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===== 1. '''Progressive platform—“Zohranomics”''' - Proposes bold measures: rent freeze on a million apartments, 200,000 affordable units, free buses, childcare, city-run grocery stores—funded by taxing the wealthy wsj.com<ref>{{cite web|title=wsj.com|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/the-case-for-zohranomics|publisher=newyorker.com|access-date=2025-11-10}}</ref>. - This has unsettled both business leaders and centrist Democrats—economist Larry Summers warns it could destabilize markets indiatimes.com<ref>{{cite web|title=indiatimes.com|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/the-case-for-zohranomics|publisher=newyorker.com|access-date=2025-11-10}}</ref>. =====
# '''Flashpoints on identity & ideology''' - First Muslim, first Indian-American, youngest NYC mayor candidate—marks a historic shift nypost.com<ref>{{cite web|title=nypost.com|url=https://apnews.com/article/c398b33fe7304287596d64582d326988|publisher=apnews.com|access-date=2025-11-10}}</ref>. - Criticism for socialist stances (“seize the means of production”), calls for arresting Netanyahu if he visits, support for Palestinian causes—prompt backlash and right-wing condemnation nypost.com<ref>{{cite web|title=nypost.com|url=https://nypost.com/2025/06/30/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-chilling-call-for-seizing-the-means-of-production-draws-outrage-from-communist-refugees/|publisher=nypost.com|date=2025-06-30|access-date=2025-11-10}}</ref>.
# '''Federal politicians weighing in''' - Trump has threatened to withhold hundreds of millions in federal funds if Mamdani “misbehaves” as mayor nypost.com<ref>{{cite web|title=nypost.com|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/meet-the-new-jehadi-mayor-of-new-york-viral-post-slams-nyc-gov-candidate-zohran-mamdani/3892682/|publisher=financialexpress.com|access-date=2025-11-10}}</ref>euronews.com<ref>{{cite web|title=euronews.com|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/us-news/story/probe-new-york-mayor-election-democratic-zohran-mamdani-citizenship-deport-demand-republicans-us-mira-nair-2747080-2025-06-27|publisher=indiatoday.in|access-date=2025-11-10}}</ref>. - Other Republicans labeled him a “communist,” “jihadist,” and called for deportation—even though he’s a naturalized citizen since 2018 indiatoday.in<ref>{{cite web|title=indiatoday.in|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/us-news/story/probe-new-york-mayor-election-democratic-zohran-mamdani-citizenship-deport-demand-republicans-us-mira-nair-2747080-2025-06-27|publisher=indiatoday.in|access-date=2025-11-10}}</ref>.