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Some questions, then a selfie: Mayor Mamdani meets the (creator) press

January 08, 2026 6:52 pm

An online army of social media influencers and digital content creators played a major role in propelling Mamdani to his improbable victory in last year’s mayoral race.

Zohran Mamdani NYC inaugration Punjabi music

Zohran Mamdani sworn in as NYC’s first Muslim mayor, inauguration features Punjabi music: WATCH

January 02, 2026 6:11 pm

Babbulicious performed his popular track, Gaddi Red Challenger, drawing cheers from the crowd.

Zohran Mamdani sworn in as Mayor of New York at City Hall

January 02, 2026 1:29 am

Zohran Mamdani arrived at the City Hall for the inauguration, accompanied by his wife, Rama Duwaji, in a yellow cab.

Zohran Mamdani, New York’s first Muslim Mayor, will use Quran for swearing in

December 31, 2025 9:28 pm

For his midnight swearing-in ceremony, he will use his grandfather’s Quran and one that belonged to Arturo Schomburg, the Black writer and historian.

Zohran Mamdani closes victory speech as mayor of New York to 'Dhoom Machale'; netizens hail ‘coolest victory speech’

November 05, 2025 4:58 pm

Sharing the stage with Zohran Mamdani were his wife, artist Rama Duwaji, his celebrated filmmaker mother Mira Nair, and his father, scholar Mahmood Mamdani.

Zohran Mamdani continues to lead in opinion polls as NYC mayoral candidates make final push ahead of Election Day

Mamdani continues to lead opinion polls as New York mayoral candidates make final push ahead of Election Day

November 04, 2025 1:21 am

If elected, 34-year-old Mamdani, a state assemblymember who would be the city’s first Muslim mayor.

Eric Adams says he will remain in New York mayoral race amid reports of Trump offering him Saudi ambassador post

September 05, 2025 10:36 pm

Trump said he thinks Mamdani is likely to become New York City's next mayor unless two of the three major candidates running against him drop out of the race.

What racists don’t understand about Zohran Mamdani, biryani and the West’s ‘uncivilised’ culinary history

July 06, 2025 4:14 pm

It was not before the 15th century that the wealthy merchant class in Italy and the upper crust of Europe started using forks regularly, even though the less fortunate looked at it as ridiculous and lampooned its use by the rich

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani takes the stage at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York.

As Zohran Mamdani rises, anti-Muslim attacks roll in from the Right

June 27, 2025 8:29 am

If elected, Mamdani would be the city’s first mayor of South Asian descent and the first mayor to have been born outside the United States since Abraham Beame, who was born in England and served as mayor from 1974-77.

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Zohran Mamdani declares victory in NYC's Democratic mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes

June 25, 2025 11:01 am

Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist member of the state Assembly, started to pull ahead with more than an estimated 80 per cent of ballots counted.