Hundreds rallied in Foley Square Tuesday, including over a dozen local politicians—Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor among them—in a strong show of support for the striking workers, who include attorneys representing low-income New Yorkers in housing court.

His primary victory already is reverberating east, with a potential impact on policy, politics, business and migration.

Two groups must be especially thrilled by the prospect of Zohran Mamdani becoming New York’s next mayor.

Zohran Mamdani’s win sparked a massive online Islamophobic backlash, highlighting rising digital hate in politics.

In a recent podcast, billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban pointed out a striking similarity between New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump, despite their differing political ideologies.

Critics including venture capitalist Shaun Maguire and billionaire Bill Ackman have targeted Mahmood Mamdani’s academic writing on social media in recent days.

The former governor made his pitch to Wall Street, attacking Zohran Mamdani’s “unrealistic proposals and divisive agenda.”

Modi is one of the international leaders who Mamdani has said he would like to ban from coming to New York. But it isn’t his grandstanding on the world stage that is his biggest drawback. Rather it is his incompetence and wishful thinking on the home front.

It was not so long ago that the rent and housing were sideline issues,” says one leading tenant organizer. “Now it's really almost impossible to ignore because of the scale, depth and breadth of the pain.