Fresh off winning New York City's mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani has announced that a team including former city and federal officials - all women - will steer his transition to City Hall.

Mamdani vowed on Wednesday to "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 strategist Elana Leopold as executive director of the transition team.

She will work with United Way of New York City president Grace Bonilla; former deputy mayor Melanie Hartzog, who was also a city budget official; former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan; and former first deputy ma

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