Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party’s nominee for New York City mayor, is no longer finding it as easy to film social media videos that made his name, given his popularity with passersby on the streets of the Big Apple.
Since securing an upset victory over front-runner Andrew Cuomo in their party’s primary last month, Mamdani, 33, has risen to national prominence and is now frequently stopped for selfies and handshakes wherever he goes.
