Tenant advocates and rent-stabilized landlords are warring over the possibility of four years of rent freezes under a future Mamdani mayoralty.

The 33-year old self-described socialist Zohran Mamdani, a Uganda-born immigrant who only became a US citizen in 2018, has now been confirmed as the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York. His victory over former New York governor Andrew Cuomo continues to resound,

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has a new political foil: New York’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate in the upcoming New York City mayoral race, denounced President Donald Trump’s threat to arrest him over his pledge to push back on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, calling the President's comments “an attack on our democracy” and “intimidation.”

Donald Trump has been particularly enthusiastic about deportation since he came back to office as the American President for the second time. Trump’s merciless deportation rules have left families in tears with children getting separated from parents and families who have been American citizens for years getting deported.