Zohran Mamdani

Zohran Kwame Mamdani born October 18 1991 is an American politician who has served since 2026 as the 112th mayor of New York City A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America Mamdani served from 2021 to 2025 as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 36th district representing Astoria Queens Mamdani was born in Kampala Uganda to Indian parents academic Mahmood Mamdani and filmmaker Mira Nair When he was seven years old after having spent three years in Cape Town South Africa his family moved to the United States settling in New York City Mamdani graduated from the Bronx High School of Science before receiving a bachelors degree with a major in Africana studies from Bowdoin College in 2014 After working as a housing counselor and a musician Mamdani entered local New York City politics as a campaign manager for Khader ElYateem and Ross Barkan He was first elected to the New York State Assembly in 2020 defeating fiveterm incumbent Aravella Simotas in the Democratic primary Representing Astoria and Long Island City he was reelected without opposition in 2022 and 2024 In October 2024 Mamdani announced his candidacy for mayor of New York City in the 2025 election A democratic socialist Mamdani campaigned on a progressive affordabilityfocused platform supporting farefree city buses universal child care cityowned grocery stores a rent freeze on rentstabilized units additional affordable housing units and a 30 minimum wage by 2030 He also expressed support for LGBTQ rights comprehensive public safety reform and tax increases on corporations and those earning above 1 million annually He won the Democratic primary in June 2025 defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo in an upset and was elected mayor in the November general election He is New York Citys first Muslim and Asian American mayor Description above from the Wikipedia article Zohran Mamdani licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia