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As the New York City mayoral race enters its final days, thousands of people congregated in Forest Hills, Queens, on Sunday to rally for Democrat Zohran Mamdani, with a turnout that almost rivaled that of President Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden nearly one year ago to the day.
Mamdani was mobbed by supporters on the East Side of Manhattan on Monday, but in Washington he was hardly a fan favorite.
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani insisted he would not "require everyone to eat halal food," despite claims to the contrary.
Whether it’s JD Vance or it’s Andrew Cuomo, it is the same kind of politics,” Mamdani told MSNBC. “It’s a politics of division.”
The frontrunner is turning out Muslim and South Asian New Yorkers in historic numbers, while facing attacks on his faith and background.
Over 10,000 people gathered to see mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who's quickly risen from unknown to Democratic Party leader.
In May, Imam Siraj Wahhaj, the longtime imam of Brooklyn’s Masjid At-Taqwa, personally donated $1,000 to the Unity and Justice Fund. More recently, Mamdani met with Wahhaj and called him "one of the nation’s foremost Muslim leaders and a pillar of the Bed-Stuy community."
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani clarifies controversial aunt story after social media backlash over 9/11 subway anecdote and Islamophobia claims.