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

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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 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

During the 2025 New York mayoral race, Andrew Cuomo drew wide condemnation, including from CAIR and fellow Democrats, after joining in when a radio host said Zohran Mamdani would cheer another 9/11

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