Unannounced DC Meeting: Mamdani Pushes 12,000-Unit NYC Housing Plan with Trump
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with President Donald Trump in an unscheduled Washington visit, describing the discussion as productive and pitching a NYC housing project estimated at about 12,000 units that Trump reportedly welcomed without a set timeline. Mamdani also pressed for the release of Columbia student Elmina Aghayeva amid her detention by federal agents and handed Trump a list of four additional detained students for potential cases dismissal; DHS/ICE disputed aspects of the detention, and the White House did not comment.