Zohran Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, in 1991 to filmmaker Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani, moved to New York City at age seven and became a U.S. citizen in 2018

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A petition started in July 2026 by 9/11 widower Giovanni Galante asking that Mayor Zohran Mamdani not attend the ceremony gathered about 110,000 signatures by September 10, 2026

Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialists of America member who represented Queens in the New York State Assembly from 2021 to 2025, won the November 2025 mayoral election with about 50.4% of the vote, defeating Andrew Cuomo

Zohran Mamdani called streamer Hasan Piker's past statement that America deserved 9/11 objectionable and reprehensible during a 2025 mayoral campaign debate