Zohran Mamdani

I’m not worried at all.

For the takeaway from my more than 10-minute address about Islamophobia in this race and in this city, to be the question of my aunt, tells you everything you need to know about Cuomo and his inability to reckon with a crisis of his own…

In an era of ever-diminishing bipartisanship, it seems that Islamophobia has emerged as one of the few areas of agreement.

I will no longer look for myself in the shadows— I will find myself in the light.

I will be a Muslim man in New York City.

I will not change who I am, I will not change how I eat, I will not change the faith that I am proud to belong to.

I’m trying to be a mayor so honest that you come back to New York City, my brother.

It just shows the idea of a Muslim woman wearing a hijab and feeling uncomfortable after 9/11 is so foreign to the right wing in this city and this country that the only answer to them is that it must be a lie.

I continue to be confident of our ability to deliver a rent freeze, and I continue to be confident that we will be able to match whatever last minute betrayal that Eric Adams tries to concoct.

We would use the full extent of powers that we would have as the mayor with the Rent Guidelines Board.

If we do not allow ourselves to be shocked by this kind of racism, then we are, in fact, accepting it as a fact of life.

It was, in fact, a reflection of Islamophobia within our political system that has become so endemic.

It’s a politics of division.

Whether it’s JD Vance or it’s Andrew Cuomo, it is the same kind of politics.

Cheap jokes about Islamophobia, so as to not have to recognize what people are living through.

This is all the Republican Party has to offer.

I find the comments that Hasan made on 9/11 to be objectionable and reprehensible.

I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after September 11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab.

I'm going to be voting on Election Day. And my message to early voters, of which I've already met a number, is that this is our opportunity, it continues to be.

That’s because of the fact of my faith and because I’m on the precipice of winning this election.

In an era of ever-diminishing bipartisanship, it seems that Islamophobia has emerged as one of the few areas of agreement.

But there is one thing that I will change. I will no longer look for myself in the shadows. I will find myself in the light.

I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after Sept.11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab.

I will not change who I am, how I eat, or the faith that I’m proud to call my own.

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.