NEW YORK -- Less than 24 hours after throngs of ecstatic supporters poured into Manhattan for his history-making inauguration, Zohran Mamdani began his first full day of work with a routine familiar to many New Yorkers: trudging to the subway from a cramped apartment.

A bus shelter stands on Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Justin Vellucci | TribLive) After nearly a half-century in operation, buses will no longer look like they're going in the wrong direction on Fifth Avenue in Oakland starting next week.