New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has said he wants to "shift the tax burden" to "richer and whiter neighborhoods" if he secures election in November. A housing policy document on Mamdani's official website includes a pledge to "shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.

Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani claimed victory in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary early Wednesday morning.

Zohran Mamdani’s parents, a filmmaker and a professor, gave him the foundation for his run for mayor of New York. But their own political views may open him up to attacks.

The presumptive Democratic nominee for New York mayor emerged from a world of privilege with radical politics and charm to spare.

Long before he became the front-runner to become New York City’s next mayor, New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani was a fan of Das Racist — the absurdist hip-hop group known for, among other things,

Following Mamdani's primary victory, Republican Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee publicly called for Mamdani's deportation. In response, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York condemned those remarks as "disgusting" in a news conference on Friday.

Hello Swampians, it’s Jonathan Derbyshire here, the FT’s US opinion editor, filling in for Ed. Forgive me if it seems parochial, but I’d like to devote this edition of Swamp Notes to Zohran Mamdani’s victory in Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary here in New York City.