Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician representing the 36th district of the New York State Assembly in Queens since 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America. He is active in politics as a Democratic party member.
Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, faces fiscal challenges in New York. The NYC mayoral race tightens as Mamdani gains on Cuomo, according to latest polls. With primary less than four weeks away, will he succeed?
On October 18, 1991, Zohran Kwame Mamdani was born. He is now an American politician representing the 36th district of the New York State Assembly.
In 2014, Mamdani graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine with a bachelor's degree in Africana Studies.
Following the 2016 presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders, Mamdani started to consider himself a democratic socialist.
In 2017, Mamdani volunteered for the unsuccessful campaign of New York City Council primary candidate democratic socialist Khader El-Yateem.
In 2018, Mamdani was naturalized as an American citizen.
In 2018, Mamdani was the campaign manager for Ross Barkan's unsuccessful run for New York State Senate.
In 2019, Mamdani announced his campaign for New York State Assembly in the 36th district, which encompasses Astoria and Long Island City in Queens.
In 2019, Mamdani was a field organizer for democratic socialist Tiffany Cabán's unsuccessful campaign for Queens District Attorney.
In 2021, Mamdani won the general election for New York State Assembly.
In 2021, Zohran Mamdani became the representative for the 36th district of the New York State Assembly, in Queens. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America.
In September 2022, an MTA bus fare-free pilot program, which Mamdani advocated for, was established on one MTA bus in each borough, at a cost of $15 million.
In December 2022, Mamdani introduced a series of bills for the 2023 session called "Fix the MTA".
In November 2023, Zohran Mamdani joined Cynthia Nixon in a five day hunger strike outside of Washington DC in support of an immediate ceasefire and opposition to President Biden's support of Israel's attacks on Gaza.
In 2023, Mamdani co-introduced a bill that would enact a weight-based vehicle-registration fee to dissuade people from owning heavier vehicles in an effort to make streets safer.
In 2023, Mamdani introduced a series of bills for the 2023 session called "Fix the MTA".
In April 2024, the MTA budget didn't set aside further money for a continuation of the bus fare-free pilot program, which Zohran denounced.
On October 23, 2024, Mamdani announced that he would be entering the upcoming race for New York City mayor as a Democrat.
In 2024, Zohran Mamdani held an iftar for a ceasefire in Gaza during Ramadan.
As of January 2025, Mamdani had been the primary sponsor of 13 bills in the Assembly.
In 2025, Mamdani became a candidate in the Democratic primary for the New York City mayoral election.
In 2025, Mamdani was married in a civil ceremony.
In 2025, Mamdani was the only mayoral candidate to make an appearance at a rally in Union Square in Manhattan to protest the Trump Administration and Mayor Eric Adams for their immigration policy and federal policy towards transgender Americans.
Mamdani supports raising minimum wage in New York to $30 per hour by 2030.
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