Former President Obama and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani met for the first time on Saturday at a Bronx child care center to promote the mayor's free child care plan. The event was widely covered by major news outlets including AP News, BBC, and local NYC stations, all confirming the meeting took place and that the two read to preschoolers together. Mamdani has been positioning himself as a national policy leader since his election; this high-profile endorsement from a former president amplifies his visibility on early childhood education during a period when he's seeking to differentiate his administration from his predecessors.