Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign and primary win have piqued the interest of South Asians and Muslims in New York City and beyond.

New York mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani is facing a barrage of Islamophobic attacks across social media and conservative political circles after his success in the Democratic primary. The 33-year-old Indian-origin state assembly mayor has been subjected to death threats and xenophobic rhetoric from prominent Republican figures and online activists since his primary win,

The responses to Zohran Mamdani’s showing in the New York City mayoral primary were the latest examples of how some G.O.P. lawmakers have grown more overt in using bigoted language and tropes.

N.Y., reacts to Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani winning New York City’s mayoral primary race.

Speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition summit in Washington, D.C., an annual evangelical gathering in the nation's capital, Republican leaders showcased an emerging line of attack against Democrats to energize voters and defend their congressional majorities: the ascent of New York state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani,

Zohran Mamdani had just been elected Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York — a jaw-dropping achievement for a politician who most voters in America’s most populous city had barely heard of a few months ago.