Among the most high-profile elections on Tuesday is the mayor’s race in New York City. The rise of 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani has demonstrated the left’s appetite for fresh faces and new ideas.
Many voters struggle with a fundamental question about Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy: Is a 34-year-old state assemblyman ready to lead the nation’s largest city?
Zohran Mamdani has won over many New Yorkers with a hopeful message that he has conveyed at atypical times and places, like at midnight in Queens last week.
Many older Chinese immigrants are shifting to the political right, dividing from their children, a trend playing out in the New York City mayor’s race.
Many older Chinese immigrants are shifting to the political right, dividing from their children, a trend playing out in the New York City mayor’s race.
After an uptick in Islamophobic comments about Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, some Muslims say they are hopeful but worried about repercussions.
As Andrew Cuomo seeks to gain ground in the New York City mayor’s race, he is trying to splinter some constituencies with natural affinities for the front-runner, Zohran Mamdani.
Andrew M. Cuomo has used tactics reminiscent of those used by President Trump to cut into the margins of longstanding Democratic constituencies, including Black, Hispanic and Jewish voters.
New York City has often set the political, cultural and financial course of the country. Tuesday’s mayoral election — and a New Yorker watching from Washington — could scramble it all.
A collision of local and national forces like deportation campaigns and economic angst may force New York City to confront some of the paradoxes that are core to its identity.
Zohran Mamdani, the leading contender in the Nov. 4 New York election, and Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, are liberal and Muslim, but they’re navigating varied politics, communities and cities.
Zohran Mamdani’s opposition to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians could influence New York City’s investments, his appointees and city policing tactics.
Our reporter Larry Buchanan collects data on the B41 bus in Brooklyn to find out why New York City buses are the slowest in the nation and whether Zohran Mamdani’s campaign pledge to make buses free would speed them up.
New York has urgent housing needs. Mamdani is leading the race for mayor because of his awareness of this. But all the candidates should have bigger plans.
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