Zohran Mamdani jumps into NYC public pool on opening day
Mayor Mamdani took the mayor's Inaugural Swim in east Harlem this morning to open the city's pool season. (Look out for sea hags, Zohran!) Naturally, he wore his swimsuit.
Helen Kennedy524He makes godless communism look fun, doesn't he?
Emily59Mamdani is fast becoming the standard bearer of a Democratic Party that hates him. Dems are railing against the DSA, meanwhile Mamdani is actually working for his constituents and charming the world while doing it. If he keeps it up, I feel like we should repeal Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.
Claudia Lamb33I want a Mamdani for mayor, here in Colorado!! I want one!
Patric Reynolds28My God he's just so effortlessly likable and joyous... he's diametrically opposed to JD Vance.
Henry Carlos Preinbeam, Jr.26The fast casual shrimp objectors are going to hate this
Ghost Girl13Meanwhile me just thinking "I hope he took off his shoes. Shoes are expensive."
Your unproblematic #3 fave204Playing up the Boy Mayor thing by always wearing a suit and smiling a ton is honestly very clever
Ma$on146The rest of the US watching Mamdanistan having fun with socialism while we're stuck in the house with dementia-ocracy.
Anna Kornbluh93public pleasure in public goods is winning winning
candice ∞60mamdani is clearly having so much fun delivering for folks, thats the kind of mayor a great city like nyc deserves!
John Wiswell40Every suit is a swimsuit if you swim in it.
Meryl Strep26I dont think he realizes how hot a wet white button down is 🫠
Bruce Wilson19This man has what JD Vance so desperately wants.
Matthew Johnson17What if it turns out that the secret to getting more social democrats elected is to just find candidates who seem to genuinely love life and other people?
Mike Fragassi102008: Vote HOPE 2026: Vote JOY
Matt Blair9There are people who love being the mayor, and there are people who love doing the job of a mayor.
In a full suit, Mayor Zohran Mamdani jumped into one of the city’s public pools on opening day. Our City Hall reporter, Katie Honan, asked the mayor in April whether he would commit to the dip — a tradition that former Mayors Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams skipped.
Amos (dumbstruck by the 👋👋)53And proceeds to swim crawl, with excellent form. WTF can he *not* do well?
The City Reporter50You can read our public pools guide for the 2026 summer season here. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/25/w...
karywin29That’s my mayor! (I live in Oregon.)
Jeanette23The light in his eyes when he realizes I gets to do this. It's like Curtis Sliwa hearing about a parade
hanna16it's just his swim suit
Will Neuhauser 🗽⚖️🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱12i see mamdani’s pools aren’t filled with algae…
Émile Darkheim179Regardless of what you think of his politics, it is absolutely insane to deny how good Mamdani is at being Mayor of NYC.
Anil Dash156This is the power of independent journalism! @katiehonan.bsky.social of @thecityreporter.nyc — she gets results. (And you don’t have to bribe her, just support The City Reporter.) bsky.app/profile/thec...
Jason Rabinowitz113Find someone who loves the place they govern as much as Mamdani does: Impossible
Jon Green46There must be joy in work.
SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️37Can't believe Mr. Cardamom showed more skin in the Nani music video than in a pool jump. Iconic.
Jeff Nye35Per this clip from @thecityreporter.nyc (at 30s mark) he got the suit from Goodwill -- so an outfit worn specifically for this purpose, and probably won't be worn again bsky.app/profile/thec...
Lux 🌸 Alptraum29Very relieved to see he took off his shoes before making the jump
A.L. Goldfuss25Mamdani could fix Widow’s Bay over a long weekend
matt22glad to have our first nevernude mayor
Brandon Walsh19It's wild how effective it is to just…earnestly engage in things that any normal person would find joyful.
“.. Mayor Mamdani kicked off NYC’s outdoor pool season today by jumping into the Thomas Jefferson Pool in East Harlem! “.. This year marks the 90th anniversary of New York City’s iconic WPA-era outdoor pools.” 💦 @newyorkcitykopp.bsky.social #NYC
The Wraith X46And of course , right on schedule, the NYpost.
The Wraith X27is there a more likeable politician in America at the moment ?
littlenomad23On the one hand, one sad old man’s obsession with an algae-filled reflecting pool. On the other hand, THIS
dede-jd.bsky.social14What a joyful man he is! Such an antidote to the cruel meglomaniac in the White House!
Tammy E 🦋10When I see or hear Mamdani I breathe easier! 💙
katvet62.bsky.social9What I see is a mayor who is not above his people but with his people🥰
David Simon123Among Maryland folk, this calls to mind Mayor William Donald Schaefer's 1981 kept promise to swim in the seal tank if Baltimore's new aquarium didn't open on schedule. A genuinely ineloquent politician, Schaefer had a LaGuardian charm to him nonetheless. Mamdani moreso, but with lethal eloquence.
hanzo31ele pula na piscina de terno e até dentro da piscina, de terno, ele tá apertando mãos e abraçado o povo. desenvolveram ele em laboratório pra ser o político perfeito
Sunny Moraine27I love how some people continue to speak in absolutely deranged terms about this guy, like he’s some kind of Stalinist Jew-persecuting dictator threatening to drag the entire country into his iron grip, and meanwhile he’s doing shit like this
Peyton Reads 📚💜🌻16Joy! And joy is very, very, OK!! 💜🌻🥰
Shannon Vallor12So nice to see joy in the face of a leader again. When was the last time anyone did?
Lúcia Guimarães112026 marca os 90 anos da inauguração de piscinas públicas em NY, construídas por um programa do New Deal de Franklin Roosevelt para combater o desemprego da Grande Recessão. Elas foram abertas para o verão pelo prefeito, que mergulhou de terno.
matheus11olha joão campos como é ser carismático sem ser forçado
D Lavoie7This only happened because @katiehonan.bsky.social is the best local reporter in any city. Props to @thecityreporter.nyc for forcing this adorable moment.
FormerGregSamsa7This reminds me of that shot of Nixon walking along the beach in his shoes and suit, but this is cool and joyful.
Lea Stelz 5Den Menschen zugewandte Politik, die gute Laune macht - gar nicht mal so schwer.
imagine calling what's happening in nyc politics "performative" when zohran mamdani is out there dropping announcements every day of things he is getting done for the people of nyc lmao www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
Preeti Chhibber65just absolutely rancid vibes coming from the stands-for-nothing-meaningful-segment of the party
Becca Patterson14Zohran Mamdani is performing - like actually performing the job of mayor in a way other politicians have told themselves isn't possible. They have to call it "performative" because anything less would highlight their inadequacy.
burn it all down13and oh *they* have to figure out how to deliver results, I see, is that a *new* requirement for dems in congress because
Springtime for Hegseth4Classic "the center right would rather deal with Nazis than leftists" shit.
New York City, I am jealous of your mayor. Now I almost wish I still lived there. #NYC outdoor pool season officially kicked off today in East Harlem. Mayor #Mamdani joined NYC Parks to mark opening day by jumping into the pool, celebrating the start of summer. He's done this before...
steve jlord6Is that the best? Spontaneous, probably ruined a $1200 suit and cares not a bit. The secret sauce is the joy.
girlhasnoname8.bsky.social5I love how much Mamdani loves NYC. For yrs Republicans have painted NYC as a dangerous, dark place. It’s not. Mamdani is revealing the real NYC. It awesome.
Ain’t Complicit 🇺🇸3Competent, effective and joyful Government can work for us, the people So great to see it in action 🇺🇸
PANDA™2Every city across the country should have a person like him as their mayor.
Truth Social(ist)2Hopefully next year he’ll kick it off at Astoria Pool!!
𝗣𝗠𝗝 | @pmj@social.pmj.rocks ⚫2"by the people for the people" somehow got forgotten about ever since the tea party movement appeared on the scene in the 00s
