In a sharp escalation ahead of New York’s mayoral election, US President Donald Trump called Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani a “self-professed Jew hater,” adding that “any Jewish person who votes for him is stupid.” The remarks, posted on Trump’s Truth Social account just as voting began, have injected fresh controversy into a closely watched race […]
Zohran Mamdani, running in the 2025 New York City mayoral race, addressed a crowd of Muslim New Yorkers outside a Bronx mosque on 24 October, recounting how his aunt avoided riding the subway after the 11 September 2001 attacks because she felt unsafe wearing her hijab. The remarks came amid a campaign marked by heightened […]
Who is Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani? Meet Mira Nayar’s son and New York’s mayor-in-waiting A 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, secured the Democratic nomination and the mayoralty of New York City on Tuesday night, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo in a closely watched ranked-choice primary. With 89% of precincts reporting in the hour after polls closed […]
