Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani recalled the fears faced by Muslim New Yorkers after the 9/11 attacks during a campaign event outside a Bronx mosque. He said his aunt stopped taking the subway after the attacks because she “did not feel safe in her hijab.”

Mamdani said he had also been advised to hide his faith when he entered politics. “These are lessons that so many Muslim New Yorkers have been taught,” he said, describing years of subtle discrimination.

His comments came amid a tense mayoral race against Republican Curtis Sliwa and Independent Andrew Cuomo. Both opponents, along with outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, have made remarks criticised as Islamophobic.

Cuomo was heard laughing on a conservative radio show after the host suggested Mamdani would “be cheering” another 9/1

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