Mayor Mamdani Gives A Shout Out To Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms State Park During Very Interesting Interview On The Weekly Show With Jon Stewart

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani was interviewed yesterday on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart. The approximately 50 minute interview began with Mr Stewart saying: … ladies and gentlemen, we have the distinct honor and pleasure today to be welcoming the mayor of the great, great city. That is the one that never sleeps, the biggest apple of them all: New York City. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is joining us. Mayor, Mr. Mayor, your honor. His honor, your honor. How are you?… It was a very interesting interview including a shout out to the Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms State Park. According to Mayor Mamdani: … Social Security, if you go back and see how that was treated when it was first introduced, it was described as the “Sovietization of America.” And now it is thought of as one of the most American things that we could ever be talking about. And I think about when you go around New York City and you see these monuments to FDR, to the New Deal, you go to Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island — it is a sad reflection of the state of the Democratic Party that a lot of what is said in those programs and those visions today would sound as if it [were] a bridge too ambitious for the party that we belong to…. Here’s the full interview including Mayor Mamdani’s remarks about the FDR Four Freedoms State Park. Here’s the FDR Four Freedoms State Park. View this post on Instagram I spoke with then mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in September 2025 in front of the FDR Park and asked him about Roosevelt Island. Here are more snippets from the Jon Stewart interview and the transcript. What does democratic socialism actually mean? Jon and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) separate the caricature from the reality. New episode out now! @NYCMayor #theweeklyshow #jonstewart #politics pic.twitter.com/MzivpzJjVm — The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart (@weeklyshowpod) July 22, 2026 “We cannot choose between safety and justice.” Jon & @NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) discuss safety and security in the largest city in the country. pic.twitter.com/OHSzOuBcSF — The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart (@weeklyshowpod) July 23, 2026 .@NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) lays out his philosophy that the city “be as careful with our money as working New Yorkers are with theirs.” pic.twitter.com/eEYOyyFNS9 — The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart (@weeklyshowpod) July 23, 2026 Mayor Zohran Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) on avoiding the echo chamber, listening to criticism, and why New Yorkers should demand more than political mediocrity. @NYCMayor #theweeklyshow #jonstewart #politics pic.twitter.com/Y7P8314npm — The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart (@weeklyshowpod) July 22, 2026