{"id":273338,"date":"2026-06-21T19:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/273338\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T19:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:43:10","slug":"zohran-mamdani-responds-to-nyc-being-called-mamdanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/273338\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani Responds to NYC Being Called ‘Mamdanistan’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zohran Mamdani<\/a> is on a generational run.<\/p>\n

Over the last few months, the 34-year-old has won over New York City<\/a>\u2019s heart\u2014so much so that his supporters have coined a new term for their city: Mamdanistan.<\/p>\n

In a new interview with Hopeless Romantic Society, Mamdani was asked how he feels about the nickname, to which he said, with a laugh, \u201cI think it’s up to people what they want to call it. The legal name is New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n

COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what’s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n

The phrase fuses Mamdani’s last name with the Persian suffix -stan, meaning<\/a> “land or place of,” to describe a progressive New York.<\/p>\n

Advocates embraced the sobriquet following Mamdani\u2019s historic win as New York City’s 112th mayor<\/a> last November. He won the race with just over 50 percent of the vote, with voter turnout surpassing two million\u2014the highest since 1969. He received over 999,000 votes, securing a win against Republican Curtis Sliwa and former governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent.<\/p>\n

Mamdani also became New York City’s first Muslim and African-born mayor, and is the youngest person to hold the office in over a century.<\/p>\n

In the months since Mamdani took office, his advocates have celebrated him for multiple reasons, including cleaning up the city streets after a huge snowstorm in February and for bigger cultural moments, like the New York Knicks<\/a> winning the NBA Finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out some more videos of supporters celebrating Mamdanistan below.<\/p>\n

Related News\"Zohran<\/a><\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani Sets New Precedent for Elected Officials by Hosting Recurring Interactive Livestream<\/p>\n

\"Split<\/a><\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani Walks Out to Ja Rule’s “New York” After Winning Mayoral Election<\/p>\n

\"Split<\/a><\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani Called Out by Media for Being a Dipset Fan<\/p>\n

Related News<\/p>\n

Ben Stiller Points to Wu-Tang Clan Halftime Set as ‘Start of the Comeback’ After Historic Knicks Win<\/a><\/p>\n

Great American State Fair Hits New Snag as Six States Sit Out<\/a><\/p>\n

COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what’s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n

Making Culture Pop. Find the latest entertainment news and the best in music, pop culture, sneakers, style and original shows.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani is on a generational run. Over the last few months, the 34-year-old has won over New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[154,105256,9,24,1104,56,63,65,64,82],"class_list":["post-273338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-curtis-sliwa","tag-hopeless-romantic-society","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}