Political upstart Zohran Mamdani secured another key endorsement Wednesday, earning the support of the United Federation of Teachers, New York City’s most powerful teachers’ union, a day after the president of the United States threatened to overtake the five boroughs should the 33-year-old be elected mayor.

President Donald Trump warned that New York won’t ever be the same if New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is elected. Mamdani is a Ugandan-born Muslim who won the Democratic Party’s primary for New York City mayor in June and identifies as a Democratic socialist.

Mamdani has appointed Jeffrey Lerner—a former top Obama White House aide and Democratic National Committee political director—as his communications chief.

Shaun Maguire received widespread blowback after claiming NYC mayoral candidate comes from ‘culture that lies about everything.’

President Trump threatened Tuesday to use federal power to seize control of New York City if “communist” Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor.

An analysis of election districts won by Trump in 2024 and Mamdani in this year’s primary shows many feature a majority of Asian American residents.

At his campaign launch Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams had some tough words about the man coming for his job, presumptive Democratic challenger Zohran Mamdani. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff caught up with Mamdani to get his reaction to what his critics have been saying since his surprising primary performance.

Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and NYC mayoral candidate, faces accusations of communism from Donald Trump, sparking debate over the ideologies' differences. Mamdani advocates for public services and progressive taxation within a democratic framework,

Political activist group Our Revolution wants to make sure that Democrats don’t sabotage New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and has launched a petition calling on “party