Zohran Mamdani launches bid to become NYC’s first South Asian mayor
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. — Instagram/@zohrankmamdani NEW YORK: Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist assemblyman from Queens, has entered New York City’s mayoral race, aiming to become its first Muslim and South Asian mayor. Born in Kampala, Uganda, to an Indian-origin Columbia University professor father and filmmaker mother, Mira Nair, Mamdani moved to New…
