A socialist of Indian descent who was born in Uganda, Mamdani has built his campaign on making New York more affordable for the people who live and work there, with promises of a rent freeze, free buses and free universal child care.

A super PAC supporting former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York mayoral election is running a late ad that depicts Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in front of video of the Twin Towers crashing down on 9/11.

Mamdani has gained national attention over his progressive policies, earning support from the likes of Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders.

Growing up in the shadow of 9/11, I have known what it means to live with an undercurrent of suspicion,” Zohran Mamdani said.

While Mamdani's rise is dominating headlines, off-year elections for governor in Virginia and New Jersey will be seen as even more critical gauges of the US political mood nearly 10 months into Trump's bruising right-wing reign.

Zohran Mamdani is leading the NYC mayoral race with plans centered on affordability.Mamdani plans to make childcare and buses free, freeze rent, and pilot city-owned grocery stores.Early voting is seeing a high level of turnout across all five NYC boroughs.

Zohran Mamdani’s artist wife Rama Duwaji helped design the Democratic socialist's logos -- but has been noticeably absent from his entire mayoral campaign.

However, while Musk is taking advantage of a paid feature, it's unclear if he is actually paying to boost his post on X. After all, he owns the platform. Even so, Musk appears to be using the paid boost feature to promote his Cuomo endorsement and attack on Mamdani.