At his campaign launch Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams had some tough words about the man coming for his job, presumptive Democratic challenger Zohran Mamdani. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff caught up with Mamdani to get his reaction to what his critics have been saying since his surprising primary performance.

House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer are on the list of those planning a sit-down. So is Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who was widely criticized last week for misrepresenting Mamdani and falsely saying he used the term “global jihad” on the campaign trail.

President Trump slammed Zohran Mamdani on Thursday as a “communist at the highest level” — and argued the Democratic socialist mayoral frontrunner wants to “destroy” the Big Apple. “In