New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani campaigned at multiple clubs and bars on Saturday night and still managed to bounce back for additional campaigning on Sunday.
Social media users posted countless videos showing the 34-year-old New York State assembly member’s rounds. At one nightclub, Mamdani was spotted dancing and singing along to “Empire State Of Mind,” a Grammy-winning song by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys that has become a sort of informal New York anthem since its 2009 release.
In another video at a gay bar, Mamdani spoke to an enthusiastic crowd that shouted affirmatively in response to him: “Are we ready to beat Andrew Cuomo? Are we ready to win a city we can afford? Are we ready to make history?”
“Let’s go out and do it. Thank you, my friends,” Mamdani continued.
Throughout his campaign, the democratic socialist has made a visible effort to meet voters where they are at. On Friday, Mamdani participated in salsa and tai chi with senior citizens at a cultural center in the city.
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani visited a cultural center for the elderly, where he participated in both tai chi and other cultural dances on Oct. 31, 2025, in New York City. Mamdani continues to hold a substantial lead in the polls against his two opponents, as his message about the cost of living in America’s largest city resonates with many New Yorkers.
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Moreover, Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and has Indian heritage, has also appealed to voters in different languages, making campaign videos in Spanish and in Arabic.
On MSNBC Sunday, the morning after Mamdani’s club crawl, journalist Ali Velshi asked about those campaign videos.
“What’s the point? What’s the point to New Yorkers? You’re not hiding who you are or the fact that you ― you love the diversity of this city and this country?” Velshi asked.
“Yeah, I think the point is understanding what makes New York City such a special place. This is a city of the world,” Mamdani responded.
“And for so long, when people have run for office, they have gone to political consultants and asked them which voters they should focus on. And we wanted to reject that assessment, that there was a set of New Yorkers you could leave out on the basis of their voting propensity or on the basis of the languages that they speak. And we wanted to make sure that we brought our political case to each and every person that called this city home,” Mamdani told Velshi.
He continued: “And what we’re finding is that when you treat New Yorkers, no matter how often they voted or whether they voted at all, with the respect and dignity that they deserve, they will respond in kind, whether that is speaking about young people, whether that’s speaking about immigrant voters, whomever, you know, the Andrew Cuomos of the world like to overlook, those are the very New Yorkers who can also be at the heart of our democratic process.”
Mamdani continued to make last-minute efforts to talk to voters on Sunday, the last day for early voting in New York. He showed up at the New York City marathon, which he ran a year ago, and at a bar in Astoria, Queens, with Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), according to The New York Times’ live blog focusing on the mayoral race.
The Times also reported on an event in Harlem on Sunday where Mamdani declared, “The reason you will find me speaking to New Yorkers at 2 in the morning and 9 in the morning is we want to make sure we talk to everyone we can before polls close at 9 p.m. [on election day].”
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If Mamdani beats Cuomo (and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa) on election day on Tuesday, he will become the city’s first Muslim mayor and its youngest mayor in over 100 years.
Mamdani’s press office did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.