{"id":2524971,"date":"2025-12-25T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ms-rachel-named-to-mamdanis-inauguration-committee\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T15:34:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T20:34:57","slug":"ms-rachel-named-to-mamdanis-inauguration-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ms-rachel-named-to-mamdanis-inauguration-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Rachel named to Mamdani\u2019s inauguration committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fms-rachel-named-to-mamdanis-inauguration-committee%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2524971&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York City Mayor\u2011elect Zohran Mamdani named educator and youtube star Rachel Griffin Accurso (known as Ms. Rachel) to his inaugural committee,wich will help plan a free,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >citywide inauguration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-community-turns-against-the-new-york-times\/\" title=\"Tech Community Turns Against the New York Times\">block party<\/a><\/a> for his Jan. 1, 2026 swearing\u2011in. Mamdani said he&#8217;s honored to work wiht &#8220;creative and experienced minds&#8221; to build an event &#8220;by and for New Yorkers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Rachel is best known for the &#8220;Songs for Littles&#8221; channel focused on early language development. Her inclusion has renewed attention to past controversy over her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/men-are-not-women\/\" title=\"Men Are Not Women\">public advocacy<\/a> for children in Gaza; critics, including the group StopAntisemitism, have accused her of bias and urged investigations, but she has not been charged and rejects those accusations.<\/p>\n<p>the committee also includes artists, writers, actors, labor and community leaders &#8211; among them Cynthia Nixon, Colson Whitehead, Min Jin Lee, Sonny Rollins, John Turturro and The Kid Mero &#8211; as well as campaign field leads and union representatives. Mamdani&#8217;s transition team said Attorney General Letitia James will administer the oath with Sen. Bernie Sanders participating, and the block party will be free but require RSVP.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ms. Rachel named to Mamdani&rsquo;s inauguration committee<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2453009\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\">New York City<\/a> Mayor-elect <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> named educator and YouTube star <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ms-rachel\/\">Ms. Rachel<\/a> to his inauguration committee on Wednesday, elevating the children&rsquo;s content creator and frequent lightning rod for conservative backlash into a high-profile role ahead of his Jan. 1, 2026, swearing-in.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani&rsquo;s transition team said the committee will help plan and host a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transition2025.com\/inauguration\">free public inauguration block party<\/a>, billed as a citywide celebration that reflects the coalition behind his election. The group includes artists, labor leaders, organizers, business figures, and several campaign field leads who worked on Mamdani&rsquo;s run.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4361874\/kennedy-center-jazz-performance-canceled-trump-renaming-fight\/\">Holiday sour note: Kennedy Center jazz performance canceled due to Trump renaming fight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4361861\/trump-endorsed-nasry-asfura-wins-honduras-election-contesting-votes\/\">Trump-endorsed candidate wins Honduras election after weeks of contesting votes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4361845\/pope-leo-xiv-first-christmas-eve-mass-war-gaza-refugees\/\">Pope Leo delivers first Christmas Eve Mass, calls for compassion toward Palestinians and refugees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m honored to be joined by some of the most creative and experienced minds in the city as we build an inauguration that is truly by and for New Yorkers,&rdquo; Mamdani said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, is best known for her &ldquo;Songs for Littles&rdquo; YouTube channel, which focuses on early language development and has drawn a massive following among parents of young children. Her inclusion on the inaugural committee also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-stein-announces-2024-presidential-bid-as-green-party-candidate\/\" title=\"Jill Stein Announces 2024 Presidential Bid As Green Party Candidate\">brings renewed attention<\/a> to criticisms she has faced over her public advocacy related to the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>Accurso&rsquo;s advocacy on behalf of children in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\">Gaza<\/a> has prompted some supporters of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a> to accuse her of showing greater sympathy toward Palestinian children than Israeli children, including those abducted during Hamas&rsquo;s Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The advocacy group StopAntisemitism later named Accurso a finalist for its &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3902666\/ms-rachel-antisemite-award-stopantisemitism-organization\/\">Antisemite of the Year<\/a>&rdquo; designation. The group also sent a letter&nbsp;urging U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether Accurso has received funding to advance the agenda of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\">Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Accurso has not been charged with any wrongdoing and has previously rejected accusations of antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural committee also includes actress and activist Cynthia Nixon, novelists Colson Whitehead and Min Jin Lee, musicians Sonny Rollins and John Turturro, comedian The Kid Mero, and representatives from labor unions and community organizations across the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4361888\/ms-rachel-mamdani-inauguration-committee\/\">NYC MAYOR-ELECT MAMDANI TO BE SWORN IN BY BERNIE SANDERS AND LETITIA JAMES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Mamdani&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-raises-3-million-for-transition-fund-in-30-days\/\" title=\"... raises  million for transition fund in 30 days\">transition team announced<\/a> that he will be sworn into office by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\">New York<\/a> Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/letitia-james\/\">Letitia James<\/a>, with Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) also participating in the ceremony. The inauguration block party is free and open to the public, though space is limited, and attendees must RSVP through the transition website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-full-inaugural-committee-list\">Full Inaugural Committee list<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alic&eacute; Nascimento &ndash; New York Communities for Change<\/li>\n<li>Alvaro Lopez &ndash; NYC Democratic Socialists of America<\/li>\n<li>Ana Maria Archilla &ndash; NY Working Families Party<\/li>\n<li>Antonio Weiss &ndash; Investor and former Treasury Department official<\/li>\n<li>Aaron Eisenberg &ndash; United Auto Workers Region 9A<\/li>\n<li>Arsh Raziuddin &ndash; Creative director<\/li>\n<li>ATM Kamrul Hasan &ndash; Brother of late New York City Police Department Detective Didarul Islam<\/li>\n<li>Aziz Isham &ndash; Museum of the Moving Image<\/li>\n<li>Beth Miller &ndash; Jewish Voice for Peace<\/li>\n<li>Ceyenne Doroshow &ndash; Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society<\/li>\n<li>Christian Howles &ndash; Zohran for NYC Field Lead, Staten Island<\/li>\n<li>Cole Escola &ndash; Playwright<\/li>\n<li>Colson Whitehead &ndash; Novelist<\/li>\n<li>Cynthia Nixon &ndash; Actress and activist<\/li>\n<li>Dena Cox &ndash;&nbsp; Zohran for NYC Field Lead, Brooklyn<\/li>\n<li>Gerald Karp<\/li>\n<li>Joe Baker &ndash; Lenape Center<\/li>\n<li>John Turturro &ndash; Actor and filmmaker<\/li>\n<li>Joynal Abedin &ndash; Bangladeshi American Advocacy Group<\/li>\n<li>Julio Torres &ndash; Comedian and filmmaker<\/li>\n<li>Kal Penn &ndash; Actor and author<\/li>\n<li>Kashif Shaikh &ndash; Pillars Fund<\/li>\n<li>Katia Reguero Lindor &ndash; <em>The Unaparent Podcast<\/em><em><br \/><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Laura Lema &ndash; Zohran for NYC Field Lead, the Bronx<\/li>\n<li>Luis Guzman &ndash; Actor and producer<\/li>\n<li>Marc N. Weiss<\/li>\n<li>Maria Antonia Cay (To&ntilde;ita) &ndash; Caribbean Social Club<\/li>\n<li>Matt Balfour &ndash; International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 161 and Actors&rsquo; Equity Association<\/li>\n<li>Mike Luba &ndash; Forest Hills Stadium<\/li>\n<li>Min Jin Lee &ndash; Novelist<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Rachel &ndash; Educator and YouTuber<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Naseem Haffar<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Occhiouto &ndash; Zohran for NYC Field Lead, Manhattan<\/li>\n<li>Patrick Gaspard &ndash; Senior fellow at the Center for American Progress<\/li>\n<li>Phylisa Wisdom &ndash; New York Jewish Agenda<\/li>\n<li>Priya Parker &ndash; Author and facilitator<\/li>\n<li>Rami Sarafa &ndash; Cordoba Partners<\/li>\n<li>Robert Wolf &ndash; 32 Advisors<\/li>\n<li>Rochelle Lin &ndash; CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities<\/li>\n<li>Sally Susman &ndash; Businesswoman and author of <em>Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World<br \/><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sami Zaman &ndash; Sami&rsquo;s Kabab House<\/li>\n<li>Sara&rsquo;o Bery &ndash; Filmworker and strategist<\/li>\n<li>Shazia Choudri &ndash; Beyond Barzakh and Vagabond Media<\/li>\n<li>Sherry Padilla &ndash; Desis Rising Up &amp; Moving<\/li>\n<li>Sonny Rollins &ndash; Saxophonist and jazz musician<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie Gold<\/li>\n<li>The Kid Mero &ndash; Writer and comedian<\/li>\n<li>Umit Muradi &ndash;&nbsp; Zohran for NYC Field Lead, Queens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Rachel joins Mamdani&#8217;s inauguration committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2524972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25313712452064.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13993,53824,69470,56552,53666],"class_list":["post-2524971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-appointment","tag-inauguration-2","tag-inauguration-committee","tag-mamdani","tag-ms-rachel"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25313712452064.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2524971"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2524975,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524971\/revisions\/2524975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2524972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2524971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2524971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2524971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}