Zohran Mamdani’s parents, a filmmaker and a professor, gave him the foundation for his run for mayor of New York. But their own political views may open him up to attacks.

Long before he became the front-runner to become New York City’s next mayor, New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani was a fan of Das Racist — the absurdist hip-hop group known for, among other things,

The presumptive Democratic nominee for New York mayor emerged from a world of privilege with radical politics and charm to spare.

Zohran Mamdani had been a state lawmaker unknown even to most New Yorkers before announcing his run for mayor.

I interviewed Zohran Mamdani’s mom once. She told me that she’d had an offer to direct HARRY POTTER but he told her she should make THE NAMESAKE instead because “anyone can direct HARRY POTTER, but only you can make THE NAMESAKE.