On the heels of his victory in this year’s race for City Hall , Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that his transition team will be headed by Maria Torres-Springer, Mayor Adams’ former top aide.

Torres-Springer, who resigned as Adams’ first deputy mayor earlier this year over concerns about his federal corruption indictment, will serve as the co-chair of Mamdani’s transition together with three other veterans of federal, state and city governments: Lina Khan, Grace Bonilla and Melanie Hartzog.

Mamdani, who defeated independent candidate Andrew Cuomo in Tuesday’s mayoral election by a 10% margin, announced his transition leaders during a press conference with them in Queens on Wednesday morning.

Elana Leopold, an alum of the de Blasio administration , is expected t

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