New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's first 100 days | Live updates

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday stood with striking nurses, calling their fight a battle for dignity, fairness and the future of the city's healthcare system.

Mamdani said the strike is about who benefits from the healthcare system.

"There is no shortage of wealth in the healthcare industry," he said. "The CEO of Montefiore made more than $16 million last year. The CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian made $26 million. But too many nurses can't make ends meet."

Mayor Zohran Mamdani spoke at a protest by nurses at a number of hospitals in New York City.

He said nurses are not asking for millions, but for "pensions to be safeguarded, to be protected in their own workplace, and to receive the pay and health benefits they deserve."

The mayor said the city is working to protect both patients and healthcare workers during the strike. He urged hospital executives and union leaders to return to the bargaining table immediately.

Nearly 15,000 nurses across New York City went on strike Monday after no agreement was reached ahead of the deadline for contract negotiations.

It is the largest nurses' strike in NYC's history.

From a one-bedroom apartment in Astoria to the Upper East Side's iconic Gracie Mansion: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, artist Rama Duwaji, have begun their move to the traditional mayoral residence.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani moved into Gracie Mansion over the weekend.

"We will miss much about our home in Astoria," Mayor Mamdani said previously. "Cooking dinner side by side in our kitchen, sharing a sleepy elevator ride with our neighbors in the evening, hearing music and laughter vibrate through the walls of the apartment."

"This decision came down to our family's safety and the importance of dedicating all of my focus on enacting the affordability agenda New Yorkers voted for," Mamdani added. "While I may no longer live in Astoria, Astoria will always live inside me and the work I do."

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is leading an effort to take on an age-old problem that affects everyone, from small children to the elderly: a lack of public restrooms.

On Saturday, the mayor signed an order budgeting $4 million towards expanding access to public restrooms as part of a new city program.

"In a city that has everything, the one thing that is often impossible to find is a public bathroom," Mamdani said.

"In the greatest city in the world, you should not have to spend $9 to buy a coffee just to be able to find a little relief."

The money will be used to field proposals for what he calls "high quality modular facilities."

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the city is launching a new program to expand public bathroom access.

Click here for a recap of what happened last week.