Free Republic

While Mamdani’s Israel stance alienates many, his focus on affordability and social justice resonates with a growing subset of Jewish voters who see local issues as paramount. “Should we really care about what the mayor of a city thinks about foreign politics?” asked voter Seinuk, a Jewish civil engineer. In the bustling, diverse landscape of New York City’s 2025 mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist and New York State Assembly member from Queens, has emerged as a strong mayoral candidate. Known for his unapologetic criticism of Israel, support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and advocacy...