ali Najmi to chair the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary because it begins a brand new initiative to interact a wider swath of the town’s authorized group in its decide choice obligations on Friday. “My Administration will promote transparency in how we select New York City’s judges and ensure our city’s judicial system reflects the city it serves, applies the rule of law…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani (proper) together with his newly appointed Division of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. Picture courtesy of NYC Mayor’s Workplace Zohran Mamdani’s very first act as mayor was to announce his Division of Transportation commissioner. The newly minted Hizzoner named transportation veteran Mike Flynn as the top of DOT, an company that’s key to executing one in all his central marketing campaign guarantees: delivering “fast and free” metropolis buses. Mamdani named Flynn, who has years of expertise as a transportation official and advisor, as DOT’s new boss moments after being sworn in as mayor throughout…