On the precipice of winning next week’s New York mayoral contest, Zohran Mamdani cast himself in an interview with NBC News as the city’s bulwark against President Donald Trump, even as the president has threatened his hometown over the prospect of a Mamdani victory.

In the interview, Mamdani laid out his strategy for handling Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in New York City and projected confidence about running the city at age 34.

Asked what scares him most about the job now that he is on the verge of leading the nation’s biggest city, Mamdani — who was once seen as a longshot candidate — instead took aim at his chief rival, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as a third-party against Mamdani.

Mamdani explains how he would protect New Yorkers from a potential Trump im

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