Politics

Affordability messages fuel mayoral challenges

It is being embraced by local candidates far beyond New York City.
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

New York City mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani (D) has used the rising costs of groceries, housing and transit to vault himself from an unknown backbencher in Albany to a social media superstar, pledging to make one of the world’s most expensive cities affordable for working families.

He is hardly alone.

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