“The poetry of campaigning may have come to a close last night at 9, but the beautiful prose of governing has only just begun,” Mr. Mamdani told reporters, adapting a line from former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, the father of the man Mr. Mamdani just vanquished, Andrew M. Cuomo.

Mr. Mamdani, a 34-year-old state assemblyman, has little experience as an executive, but he named a five-woman transition team stacked with former officials from City Hall, the federal government and the nonprofit world. The team’s composition seemed crafted to counter critics questioning his readiness to govern a major city.

Elana Leopold, a political strategist who worked for former Mayor Bill de Blasio, will serve as team’s executive director. The other members are Melanie Hartzog, a former deputy mayor for health and human services under Mr. de Blasio; Lina Khan, a former Federal Trade Commission chair; Grace Bonilla, the head of United Way of New York City and an alumna of former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s administration; and Maria Torres-Springer, the former first deputy mayor to the current mayor, Eric Adams.

Though his cabinet has not been formed yet, Mr. Mamdani reiterated that he would keep Jessica Tisch on as police commissioner, a move meant in part to placate New Yorkers concerned about Mr. Mamdani’s past firebrand comments about defunding the Police Department, which he once called a threat to public safety.

Mr. Mamdani campaigned on a promise to reshape the social contract between government and its citizens, vowing to raise taxes on the wealthy, freeze rents on stabilized apartments and reduce child care costs.

On Wednesday, Mr. Mamdani doubled down on his campaign message. “My first day at City Hall will look like my last day,” he said. “It will be focused on the cost of living crisis. It will be focused on delivering for the New Yorkers who have been priced out of this city.”

Mr. Mamdani also made a point of reaching out to Jewish New Yorkers, many of whom were troubled by his opposition to Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state and his characterization of Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide. He said he looked forward to working with Jewish leaders “to deliver on the promise of not just protecting Jewish New Yorkers but celebrating and cherishing them.”

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