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How Does Mamdani Introduce Who He Is?

He says it starts and ends with being a New Yorker. He moved to the city at seven when his dad got a job at Columbia, grew up on the Upper West Side, went to middle school in the neighborhood, and went to high school in the Bronx at Bronx Science.

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#687 - Zohran Mamdani · October 5th, 2026

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