Also very important to note that he is a Muslim American in a major center of Jewish culture so its a landmine issue and thus legacy media wants to smear him to keep the system going. He is also getting flack from the liberal err neo right wing who react to the socialist ideas he is a supporting.

The banker err candidate Whitney Tilson is not only repellent but very much against Mamdani, calling his ideas "dangerous". Meanwhile supports charter schools, more policing and of course is Ackman backed. An entitled loser of epic proportions. Just noise on the stage and in the campaign. With that kind of money supporting him I its best to view him as a Cuomo/Adams ally.

Yet Zohran is holding strong, gaining more support everyday which means that those in power who are threatened by him are going to start digging deeper for dirt. Some are already calling for him to be "deported", and I suspect they will try to "Glenn Greenwald" him in short order. Stay tuned for that because its coming soon.

As a native NYer I can say that its been a long time since we have had this kind of voice with a real chance at the office. While I don't think he is necessarily the ideal candidate, he is imho the best choice for the job.

My hunch is we see a Biden like anti "left" situation develop, where many in the establishment will rally around Adams/Cuomo to keep Mamdani from the office.

Make no mistake, he has deep roots across a variety of communities in the city. He walks the walk which is saying a lot.

My personal favorite is the city owned grocery stores. For that reason alone watch the corporations really start to panic down the stretch.