US EditionMamdani ahead of Cuomo for 1st time in new NYC mayoral primary poll
- On October 23, 2024, Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old assemblyman from Queens, officially announced his candidacy for New York City's 2025 mayoral election, positioning himself as a challenger to frontrunner Andrew Cuomo.
- Mamdani launched his campaign shortly after federal probes into Mayor Eric Adams' administration began, positioning himself as a progressive alternative.
- Mamdani's platform includes rent freezes, free buses and childcare, city-run grocery stores, and a $30 minimum wage by 2030, backed by strong grassroots fundraising and social media outreach.
- A May 30–June 4, 2025 poll of 819 likely Democratic primary voters showed Mamdani in second place, trailing Cuomo by only two points but polling 10 percent more favorable at 58%.
- The competitive June 24 primary suggests a possible shift in New York City politics, as Mamdani's surge challenges Cuomo's lead amid complex community endorsements and voter dynamics.
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The Mamdani Coalition | Max Rivlin-Nadler
In June 2020—three months after the Covid-19 pandemic shut down New York City, killing at least 18,600 residents to that point, in the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement, the biggest social uprising in the city’s history—a wave of democratic socialist politicians defeated centrist incumbents and swept into the New York state legislature. Among […]
Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani has message for young voters before New York City’s mayoral primaries
With early voting underway and just a few days until the Democratic mayoral primaries, Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist running for mayor of New York City, spoke to the AmNews about his platform and how he believes his proposals for affordability will directly benefit the city’s youth. “I’ve been so excited over the course of these last seven months to see just how much excitement there is amongst young New Yorkers,” said Mamdani, an ass…
The South Asian Vote May Be Split for Zohran Mamdani in New York City
In an Instagram video recently posted from his official account, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani appears on screen with his arms outstretched, leaning into an open embrace as he strikes what is familiar to Bollywood fans everywhere as the “SRK pose,” named after the industry’s biggest star, Shah Rukh Khan. In the video, in which he speaks entirely in Hindustani (the dialect mix of Hindi and Urdu), Mamdani uses Bollywood references…
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