President Donald Trump cuts the ribbon at the official opening of the new White House Helipad on Sept. 21, 2026. (The White House via Youtube/Screenshot via The Epoch Times)

The president and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani are set to meet Monday at Gracie Mansion to discuss issues facing the city and its residents, as their relationship evolves from campaign clashes to cordial exchanges. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N. General Assembly. The meeting is scheduled for Monday at Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the New York City mayor, according to Anna Bahr, Mamdani’s communications director. Bahr said Trump and Mamdani will discuss issues affecting the city and New Yorkers. The White House confirmed that the meeting will take place but did not provide additional details. Mamdani, a democratic socialist who defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary before winning the general election in November, has frequently been a political foil for Republicans. Trump, however, has often struck a warmer tone toward Mamdani. Their first meeting following Mamdani’s election was notably cordial, with Trump saying at the White House that the then-mayor-elect would “surprise some conservative people.” During the 2025 campaign, Trump had called Mamdani a “100 percent Communist Lunatic.” During a February meeting, Mamdani presented Trump with a mock New York Daily News front page bearing the headline, “Trump to City: Let’s Build.” The headline was a play on the newspaper’s famous 1975 front page, “FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD,” referring to President Gerald Ford’s promise to veto financial assistance to New York City. Mamdani’s aides said at the time that the gesture was intended to show Trump the reaction and support that new federal investments in housing could generate in the city.

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas on Sept. 9, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)

President Donald Trump in New Jersey, on July 19, 2026. (David Ramos/Getty Images)

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Alice Marie Johnson highlights second chances, including clemency for Navy veteran Patrick Tate Adamiak and others whose cases were reviewed by the White House President Donald Trump granted clemency this week to 30 people, White House pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson said Friday. “Yesterday was a powerful day for second chances,” Johnson wrote in a post on X. She thanked Trump “for granting clemency and pardons to 30 deserving individuals whose cases we carefully reviewed and brought forward.” Johnson also thanked the White House Counsel team, led by Will Scharf. Among those Johnson highlighted was Emory Jones, who she said served nearly 16 years in federal prison before becoming an entrepreneur. She also named women identified through clemency clinics, including Molly Ann Bloom, Holly Leanne Frantzen, and Shemika Williams. “My prayer is that each of these 30 people makes the most of this extraordinary second chance and becomes a greater blessing to their families, communities and the world,” Johnson said. Among those granted clemency was Patrick Tate Adamiak, according to the Second Amendment Foundation. Adamiak is a Navy veteran who had been serving a 20-year sentence following a 2022 federal firearms conviction brought during the Biden administration. A former Master-at-Arms first-class petty officer and one-time Navy SEAL candidate, Adamiak has said he collected military memorabilia and sold parts and replicas while keeping complete firearms and never selling them. On April 7, 2022, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) raided his properties. Prosecutors said they seized unregistered firearms, machine guns, and destructive devices. A jury convicted Adamiak on Oct. 21, 2022, of receiving and possessing an unregistered firearm, unlawful possession and transfer of a machine gun, and three counts of receiving and possessing a destructive device. The court imposed 20-year terms on each count, with the first two running consecutively. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later held that the first two counts constituted the same offense and violated the Fifth Amendment’s double jeopardy clause. The court ordered one count dropped and directed that Adamiak be resentenced. Retired ATF special agent Dan O’Kelly, who was prepared to testify as a defense expert, said the frames and receivers seized from Adamiak did not meet the definition of a firearm that applied at the time of the raid. After April 2022, the ATF changed that definition. Six members of Congress—Reps. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.), Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Daniel Webster (R-Fla.), and Rob Bresnahan Jr. (R-Penn.)—wrote to Attorney General Todd Blanche, pardon attorney Edward J. Martin, and ATF Director Robert Cekada seeking clemency for Adamiak. They described the 20-year sentence as “an exceptionally severe outcome for a nonviolent case centered on regulatory interpretation rather than harmful conduct.” Johnson described the broader clemency effort as justice work. “This work is both challenging and important. But ultimately, it is justice work—and, for me, Jesus work,” she wrote. “To God be the glory.”

President Donald Trump and Polish President Karol Nawrocki head to the Oval Office on Sept. 3, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

An F/A-18F Super Hornet flies over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury in the Mediterranean Sea on March 6, 2026. (U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on July 28, 2026. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service)

President Donald Trump in Washington, on June 18, 2026. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Jerusalem, Israel, on March 19, 2026. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/Reuters)

President Donald Trump at New York–New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on July 19, 2026. (David Ramos/Getty Images)

U.S. President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Sept. 26, 2026. Trump is traveling to Knoxville, Tennessee to attend the University of Tennessee vs. University of Texas College football game. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in the courtyard of the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Sept. 11, 2026. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Canadian and U.S. flags fly on both sides of the St. Clair River near the Blue Water Bridge, connecting Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michigan, in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 2, 2026. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

A Bombardier Challenger aircraft under construction at the Bombardier manufacturing facility in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Feb. 18, 2025. Graham Hughes/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump walks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio near the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on March 20, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump speaks on the day he signs an executive order regarding Quantum Computing, in the Oval Office at the White House on June 22, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

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Vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 11, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

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