New York State Assembly Member Mamdani moved to NYC from Uganda when he was seven years old. Zohran ran for the State Assembly because he believes it’s time to guarantee housing to all New Yorkers as a right, regardless of ability to pay, and time to desegregate our schools, fully eliminate cash bail, ban solitary confinement, fund and fix the MTA, end workplace discrimination, and fight for social, racial, economic, and environmental justice for the many, not the few.
He previously worked as a housing counselor, helping immigrant families facing eviction to stay in the homes they worked their whole lives to earn.
Zohran attended Bronx Science for high school and graduated from Bowdoin College.