{snip} Zohran Mamdani decried attacks today that he said were aimed at his Muslim identity. Andrew Cuomo countered that he’s “playing the victim.”
“While my opponents in this race have brought hatred to the forefront, this is just a glimpse of what so many have to endure every day across the city,” Mamdani said outside a mosque in the South Bronx. “I will not change who I am, how I eat, or the faith that I am proud to call my own.”
A day earlier, during an appearance with the conservative radio host Sid Rosenberg, Cuomo suggested the democratic socialist would be “cheering” a future terror attack like 9/11. Soon after, Mayor Eric Adams, explaining his endorsement of Cuomo, pointed to crimes committed by “Islamic extremists” in Nigeria and Germany — the clear implication being that a Mamdani victory would pave the way for similar conditions in New York City.
The mayoral front-runner is on the cusp of being the city’s first Muslim mayor and garnered a historic outpouring of support from Muslim and South Asian voters in June’s Democratic primary. {snip}
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During Mamdani’s visit to the Bronx, he went inside the Islamic Cultural Center and used the faith-based broadsides he’s experienced through the years to connect with congregants, primarily immigrants from West African countries.
“Raise your hand if you have had to deal with someone mispronouncing your name when you go to work,” he said. “If someone has looked at you as a Muslim and called you a terrorist … if you have been made to feel as if you do not belong in this city.”
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