Zohran Mamdani -- Born: 1991-10-18. Occupation: housing counselor. Position: Mayor of New York City. Education: Bank Street College of Education. Awards: Time 100.
Born1991-10-18
Occupationhousing counselor, politician, rapper, social activist
PositionMayor of New York City, member of the New York State Assembly
EducationBank Street College of Education, Bowdoin College, Bronx High School of Science, St. George's Grammar School
AwardsTime 100
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“For far too long, all we've had to say as a party is opposition to the current administration. What do we have to say beyond that?”
ABC News2026-06-28Source“She would talk about how we have to invest in babies, not bombs.”
ABC News2026-06-28Source“I think a democratic socialist can get elected anywhere across this country for any position,”
ABC News2026-06-28Source“I always said that I believed in the importance of taxing the rich. This is taxing the rich,”
NBC News2026-04-19Source“He’s the president of the United States of America. I’m the mayor of New York City, and we know that so much of what the city needs is also dependent on a relationship with the federal administration,”
NBC News2026-04-19Source“On Day 8 [of the term], we announced a $1.2 billion agreement with Gov. Kathy Hochul to put our city on the pathway to universal child care,”
NBC News2026-04-19Source“A pied-a-terre tax has been something that has long been fought for in the city but hasn’t been possible to get over the finish line. It’s been really exciting to work with the governor to win something that many thought would never have a chance,”
NBC News2026-04-19Source“We are not only providing free child care for every 3-year-old in the city, we’re now doing it for 2-year-olds as well. By the end of our first term, we will see every single 2-year-old receiving free child care across the five boroughs of New York City.”
NBC News2026-04-19Source“The president and I both want this city to succeed. This is how you do it,”
NBC News2026-04-19Source“It's the joy and honor and privilege of a lifetime to be the mayor of New York City… I'm really proud of what we've been doing,”
fox5ny.com2026-01-08Source“And it will require someone who's experienced, who is fluent in the landscape as it is, and who is ambitious and imaginative towards the landscape, as it could be. And I can think of no better person than the man alongside me.”
CBS News2026-01-01Source“This is truly the honor and privilege of a lifetime.”
NPR2026-01-01Source“I am not afraid of my own ideas,”
newyorker.com2025-10-09Source“I will be the mayor for every New Yorker, whether you voted for me, for Gov. Cuomo or felt too disillusioned by a long, broken political system to vote at all,”
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“I think what the Democratic Party can win on nationally is a focus on working people, and I think that what I saw from Darializa when I would walk the streets of her district was a focus on what she describes as the politics of life,”
ABC News2026-06-28Source“I'm so excited that these incredible soon-to-be congress members will be helping to lead the fight across the country on making sure that working people are right there where they should be, which is the heart of the conversation.”
ABC News2026-06-28Source“I think that we can have disagreements on policy positions.”
ABC News2026-06-28Source“Even a tent has to stay up,”
ABC News2026-06-28Source“But you've also said it has to be a party with a spine, with a backbone,”
ABC News2026-06-28Source“It's not just New York City where working people are asking themselves, why can't I afford my rent, why can't I afford my groceries, why can't I find enough money in my pocket for child care, no matter how hard I work?”
ABC News2026-06-28Source“I think what makes our party a beautiful party is the fact that it's a big tent that we have people,”
ABC News2026-06-28Source“What these candidates offer is a vision that extends beyond the midterms, it extends beyond 2028.”
ABC News2026-06-28Source“With those who have a high level of statutory power within state and federal government, he is going out of his way to build a constructive relationship, even if they're not ideologically always in alignment,”
ABC News2026-06-19Source“honest, direct and productive”
NBC News2026-04-19Source“We’re talking about bread and eggs, the staples that have been skyrocketing.”
NBC News2026-04-19Source“Incredible. Incredible. Even the Post is happy. Come on,”
CBS News2026-04-12Source“Just going to take a quick look to see if the pandas are still here, just like a one-second break,”
CBS News2026-04-12Source“That's only possible when you're actually investing in public service.”
CNBC2026-01-28Source“hidden from them for far too long.”
CNBC2026-01-28Source“I have to show that the city government is not just serious about public goods, but also public excellence and public efficiency, and so we have to make sure every dollar that's being spent is actually being spent in a worthwhile way,”
CNBC2026-01-28Source“Capital flight is always spoken about whenever we talk about the potential of increasing taxes on the wealthy,”
CNBC2026-01-28Source“It is an honor to have Mike here alongside me as we embark on an administration that will take seriously the responsibility and the opportunity we have to make this streetscape and the public transit of the city we call home the envy of the world,”
CBS News2026-01-01Source“Congratulations, Mr. Mayor,”
NPR2026-01-01Source“Thank you so much to everyone for being here, Happy New Year to New Yorkers,”
NPR2026-01-01Source“This is truly the honor and the privilege of a lifetime,”
CBS News2026-01-01Source“I expect to be helping him, not hurting him - a big help, because I want New York City to be great,”
NPR2026-01-01Source“And I think one of the other notable things about that victory is that he won with a really progressive, liberal left-wing platform of the kind that we probably haven't ever seen in New York.”
NPR2025-06-25Source“I will fight for a city that works for you, that is affordable for you, that is safe for you.”
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