New York, Sept. 22 -- US President Donald Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani struck a surprisingly warm note on Monday during their third in-person meeting, with both agreeing to step up discussions over a major affordable housing project in Queens.
The two also concurred on deepening talks regarding Mamdani's proposal to build 12,000 affordable homes on a deck over Sunnyside Yard, a large rail complex in Queens.
"They've been talking about developing that for 50 years. So maybe they have a shot at doing it," Trump said during a briefing after the meeting, which took place ahead of his UN General Assembly engagements.
Their political differences were also evident. Mamdani said he had raised his "very strong opinions" with Trump abou...