Dangerous funders fill Zohran Mamdani's campaign coffers

Thanks to New York City’s generous matching-funds program , local taxpayers are bankrolling Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign.

With close to $16 million received and $5 million cash on hand, the political newcomer has far outraised his opponents in private donations, amassing an impressive war chest heading into November’s general election .

The city’s public-financing system is intended to give little-known candidates who fail to attract corporate or special-interest donors a shot at victory.

But Mamdani is raking in taxpayer-amplified contributions from dangerous sources : terror-linked Islamists, anti-Israel activists and campus extremists.

For every local check written out to a mayoral campaign, the city kicks in up to eight times the amount of the first