New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani acknowledges supporters as he takes the stage for a rally in New York. (AP Photo)

New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani struck a careful balance between cooperation and confrontation in his first remarks after his historic victory offering to work with President Donald Trump on “cheaper groceries and a lower cost of living,” but warning he would “utilise the courts” if the president tried to punish the city for electing a democratic socialist.

“I have said time and again that I will work with the president if he wants to work together to deliver on his campaign promises of cheaper groceries or a lower cost of living,” Mamdani told NY1 on Wednesday, adding pointedly that he would not “be intimidated” by threats from the White House.

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