US EditionWho Is Zohran Mamdani, NYC Democratic Mayoral Candidate?
- Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old New York State Assemblymember and democratic socialist, won the city's Democratic mayoral primary on June 24, 2025, in New York City.
- Mamdani's victory followed a campaign focused on affordability and rent freezes, aided by controversy surrounding former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 amid a sexual harassment scandal.
- Mamdani has proposed policies including expanding public housing, freezing rent, boosting free buses, eliminating restaurant design restrictions, and reforming zoning for affordability and equity.
- He received approximately 43.5 percent of first-choice votes with over 432,000 voters supporting him, and stated he would be mayor for every New Yorker regardless of votes.
- The outcome suggests Mamdani will shape New York City with progressive policies amid tensions over his pro-Palestinian activism and critics questioning his readiness for office.
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Everything indicates that the city of New York will be ruled by a young Muslim immigrant, progressive and critical of Israel, after a referendum-flavored primaries in a deeply knocked out Democratic Party after Donald Trump’s victory last November. Tuesday night, in full heat, the largest American city suffered a political upheaval. Zohran Mamdani, born in Uganda 33 years ago and practically an unknown until a few months ago, won by 7 points (43…
Lesson from New York: Elect the third world, get the third world
Like any conservative, I'm horrified to see what New York City has chosen as its top candidate in its primary. Slick-talking, endlessly cheerful, communist-as-they-come Ugandan-born Zohran Mamdani defeated a weak slate of candidates ...
“The Economy Is Rigged”: Robert Reich on Zohran Mamdani, The Democratic Party, Inequality, and Trump
We speak with former Labor Secretary Robert Reich about the victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York Democratic primary for New York mayor, the rise of Donald Trump, and the role of big money in politics. “This is the one thing that I agree with Donald Trump about: The economy is rigged — but it’s rigged against working-class people. And I think Mamdani understood that. He understood that people have got to want a change, but also they want aff…
New York and Washington. In one of the biggest election surprises in the country’s history, a young democratic socialist knocked down New York’s old guard as he emerged as the winner of a primary election for mayor by defeating a national Democratic figure funded by billionaires and endorsed by the political, economic and media leadership of the largest city in the United States.
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