Mayor Zohran Mamdani helps reduce the ribbon on a brand new youth clinic at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn on Jan. 22, 2026.
Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell
Thursday, Jan. 22, marked the twenty second day of Zohran Mamdani’s time period as mayor. New York News is following Mamdani round his first 100 days in workplace as we intently monitor his progress on fulfilling marketing campaign guarantees, appointing key leaders to authorities posts, and managing the town’s funds. Right here’s a abstract of what the mayor did as we speak.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani went to Brooklyn on Thursday to announce the opening of two new clinics with NYC Well being + Hospitals aimed toward serving youngsters and younger adults.
The clinics, one at NYC Well being + Hospital in Queens and one at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, can be made attainable by a $4 million funding from MetroPlusHealth, a New York insurance coverage supplier. Each areas will provide “comprehensive” well being providers particularly for the youth of their respective communities, in response to Mamdani.
“We are speaking about the health of young New Yorkers who are often reluctant to seek care or who don’t have the health resources specifically tailored to their needs, and we know that as New Yorkers transition into adulthood, their lives, their priorities, they change,” Mamdani mentioned on the Jan. 22 press convention, held at Woodhull Hospital.
The clinics, dubbed “Elevate You” clinics, can be tailor-made to serve New Yorkers aged 16 to 25 looking for medical care, psychological well being care, reproductive care, social help providers, and vocational help, Mamdani mentioned.
“We want these clinics to feel like a space that young people can turn to when they’re hurt, when they’re isolated, when they’re alone, when they feel as if their struggles are only their own when in fact we know that those are struggles that should concern all of us across this city,” Mamdani mentioned.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani went to Brooklyn on Thursday to announce the opening of two new clinics with NYC Well being + Hospitals aimed toward serving youngsters and younger adults.Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell
Mamdani targeted a lot of his marketing campaign for mayor on connecting with younger adults. Era Z and first-time voters performed a key position in his main victory in June 2025, and he received 78% of voters underneath the age of 30 in November’s common election.
Sufferers on the clinics can be met by an “interdisciplinary treatment team” that features a social employee, a psychiatrist, a nurse, a youth peer, and a household advocate. In accordance with metropolis information, practically 90% of youth cease seeing psychological well being suppliers after they flip 21.
“We want New Yorkers from the ages of 16 to 25 and beyond to see this as a city where they can plant lasting roots in,” Mamdani mentioned, pivoting to his broader affordability agenda. “They deserve a city they can afford, rent that doesn’t break the bank, and healthcare that is genuinely supportive as they enter into adulthood.”
Mamdani was joined on the press convention by Woodhull CEO Sandra Sneed, Deputy Mayor for Well being and Human Companies Helen Arteaga, and different elected officers and well being advocates.
Taking questions from reporters, he reaffirmed his help for transgender rights and well being help.
“I am the mayor for every single person who calls this city home,” Mamdani mentioned. “And for too long, there’s been a sense in this city that if you don’t conform to the exact sets that people in power will tell you, that you don’t have a champion of yours in the corridors of power, those days are now over.”
Q&A: On Khalil deportation risk, rigidity with Reynoso
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso speaks at a Jan. 22, 2026 press convention at Woodhull Hospital as Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Metropolis Council Member Mercedes Narcisse and others look on.Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell
Mamdani responded to a Wednesday declare from Division of Homeland Safety spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin that Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist who performed a key position within the controversial 2024 Columbia College encampment protests, could be rearrested and deported to Syria.
Mamdani and Khalil have teamed up for varied occasions, and the mayor has been a vocal supporter of Khalil’s since his 2025 detention.
“I have said it time and again that he deserves to stay in this city, that he deserves to be in this city just like any other New Yorker,” Mamdani mentioned on the Thursday press convention.
Khalil, who was detained in March 2025, has a inexperienced card and no prison file. A decide ordered his launch in June 2025, however an appeals courtroom overturned the choice earlier this month. In response to McLaughlin’s Wednesday declare, Khalil’s authorized group has responded that the federal government can not legally rearrest him as a result of his appeals course of is ongoing.
“Mahmoud Khalil is a New Yorker. He should remain in New York City,” the mayor added. “We have seen this attack on him as part of a larger attack on the freedom of speech that is especially pronounced when it comes to the use of that speech to stand up for Palestinian human rights.”
Hizzoner additionally addressed reported political tensions with Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, who was current on the press convention and who’s working to signify components of Brooklyn and Queens in New York’s seventh Congressional District — a main race wherein Mamdani has endorsed a unique candidate, Meeting Member Claire Valdez (D-Queens).
Valdez, like Mamdani, is a democratic socialist; Reynoso is a progressive Democrat. Requested if the endorsement towards Reynoso exemplifies a political left-wing schism in New York Metropolis, the mayor disregarded considerations.
“The borough president is running for Congress; he’s a friend of mine. I’ve endorsed another candidate for that seat, I’m incredibly excited about her,” Mamdani mentioned. “All of these things can be true, and we can still be working together to deliver for the young people of New York City.”
