Obama’s advice, socialists’ demands, meetings with skeptics: Inside Mamdani’s prep to run New York City

The Democratic nominee for New York City mayor has reached beyond his small circle of advisers and democratic socialist allies as he’s thinking about how he will make his big campaign promises happen. But he has to prove that a 33-year-old state assemblyman can run a city with 8 million people, a $115 billion annual budget and the nation’s largest metropolitan police force.

​ The Democratic nominee for New York City mayor has reached beyond his small circle of advisers and democratic socialist allies as he’s thinking about how he will make his big campaign promises happen. But he has to prove that a 33-year-old state assemblyman can run a city with 8 million people, a $115 billion annual budget and the nation’s largest metropolitan police force. Read More Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN