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To mark the early political milestone, Mayor Zohran Mamdani held a raucous rally with supporters at the Knockdown Center in Queens.

The Williamsburg native, now a point guard for the New York Knicks, was celebrated by the community and received a Proclamation marking his return to New York City.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has considerable star power, but has been thrust into the day-to-day realities of running a city of 8.6 million. Five Brooklynites shared their thoughts as the mayor marked his first 100 days in office.

Two dozen activists gathered in front of U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries' district office in Fort Greene to protest Democratic leaders for not bringing a formal vote on the War Powers Resolution before Congress recessed.

The majority of the first 2,000 seats in the program will run from 8:00am to 6:00pm, 260 days a year, replacing the traditional 180-day school calendar.

Nicole Mazza, owner of Skin & Soul in Bushwick, started her brand as she battled her own skin issues.

In an effort to close the jail complex, the city opened a health center at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue to treat incarcerated New Yorkers. A Brooklyn outpost at Woodhull Hospital will follow.

The city's True Cost of Living report shows 62% of New Yorkers, or over 5 million people, do not meet the true cost of living, a crisis felt hard on communities of color.

Brooklyn drivers are bracing to pay $4 per gallon. To save on monthly expenses, New Yorkers are getting creative.

"Claire Valdez is a union organizer who worked minimum-wage fast food jobs and understands firsthand how this economy fails working people," Congressman Bernie Sanders wrote on X. " In my view, Congress needs more voices like Claire, who come from America's working class."