Being an aspiring - and, I would say, at times failed - emcee teaches you how to deal with rejection. — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
We need a politics that is direct, that speaks to people's own lives. If I tell you that I'm going to freeze your rent,… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
It is important that New York City is in compliance with international criminal law. — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and Hunts Point, know this: This city is your city, and this democracy is yours too. — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
I don't really have opinions about the future of Hamas and Israel beyond the question of justice and safety and the fact that anything… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
I'm not comfortable supporting any state that has a hierarchy of citizenship on the basis of religion or anything else. — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
I will use every form of transit, and I want to make sure that they are all affordable in New York City, and that's… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
I will unabashedly stand up for our sanctuary city policies which have kept New Yorkers safe, and use every tool at the city's disposal… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
I think for a long time, it's felt as if the safest place, especially as a Muslim in public life, was to be in… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
The worth of a politics comes from its application to all, and I think part of why so many have lost faith in politics… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
Actually being able to show who you've been over a period of time, the growth, the consistency, all of these things at the same… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
Excellence will become the expectation across government, not the exception. — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
You know, I moved to New York City when I was 7 years old. This is where I grew up. And one of the… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share
