Zohran Mamdani pledged to stand up to pressure from the Trump administration in his first press conference since winning the mayoral race on Tuesday. The 34-year-old announced his transition team and said he would tackle the "twin crises" of "an authoritarian administration and an affordability crisis". Trump has referred to the mayor-elect as a communist - a label that Mamdani rejects, and has implied the administration would withhold federal funding from New York City if he won. The president