NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to take a seat for Fox Information interview

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New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani will be part of Fox Information' Martha MacCallum for an interview that may air on Wednesday.

The interview, which marks Mamdani’s first look on the community, will air on "The Story with Martha MacCallum" at 3 p.m. ET and can cowl the state of the mayoral race lower than three weeks out from Election Day.

Mamdani, a state lawmaker from Queens who identifies as a democratic socialist, is currently leading within the polls over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Mamdani gained the Democratic main over Cuomo and present New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams. Adams dropped out of the race, however Cuomo continues to be working as an impartial. Mamdani, who turns 34 this week, is vying to change into one of many youngest mayors within the metropolis's historical past.

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New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends a information convention within the Bronx the place he was endorsed by Meeting Speaker Carl Heastie on Sept. 17, 2025, in New York Metropolis. (Spencer Platt/Getty Photographs)

Mamdani stands at 46% help amongst probably voters, in keeping with a Quinnipiac University poll conducted in early October.

Cuomo stands at 33% help within the survey and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa stands at 15%.

Mamdani's meteoric rise from unknown assemblyman to frontrunner to steer the nation's largest metropolis has astonished political observers. His marketing campaign has electrified progressives and spawned comparable candidacies across the nation.

Mamdani has additionally come below hearth for a number of of his far-left policy ideas, together with city-run grocery shops, lease freezes, free buses, in addition to his previous anti-police rhetoric and controversial feedback in regards to the Israeli-Palestinian battle.

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"The Story" will air an interview of New York mayoral candiate Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday. (Fox Information)

The candidate for New York Metropolis mayor was pressed on his rhetoric throughout an interview on "The View" earlier this month.

Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin famous Mamdani had beforehand known as for defunding the police however since walked it again. She additionally mentioned he "known as the NYPD racist, anti-queer and a menace to public security in 2020," however agreed that they deserve an apology.

"How can New Yorkers belief you and never be involved that consultants are getting in your ear to get you elected, however you continue to maintain all of these positions?" Griffin requested.

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"They will relaxation assured that it's not consultants in my ear and I believe that is one other a part of, to be a teenager seeking to lead can be to depart the opening for development and understanding. And I can let you know rising up on this metropolis, I assumed usually about security and justice, and I noticed how justice was usually left apart," he mentioned.