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"Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor on Thursday, topping off a remarkable year where he went from zero (well, almost) in Democratic primary polls to hero of New York City voters in November's general election. Mamdani stayed relentlessly on-message during the campaign. We tried to get the mayoral candidate to do the " Dave Colon Challenge " and ride a bike with our senior reporter, but his team declined (repeatedly). Still the soon-to-be mayor managed to make headlines all years on the Streetsblog beat."
"He even got his NYPD security detail to ride along, as you can see in the clip below from October, which captures the Democratic nominee and the cops protecting him undocking white Citi Bike e-bikes after an event on the Upper East Side. An onlooker yelled, "Communist!" at Mamdani, who replied, "It's pronounced cyclist!" before he road away. (Transportation Alternatives sells "It's pronounced cyclist" t-shirt on its website.)"
Streetsblog requests tax-deductible donations to sustain free, high-quality reporting and to support efforts to end car dependency, offering a special gift for major contributors. Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor following a rapid rise from near-zero primary polling to victory in the general election. Mamdani emphasized Citi Bike use during his campaign and received national attention as a bike-forward candidate. His NYPD security detail rode Citi Bikes with him after an Upper East Side event, and he responded to an onlooker by saying, "It's pronounced cyclist!" Campaign outreach efforts included calls for faster buses on 34th Street.
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