Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist representing Astoria, won the June 2025 Democratic Primary to become the party’s nominee for mayor of New York City. He has emerged as one of the most polarizing figures not only in New York but nationally, especially among Jews.
For many Jewish New Yorkers, Mamdani poses an existential threat that isn’t rooted merely in policy disagreement, but in what his rhetoric and alliances symbolize in a volatile moment for Jewish identity, safety and belonging in Democratic politics.
