Popular Catholic leader, Bishop Robert Barron slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration line promoting the “warmth of collectivism," saying, “God’s sake, spare us."

Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, a nonpartisan government watchdog group, said she did not share Mr. Lawler’s concerns. She said she would rather see the energy from Mr. Mamdani’s campaign used in government rather than driven by outside groups.

The dozen orders Adams issued since his indictment included a directive to allow federal agents, including immigration officers, to use an office on Rikers Island.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani suggested the IHRA antisemitism definition does not protect Jewish New Yorkers amid blowback over his Day 1 directives impacting that community, which included a measure to scrap the definition.

Mamdani campaigned on an ambitious agenda, including universal child care, a free bus system and freezing rent prices for certain rental units in the city.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday that he continued orders that “predated the moment when our former mayor was indicted” and vows to combat antisemitism citywide. (Credit: Fox News

Mamdani continues his NYC reform agenda with a new civic engagement office and judicial recruitment changes, promising greater transparency as the Adams era ends.