Mamdani identified as "Black or African American" as well as "Asian" in his 2009 application to Columbia University.

At one time, for generations of South Asian immigrants, the mango was a symbol of loss and somehow all the sweeter for it ...

Mamdani, who conservatives have portrayed as a radical socialist, has said he wants to implement a freeze on rent-stabilized apartments, expand free fares on city buses, open a city-owned grocery ...