After serious consideration and with strong encouragement from many community leaders, I have decided to enter the race for the Republican nomination in the 48th Council District.
In a video released today on social media, Astoria's Mamdani interviews halal cart workers in Lower Manhattan about the rising price of street food in New York. The video echoes points reported by the New York Times in 2024: Halal carts have been left no choice but to charge more for chicken over rice due to the increase in the cost of goods and ingredients.
It was a privilege to do that, Walz said of his time on the national stage. I certainly got to see America. The momentum felt like it was going our way.
"I believe he felt that the report was going to be biased in some way, and he asked me to get in touch with Tim Hoekstra to explore whether there might have been bias on part of the jury."