Rana Abdelhamid, a candidate in the upcoming special election to succeed Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the 36th Assembly District, has made fighting for small businesses and working families central to her campaign.
Abdelhamid, a Muslim community organizer and the founder of local self-defense non-profit Malikah, launched her campaign to replace Mamdani at the end of November and has pledged to fight for affordable housing protections, universal childcare, immigrant protections and community safety programs if she is elected to the state legislature.
