Trump, Mamdani set aside differences to discuss immigration, housing

In the shadow of the United Nations General Assembly, two men who once traded public insults met for the third time at Gracie Mansion, finding in each other not allies but necessary interlocutors. President Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani — separated by ideology, generation, and political identity — sat together to negotiate the unglamorous realities of urban governance: deportation policy and a $21 billion housing proposal. Their meeting is a quiet reminder that democratic life often demands dialogue precisely where it is most uncomfortable, and that the needs of a city can outweigh t