Mayor Zohran Mamdani borrowed a page out of texting buddy President Trump’s DOGE playbook Thursday when he ordered a series of bureaucrats to ax overspending in each department. The Democratic socialist leader signed an executive order directing each city agency to appoint a “Chief Savings Officer” during an on-air appearance on PIX 11 in his latest photo op as his administration scrambles to close a $12 billion budget gap. Mayor Mamdani signed an executive order directing each city agency to appoint a “Chief Savings Officer” as his administration scrambles to close a $12 billion budget gap. Mamdani borrowed a page out of texting buddy President Trump’s DOGE playbook Thursday when he ordered a series of bureaucrats to ax overspending in each department. The mayor — who has been on the job for nearly a month — blamed his predecessor, Eric Adams, and former Gov.