Zohran Mamdani

I welcome Leader Jeffries’ support and look forward to delivering a city government, and building a Democratic Party, relentlessly committed to our affordability agenda — and to fighting Trump’s authoritarianism.

He compared me to violent, extremists. And he lied again and again when he said that our movement seeks to burn churches and destroy communities.

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

Once again, the Trump administration chooses authoritarian theatrics that create fear, not safety. It must stop.

The issue is your experience.

[Trump] wants Andrew Cuomo to be the mayor, not because it will be good for New Yorkers, but because it will be good for him.

If you want a candidate for mayor who tells you everything that he cannot do, then Andrew Cuomo should be your choice.

He defunded the MTA to send money to upstate ski resorts. He presided over the ‘summer of hell’ — and did all of this while denying that the state had any control over the MTA.

We’ve seen what Andrew Cuomo’s control over the MTA has resulted in for New Yorkers; he delivered the most expensive single subway mile in the history of the world.

The same imam met with Mayor Bloomberg, met with Mayor De Blasio, campaigned alongside Eric Adams, and the only time it became an issue of national attention was when I met with him.

And I also have never said anything about not enforcing misdemeanors.

I want to be very clear, not only have I never called for the legalization of prostitution, I’m not calling for that today either.

If you want to look for me on the ballot, you’ll find me as the Democrat,” Mamdani said.

I just have to say it’s been an hour and 20 minutes of this debate, and we haven’t heard Governor Cuomo say the word ‘affordable.’ That’s why he lost the primary. That’s why he’ll lose the general election.

Look, a lot of people have called even my campaign a non-starter when we first began and now I stand before you proud to be the Democratic nominee who got the most votes in city primary history.

If I would be allowed to finish, that I would not recognize any state's right to exist with a system of hierarchy on the basis of race or religion.

I've said time and again that I recognize Israel's right to exist. I've said that I will not recognize any state's—

It's been an hour and 20 minutes of this debate, and we haven't heard Governor Cuomo say the word 'affordability.' That's why he lost the (Democratic) primary.

What New Yorkers need is a mayor who can stand up to Donald Trump and actually deliver.

What I’ve said is that I think it’s time to remove much of the politics out of the question of accountability.

The second will be a mid-career track for New Yorkers, adults, who are looking to change careers.

The first will be an early college track that will look to work with high school students who will receive not only mentorship, but college credit, and then this $12,000 a year in tuition assistance.

It is a policy that will be a city wide initiative to train, to certify and to hire new teachers to create a pipeline from school to school to ensure that every year we are hiring an additional 1,000 new teachers.

This is a policy that addresses this shortage.

We’re going to pay for it by actually taking on the close to $10 billion a year that we are currently spending within our education system on contracts and consulting.