A Young Socialist Wants to Run NYC. Could He Win?
Zohran Mamdani, with actress and cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey, in 2019, when he was a musician known as “Mr. Cardamom.” (Nicole Craine/The New York Times via Redux)
Zohran Mamdani vows to spend billions subsidizing buses, housing, and grocery stores. He says he’ll arrest the Israeli PM if he ever steps foot in NYC. And he’s surging in the polls.
Unless you follow New York politics like a hawk, chances are you’ve never heard of Zohran Kwame Mamdani. The 33-year-old socialist is one of the youngest candidates to ever seek the mayorship of New York City. If he wins, he wants to turn the Big Apple into a Havana on the Hudson with free buses, government-run grocery stores, and no more rent hikes for millions.
“It is socialism that we are fighting for,” he told an online audience in 2021.
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