WATCH: Mamdani Called for ‘Abolition of Private Property’

The New York state assemblyman representing parts of Queens won the Democratic primary last month in an upset that threw the New York City mayor’s race into chaos.

Mamdani has described himself as a democratic socialist and has proposed controversial and expensive policies, including government-run grocery stores, free buses, free childcare, a rent freeze for more than two million New Yorkers living in rent-subsidized housing, and deploying mental health professionals rather than police in crises. He wants to raise both income and corporate taxes.

He posted something similar on social media in 2020.

“If we want everyone to be full participants in the economy, we need worker ownership of the means of production,” Mamdani posted on X.

During the Young Democratic Socialists conference, Mamdani also referenced transgender ideology.

“The ramifications of victory here is the difference between life and death for so many of our brothers, sisters, and family beyond the binary and across this borough of Queens,” Mamdani said.

Current Mayor Eric Adams and former Governor Andrew Cuomo are both Democrats running as independents, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa is running against all of them.

Mamdani is currently statistically tied with Cuomo and Sliwa, according to a HarrisX poll this week. Mamdani leads at 26%, with Cuomo at 23% and Sliwa at 22%, all within the margin of error. Adams trails at 13%, while 15% of voters remain undecided, according to the poll.