Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani touted his affordable housing agenda Tuesday as he bucked the New York City Veterans Day Parade to visit with former servicemen in The Bronx.

“The days of thanking you today and forgetting you tomorrow have to come to an end” Mamdani told the group of about three dozen at the Commonwealth Veterans Residence in Parkchester.

The socialist skipped out on the annual march up Fifth Avenue, a break from tradition compared to predecessors Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams who each attended as mayor-elect, as he admitted, “I haven’t thought much about parades.”

“I wanted to ensure that on Veterans Day, I actually got the time to sit down with veterans and hear from them,” he said, “and some of the stories that I heard from men who have served this country and given ever

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