Mamdani said racist and Islamophobic threats are not new for him but they recently reached a “new level of specificity.”

Zohran Mamdani, a socialist candidate for New York City mayor, received the endorsement of the United States’s most famous socialist, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), on Tuesday.

NEW YORK CITY - Democratic candidate and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is running to be the city's next mayor, aiming to succeed incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who's running for re-election as an Independent.

​Last week Times Opinion published The Choice, a new project to help voters think through their options in high-stakes elections. We brought together 15 New Yorkers of varied backgrounds and expertise to assess the nine leading Democratic candidates for mayor of New York and choose which one would make the best leader for the city.

Socialist Zohran Mamdani is surging and voters can rank five candidates in the crowded field. But will the anti-Cuomo candidates cooperate?

In lieu of a traditional mayoral endorsement, the New York Times Editorial Board on Monday advised voters against placing Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens) on their ballot and raised “serious objections” to former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “ethics and conduct.

President Trump is now directing federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from New York and other Democratic-run cities​.

I n most parts of the country, this June is a moment of quiescence in the campaign cycle. The president has just been inaugurated. Many House and Senate candidates haven’t declared yet. Homes are unmolested by flyers; television watchers are unbothered by advertisements.