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Zohran Mamdani

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Zohran Mamdani is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 36th district. Elected as a Democrat, he is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice. Mamdani has focused on issues such as housing equity, healthcare access, and environmental justice during his time in office. He has been an outspoken advocate for the rights of marginalized communities in New York.

Quotes by year · 2023–2026894 total · peak 2025 (483)
2023: 3 quotes2025: 483 quotes2026: 408 quotes
Mar 24, 2025

Right now, what we’re seeing is a paucity of imagination and ambition to fight for working people before embracing what we are being told is the only option in front of us.

thenation.com
Mar 19, 2025

It's one that's also being done with the support through the silence of a number of other candidates for mayor, namely disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo, who took seventy two hours to say even a word.

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Mar 19, 2025

It's critical for us to be fighting this dismantling of the first amendment.

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Mar 19, 2025

This is an attack on the First Amendment. It's an attack on one of the most core things about being an American, which is the right to engage in political speech without fear that your government is going to lock you up.

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Mar 19, 2025

Do you believe in the First Amendment? What are the charges that you're holding Mahmoud Khalil on? And how many more New Yorkers will you detain?

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Mar 10, 2025

So often it feels like we are on a 24-hour loop of surrender to people who deserve to be fought at every single juncture.

thenation.com
Mar 10, 2025

To be a Democrat could mean to fight for working people.

thenation.com
Mar 10, 2025

These are trials of attacks to be conducted on many more Americans over the course of this administration.

thenation.com
Mar 10, 2025

You need not even know a trans New Yorker to stand up for trans New Yorkers.

thenation.com
Mar 10, 2025

We are here to break the mold of what electoral politics in this city can be.

thenation.com
Mar 10, 2025

In many ways I am what Donald Trump hates.

thenation.com
Feb 28, 2025

I want to tell you who we're running against – a guy who cut Medicaid and stole money from the MTA.

cbsnews.com
Feb 17, 2025

I think especially of the fact that I represent the very street, Steinway Street, where Michael Bloomberg deployed the Demographics Unit.

thenation.com
Feb 16, 2025

Adams’ actions allow Trump to make an example out of New York City.

cnn.com
Feb 10, 2025

It's official: Eric Adams' shameless campaign to avoid legal accountability for corruption has succeeded.

commondreams.org
Oct 31, 2023

We need to do more for Gaza. We need to organize a hunger strike for ceasefire, to pressure Biden to stop arming this genocide.

thenation.com
Jun 29, 2023

Ultimately what we need more of is equality across the city and across the state and country.

usatoday.com
Jun 29, 2023

He wants to distract from what I'm fighting for.

usatoday.com

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