New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (R) serves food in a soup kitchen in the Bronx borough of New York, New York, USA, 17 November 2025. Mamdani's visit comes as New York City grapples with food insecurity affecting nearly 1.8 million residents who rely on federal SNAP benefits, with the program recently disrupted after federal funds were temporarily halted in early November. (Photo by Olga Federova/EPA)
