Burgos, a fellow freshman, sat next to him in the state Capitol in Albany.  “I said, ‘it should be you,’” Burgos told USA TODAY. “I said, ‘there’s not a single person in the DSA that has a higher level of ability to run for office.

Former President Barack Obama was as close as North Jersey but still only talked by phone with New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani over the weekend — and withheld endorsing him.

Officials counters suggesting that Barack Obama endorse Zohran Mamdani for the NYC mayoral election even though they've engaged in multiple phone calls over the contest.

Zohran Mamdani is viewed as the leading candidate to become the next mayor of New York City, even as the contest has divided the normal partisan lines between Republicans and Democrats.

Former President Barack Obama spoke with New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Saturday, days before Tuesday’s general election. The call between Obama and the democratic socialist frontrunner comes as several prominent Democrats have kept their distance from Mamdani’s campaign.

A video of a recent address by Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate, has been viewed more than 25 million times.

The New York City mayoral hopeful declined to express confidence in Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and talked about speeding up housing construction.

The New York City mayoral candidate's anecdote about an aunt who faced Islamophobia after 9/11 prompted accusations that he fabricated the story.