Zohran Mamdani Quotes

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Zohran Mamdani is a Ugandan-born American politician and democratic socialist who serves in the New York State Assembly representing Astoria, Queens, and is now the mayor-elect of New York City, set to take office on January 1, 2026.

“This will be an age where New Yorkers expect from their leaders a bold vision of what we will achieve, rather than a list of excuses for what we are too timid to attempt.”

"We are special as DSA electeds not because of ourselves, we are special because of our organization."

"Let the words we’ve spoken together, the dreams we’ve dreamt together, become the agenda we deliver together."

"A great New Yorker once said that while you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose. If that must be true, let the prose we write still rhyme, and let us build a shining city for all."

"New York will remain a city of immigrants: a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

"Together, we will usher in a generation of change. And if we embrace this brave new course, rather than fleeing from it, we can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves."

"And we will build a City Hall that stands steadfast alongside Jewish New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight against the scourge of antisemitism."

"Safety and justice will go hand in hand as we work with police officers to reduce crime and create a Department of Community Safety that tackles the mental health crisis and homelessness crises head on."

"Standing before you, I think of the words of Jawaharlal Nehru: 'A moment comes, but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.'"

"I will wake each morning with a singular purpose: to make this city better for you than it was the day before."

"Now, I know that I have asked for much from you over this last year. Time and again, you have answered my calls — but I have one final request. New York City, breathe this moment in."

"Thank you, my friends. The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs once said, 'I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.'"

"We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the IDF."

"We don't need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety. What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD."

"It was Bernie’s campaign for the presidency in 2016 that gave me the language of democratic socialism to describe my politics."

on Bernie Sanders

"Because of you, we will make this city one that working people can love and live in again."

on New York City

"On January 1st, I will be sworn in as the mayor of New York City. And that is because of you."

on New York City

"Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief, itself, has run out of language, I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered."

on Gaza

"We will hold bad landlords to account because the Donald Trumps of our city have grown far too comfortable taking advantage of their tenants."

on President Trump

"You know, this is not the first time that President Trump is going to comment on myself, and I encourage him -- just like I encourage every New Yorker -- to learn about my actual policies to make the city affordable."

on President Trump

"I think both President Trump and I, we are very clear about our positions and our views, and what I really appreciate about the President is the meeting that we had focused not on places of disagreement, which there are many, and also focused on the shared purpose that we have in serving New Yorkers."

on President Trump

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What others have said about Zohran Mamdani

"I call him my little communist. He's my little communist mayor."

— President Trump

"It is not a coincidence that the very forces that Zohran is up against in this race mirrors what we are up against nationally … an authoritarian, criminal presidency fueled by corruption and bigotry, and an ascendant right‑wing extremist movement."

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"Let's say this. If he does get in, I'm going to be president, and he's going to have to do the right thing, or they're not getting any money."

— President Trump

"I’m not a fan of Cuomo one way or the other … but if it’s going to be between a bad Democrat and a Communist, I’m gonna pick the bad Democrat all the time."

— President Trump

"Well, of course, he is … He’s going to be the mayor of the city of New York!"

— Bernie Sanders

"What Mamdani talked to was not the political establishment, not the oligarchs. … He went to working‑class people. He went to young people."

— Bernie Sanders

"At this dangerous moment in history, status quo politics isn’t good enough. We need new leadership that is prepared to stand up to powerful corporate interests & fight for the working class. Zohran Mamdani is providing that vision. He is the best choice for NYC mayor."

— Bernie Sanders

"Zohran Mamdani has demonstrated a real ability on the ground to put together a coalition of working‑class New Yorkers that is strongest to lead the pack."

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"I trust him as the mayor‑elect, he’ll do what he thinks is best for the city of New York."

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"New Yorkers, the fact that so many of you have been taken in by this horseshit is unbelievable to me."

— Ben Shapiro