New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch show

Key points

• If you live in a major city, it's not uncommon for the highest elected official to have a regular broadcast slot to speak to locals.
• Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani is no different, although he's not just turning up on New York Public Radio to engage with constituents.
• Polygon reports the social media savvy politico is launching a Twitch series called Talk with the People under the official nyc_mayor account.
• Starting may 21 at 4PM ET, Mayor Mamdani will answer questions from the chat about local issues.
• Even the show's title is steeped in history: It's the same as the WNYC radio show hosted by Fiorello LaGuardia between 1941 and 1945. Naturally, given the need to reach voters, the show will be streamed on every other major platform you can name, including YouTube and Facebook.