New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) speaks to supporters during an election night gathering at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025 in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City. Mamdani was announced as the winner of the Democratic nomination for mayor in a crowded field in the City’s mayoral primary to choose a successor to Mayor Eric Adams, who is running for re-election on an independent ticket.

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani hugs supporters after speaking at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York.

Supporters of Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani cheer while he speaks at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York.

New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) speaks to supporters during an election night gathering at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025 in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani joins the weekly demonstrations outside of Tesla stores to protest Elon Musk and his role at the Department of Government Efficiency, March 29, 2025, in the West Village neighborhood of New York City.

Supporters of New York State assembly member Zorhran Mamdani attend his first rally at a nightclub on May 4, 2025 in the Williamsburg neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.

Assembly member Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference on Universal Child Care at Columbus Park Playground on November 19, 2024 in New York City.

People hold signs as they attend a press conference on Universal Child Care at Columbus Park Playground on November 19, 2024 in New York City.

A worker stocks food items at a Whole Foods Market grocery store in Manhattan on December 17, 2024 in New York City. Grocery prices have recently seen their most significant monthly gain since January of 2023 with egg prices rising 8.2% alone.

A woman picks food in a fresh market on July 26, 2022 in New York. Food prices in the New York area have jumped more than 9% in the last year, is the steepest in the last 40 years, according to the BLS. Inflation is hitting poor and working-class New Yorkers, immigrants and the food pantries that support them.