At the White House, Mayor Mamdani also pitched an ambitious new housing project for New York City. Mamdani hailed the meeting as “productive” and shared a photo on social media with Trump in the Oval Office holding a mock version of the New York Daily News with the headline, “Trump to City: Let’s Build.” The mayor’s office said in a news release the city is seeking some $21 billion in federal grants for the housing project, which Mamdani touted as “the largest housing and infrastructure investment in New York City in more than 50 years.” Access to affordable housing was at the center of Mamdani’s campaign.