Zohran Mamdani had no deck, but plenty of pitch when he met with New York City's tech community on Wednesday night.

Mamdani’s trouncing of Cuomo marked the biggest national victory for lefties since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won her first election in an upset over entrenched Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in 2018, Smith said.

NY, who represents constituents in the Bronx and Queens, campaigned for Zohran Mamdani, a self-described Democratic socialist. The New York City mayoral candidate

Mayor Eric Adams reported raising $1.5 million over the last month, but his inability to qualify for matching funds may hamper his re-election bid.

In a town where all politics is tribal, Mamdani has emerged as a leader of New York’s South Asian community, 600,000 strong, which is now following its Irish, Italian, Jewish, Black, and Latino predecessors in demanding a seat at the table inside City Hall. That bloc is squarely behind Mamdani and fighting hard for victory in November.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams raised more than $1.5 million from donors in the seventeen days after the city’s Democratic mayoral primary, nearly double the amount brought in by Zohran Mamdani, whose stunning win reinvigorated the incumbent’s struggling campaign.

Mamdanis belong to the Khoja community, who were categorized by the British in the early 19th century as “Hindoo Mussalman” because their traditions spanned both religions.

The Zohran Mamdani victory in the Democratic mayoral primary last month was a big surprise for the New York political class, but it also sent shock waves rattling Democratic leaders coast to coast. With the national Democratic Party leaderless and adrift,