Ahead of the 24th anniversary of Sept. 11, Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner to be the city’s next mayor, spoke about the importance of honoring the victims and the persistent Islamophobia the attacks provoked.
As the horrors of Sept. 11, 2001, unfolded, Zohran Mamdani, who was 9 at the time, was one of the countless New York City children who were picked up early from school.