NYC landlords are scrambling to stop Mamdani's ascent, warning that the candidate's policies would "destroy" the city's rental market. But renters back him up.

Zohran Mamdani gains UFT endorsement in NYC mayoral race as the teachers union backs his campaign promises on affordability.

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In the poll by Slingshot Strategies, first reported by the New York Post, Mamdani has 36 percent of the vote compared to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo 's 27 percent and current New York City Mayor Eric Adams' 14 percent. Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa landed 16 percent of the vote and independent candidate Jim Walden received 2 percent.

Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday quickly disassembled Democrat New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s socialist

Well-educated white progressives have been taught to feel guilty about their identity and fed an expectation that they’re up against so many challenges that they can’t possibly get

The partnership between Zohran Mamdani and New York City Comptroller Brad Lander doesn’t just showcase an unusual alliance. It provides a road map for Democrats, whose future success will require a different kind of politics than the left currently favors: one that sets aside purity tests and commits to building coalitions across ideological divides.

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani checked boxes identifying himself as both “Asian” and “Black or African America” on his 2009 Columbia University application, according to data obtained through a cyberattack on the university.