Zohran Mamdani is one of nine Democratic primary candidates who have qualified to participate in a live debate hosted by NBC New York, Telemundo 47 and Politico New York on Wednesday night. Here’s a brief bit on Mamdani’s background.

With three weeks to go until the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, leading contenders Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani have targets on their backs.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani nabbed the key endorsement of longtime state Sen. John Liu in the New York City mayoral race on Monday — despite their major differences on Israel. Liu, a trailblazing Asian American politician from Queens,