Obama Meets NYC Mayor Mamdani at Bronx Child Care Centre
Former president and first-term mayor sing songs with preschoolers, discuss vision for city's children
Quick Look
- Former US President Barack Obama and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani met for the first time Saturday at a child care centre in the Bronx, where they sang songs with preschoolers including 'Wheels on the Bus' and a K-pop song from Demon Hunters.
- Obama joked that the children made the mayor feel old, while Mamdani posted about his administration's vision for giving New York children the strongest possible start.
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Why It Matters
This was the first meeting between former President Obama and Mayor Mamdani, a first-term mayor who took office in 2026.
Former US President Barack Obama and New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani met for the first time on Saturday at a child care centre in the Bronx where they sang to preschoolers. Obama and Mamdani led the group in singing Wheels on the Bus and the children taught them Soda Pop from K-pop film Demon Hunters. "You made the mayor feel really old," Obama joked as the children laughed. "In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration's vision for this city - one where New York's cutest have the strongest start possible," Mamdani said about the meeting on an Instagram post.
