My friend Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York. This is what he’s really like
- Posted on November 5, 2025
- By The Independent
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My friend Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York. This is what he’s really like
It was at a small family dinner when the then 28-year old Zohran Mamdani told Ruchira Gupta that he wanted to go into electoral politics. Six years on, he has been elected mayor of New York City. His was an old-fashioned victory, she writes, rooted in honesty and principle – just like the man she knows him to be
