READ IN FULL: Zohran Mamdani’s America 250 address from George Washington’s desk at New York City Hall

Good morning, my fellow Americans.

Season after season, year after year, the tides have come in and out of New York Harbor long before the name New York had ever been spoken; Lenape dugouts crossed these currents.

It was on these waters, tall masts crested the horizon, captained by explorers like Verrazzano and Hudson, after […] ...