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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, pledged Friday to further embrace his Muslim identity in response to growing attacks by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his surrogates that he characterized as \u201cracist and baseless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Encircled by faith leaders outside a Bronx mosque, Mamdani<\/a> spoke in emotional terms about the \u201cindignities\u201d long faced by the city\u2019s Muslim population, choking back tears as he described his aunt\u2019s decision not to ride the subway after the Sept. 11 attacks because she didn’t feel safe being seen in a religious head covering.<\/p>\n

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