https://www.scmp.com/rss/522055/feed Eric Adams: A seasoned public servant, he is the 110th Mayor of New York City since 2022. His career includes over two decades as an NYPD officer, retiring as a captain, then serving as a New York State Senator and Brooklyn Borough President, the first Black American in that role. As Mayor, his focus includes public safety, economic recovery, and affordable housing. Adams is currently seeking re-election as an independent in the 2025 mayoral race, having withdrawn from the Democratic primary.... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press Almost three years ago, New York City joined governments across the country in banning TikTok from its phones over security concerns about the Chinese social media site. On Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a bona fide social media star, took to the app to announce a reversal: “TikTok, we’re back.” The city will now allow agencies to start posting again on the short-form social media site as long as departments follow a set of security precautions, according to a memo from city cybersecurity... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348591/new-york-mayor-mamdani-puts-citys-government-back-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348591/new-york-mayor-mamdani-puts-citys-government-back-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:57:50 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, was sworn in on Thursday to take over as New York mayor for a term sure to see him cross swords with President Donald Trump. After the clocks struck midnight, bringing in 2026, Mamdani took his oath of office at an abandoned subway stop to begin managing the United States’ largest city. He is New York’s first Muslim mayor. His office said the understated venue beneath City Hall reflected his commitment to working people, after the 34-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338378/zohran-mamdani-takes-over-new-york-mayor-era-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338378/zohran-mamdani-takes-over-new-york-mayor-era-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2026 05:52:28 +0000 Reuters Reuters Airlines in the United States have cancelled or ‌delayed thousands of flights on Friday, according to flight tracking website ‍FlightAware, due to winter storm Devin during peak holiday travel. A total of 1,382 flights were cancelled and 4,685 delayed on Friday afternoon, the website said. The National Weather Service (NWS) predicted snowfall across the upper Great Lakes region through the day, with the storm’s focus moving towards the northeast. “Road conditions will be treacherous for those... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337858/us-airlines-cancel-more-1000-flights-due-winter-storm-devin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337858/us-airlines-cancel-more-1000-flights-due-winter-storm-devin?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:27:55 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan After weeks of traded insults, New York City’s newly elected democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and US President Donald Trump concluded their first in-person meeting on Friday. The duo praised each other and pledged cooperation, with the “America first” leader sounding unexpectedly impressed with the young New York politician. “Some of his ideas are the same as my ideas,” Trump said after what may ultimately go down as one of the more unexpected political encounters of the decade. “He... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3333769/insults-admiration-trump-and-mamdani-achieve-harmony-now?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3333769/insults-admiration-trump-and-mamdani-achieve-harmony-now?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:47:51 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse New York’s incoming leftist mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, after an exchange of barbs that has seized national attention. Mamdani, a 34-year-old political insurgent who came from nowhere to win leadership of America’s biggest city, said Thursday he was “ready for whatever happens”. Sparks could fly when the self-declared Democratic Socialist comes face-to-face with the 79-year-old Republican. Trump brands Mamdani a “communist” and has... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333599/trump-host-new-york-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-white-house-friday?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333599/trump-host-new-york-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-white-house-friday?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:46:15 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Fresh off winning New York’s mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani announced on Wednesday that a team including former city and federal officials – all women – would steer his transition to City Hall, and that he would “work every day to honour the trust that I now hold”. “I and my team will build a City Hall capable of delivering on the promises of this campaign,” the mayor-elect said at a news conference, vowing that his administration would be both compassionate and capable. He named political... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331693/ny-mayor-elect-mamdani-unveils-all-woman-team-he-prepares-take-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331693/ny-mayor-elect-mamdani-unveils-all-woman-team-he-prepares-take-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:39:00 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The opposition leader in Uganda’s Parliament sees Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral race as inspiring but somehow too distant. “It’s a big encouragement even to us here in Uganda that it’s possible,” said Joel Ssenyonyi, who represents an area of the Ugandan capital of Kampala. “But we have a long way to get there.” There was some excitement at Makerere University in Kampala, where Mamdani’s father was a senior academic until a few years ago. “Seeing Zohran up there, I feel like I... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3331674/ugandan-born-mamdanis-new-york-win-sparks-hope-political-change-african-country?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3331674/ugandan-born-mamdanis-new-york-win-sparks-hope-political-change-african-country?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:00:11 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old state lawmaker, who was set to become the city’s most liberal mayor in generations. In a victory for the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, Mamdani defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America’s biggest city and deliver on ambitious - sceptics say unrealistic - campaign promises. With the victory, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331564/zohran-mamdani-wins-new-york-city-mayors-race-capping-stunning-ascent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331564/zohran-mamdani-wins-new-york-city-mayors-race-capping-stunning-ascent?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Nov 2025 02:49:24 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A socialist, an accused molester and a vigilante all hoping to be New York’s next mayor clashed in a debate with “high levels of testosterone” Thursday as the unpredictable campaign entered the homestretch. Democratic candidate and front runner Zohran Mamdani, independent former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa pitched to voters in the first of two televised debates ahead of the November 4 election. Early voting begins on October 25. Mamdani attacked Cuomo for his... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329333/trump-looms-large-new-york-mayor-hopefuls-clash-testy-debate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329333/trump-looms-large-new-york-mayor-hopefuls-clash-testy-debate?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 03:37:05 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A massive brick chimney running 20 storeys up the side of a New York City residential building collapsed after an explosion on Wednesday, sending tonnes of debris plummeting to the ground. The falling bricks buried a pavement, landed on the playground of the public housing building and sent a cloud of dust billowing over the block in the Bronx, but amazingly did not injure anyone. “We avoided a major disaster here,” said Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson at a news conference. Mayor Eric... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327547/new-york-city-high-rise-partially-collapses-amid-reports-gas-explosion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327547/new-york-city-high-rise-partially-collapses-amid-reports-gas-explosion?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:41:49 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg New York Mayor Eric Adams shook up the hotly contested battle to run the largest US city, bowing out of his struggling re-election campaign and giving fresh impetus to former Governor Andrew Cuomo. Adams quit on Sunday amid faltering poll numbers and a struggle to raise money. His exit was long speculated by some and sought out by others who hoped the race would narrow to benefit Cuomo’s chances against front runner Zohran Mamdani. On Monday, US President Donald Trump weighed in by declaring on... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327294/trump-threatens-new-york-city-funding-if-mamdani-wins-mayors-race-after-adams-bows-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327294/trump-threatens-new-york-city-funding-if-mamdani-wins-mayors-race-after-adams-bows-out?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:54:29 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that he is ending his campaign for re-election. In a video released on social media, Adams spoke with pride about his achievements as mayor, including a drop in violent crime. But he said that “constant media speculation” about his future and a decision by the city’s campaign finance board to withhold public funding from his re-election effort made it impossible to stay in the race. “Despite all we’ve achieved, I cannot continue my re-election... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327168/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-ends-his-re-election-campaign?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327168/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-ends-his-re-election-campaign?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Sep 2025 18:21:10 +0000 dpa dpa The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Thursday said it has distributed Israeli hostages across several districts of Gaza City. The organisation’s military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, said the Israeli offensive in the city will ensure that none of the hostages return to Israel. Hamas will have no regard for the lives of the abductees “as long as [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu decides to kill them”, the group added. It also threatened Israel’s military, saying it has “prepared... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3326052/hamas-says-israeli-hostages-spread-across-gaza-city-graveyard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3326052/hamas-says-israeli-hostages-spread-across-gaza-city-graveyard?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:19:07 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A club shooting in the New York City borough of Brooklyn early Sunday morning has left three people dead and nine others wounded in a year of record-low gun violence in the city. Investigators believe up to four shooters opened fire with multiple weapons at Taste of the City Lounge in Crown Heights after a dispute just before 3.30am. The violence appeared to be gang-related, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters. There were no immediate arrests. At a news briefing,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322158/shooting-crowded-new-york-club-leaves-3-dead-despite-record-low-gun-violence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322158/shooting-crowded-new-york-club-leaves-3-dead-despite-record-low-gun-violence?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Aug 2025 19:26:26 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Tuesday that a gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building was trying to target the headquarters of the National Football League (NFL) but took the wrong lift. Investigators believe Shane Tamura was trying to get to the NFL offices after shooting several people in the building’s lobby, but accidentally entered the wrong set of lift banks, Adams said in interviews on Tuesday. Four people, including an off-duty New York City police officer,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3320030/manhattan-gunman-who-killed-4-was-targeting-nfl-headquarters-mayor-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3320030/manhattan-gunman-who-killed-4-was-targeting-nfl-headquarters-mayor-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:29:33 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A man carrying a rifle killed four people at a New York City office tower on Monday, including an off-duty New York City police officer, and wounded a fifth before taking his own life, officials said. The officer who was killed was Didarul Islam, 36, an immigrant from Bangladesh who had served as a police officer for 3½ years, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference. “He was doing the job that we asked him to do. He put himself in harm’s way. He made the ultimate... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319912/least-2-people-shot-manhattan-office-building-housing-financial-firms-and-nfl?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319912/least-2-people-shot-manhattan-office-building-housing-financial-firms-and-nfl?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:07 +0000