Rapping, acting cameo among fringe activities lining Mamdani's thin work resume

Zohran Mamdani's triumph implicit erstwhile New York politician Andrew Cuomo represents a triumph for the caller guard, progressive helping of the Democratic Party, but his grounds successful nationalist work could permission overmuch to beryllium desired by Democrats who were hoping to spot idiosyncratic with important experience, similar Cuomo, triumph the Democratic superior for New York City mayor.

"You person to cognize however to marque authorities work, and if you person nary acquisition whatsoever successful making authorities work, if you person ne'er truly had a job, you are a two-time assembly idiosyncratic who has passed 3 bills — astir assembly radical walk 3 bills by mistake," Cuomo said of Mamdani's resume portion speaking to reporters earlier helium mislaid Tuesday night's superior race. "You’ve missed much days astatine enactment successful 2 weeks than I missed successful 11 years [as governor]. You’ve ne'er dealt with the City Council; you’ve ne'er dealt with the Congress; you’ve ne'er dealt with Donald Trump, but present you’re going to tally New York City?"

After graduating from Bowdoin College successful Maine with a bachelor's grade successful Africana Studies, wherever Mamdani helped motorboat the school's archetypal Students for Justice successful Palestine chapter, his resume, which was shared with the New York Times, shows "a patchwork of jobs" Mamdani worked for earlier joining the authorities assembly.

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Zohran Mamdani shakes hands with a idiosyncratic astatine a pizza spot portion campaigning for mayor.  (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In 2014, Mamdani did a four-month stint arsenic an organizer for the left-wing advocacy radical MoveOn successful Seattle. He subsequently spent 2 months organizing with different radical retired of Houston called TexPIRG, portion moving an ongoing tutoring gig arsenic well.

In 2015, Mamdani began his post-grad foray into governmental run work, but it is unclear if these were paid jobs oregon simply unpaid opportunities. He archetypal knocked connected doors for City Council campaigner Ali Najmi and besides did run tract enactment for Khader El-Yateem's City Council campaign. Mamdani reportedly spent immoderate clip arsenic a tract organizer for Tiffany Caban's District Attorney run astir 2019 arsenic well.

While committing clip to these campaigns, Mamdani besides reportedly worked arsenic a euphony supervisor and "third adjunct director" connected a Disney film astir an Indian chess prodigy that was directed by his mother, Mira Nair, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker. He was besides fixed an on-screen cameo relation successful the film.

"I really created a playlist for Mira, who besides happens to beryllium my mother—you know, nepotism and hard enactment goes a agelong way," Mamdani quipped during a vigor interrogation successful 2016, astir the clip of the movie's release.

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Zohran Mamdani with his mother, manager Mira Nair, connected the reddish carpet for her 2016 movie "Queen of Katwe." (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Disney)

At that time, Mamdani was besides reportedly pursuing a rap career, going by the moniker "Mr. Cardamom" and "Young Cardamom." One of his songs was yet featured connected his mom's movie.

Mamdani continued his rap aspirations until astatine slightest 2017, but according to the mayoral candidate's caller tax returns that were reviewed by the New York Post, helium inactive rakes successful a insignificant magnitude of royalties connected his music. As a subordinate of the New York authorities Assembly, Mamdani earned a wage of astir $131,000, portion his royalties amounted to astir $1,200 past year, the Post found. 

Mamdani's run enactment got much superior erstwhile helium became run manager for Ross Barkan's losing State Senate bid successful 2018. Mamdani besides spent clip that twelvemonth moving astatine a foreclosure prevention assemblage radical called Chhaya, wherever helium worked arsenic a counsellor for South Asian and Caribbean families facing imaginable foreclosure of their homes. Mamdani reportedly near aft astir a twelvemonth to tally for the New York State Assembly spot successful Astoria, New York.  

Mamdani's acquisition successful the authorities assembly has not escaped disapproval either.

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Mamdani sits successful a greenish country successful this June 12, 2025, photo. (Vincent ALBAN / POOL / AFP)

He reportedly missed 50% of the assembly's votes successful 2025 portion focusing connected his mayoral campaign, according to the New York Post. Meanwhile, during his full 3 years successful the New York State Assembly, Mamdani reportedly lone ushered successful 3 bills that yet got passed into law, according to the New York Times. 

While Mamdani's nationalist work acquisition whitethorn beryllium lacking, according to critics, helium has been praised for his quality to marketplace himself digitally crossed societal media and different online platforms, with the New York Times dubbing him "a TikTok savant" during a illustration portion they did connected him successful March.   

During a statement earlier this period among each the Democratic Party candidates moving to beryllium New York City's adjacent mayor, the candidates were asked if they had immoderate regrets during their clip moving successful politics. 

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"I regret not moving for politician successful 2021," State Sen. Jessica Ramos responded. "I thought I needed much experience. But turns retired you conscionable request to marque bully videos."

If Mamdani wins the wide election, helium would beryllium the city's youngest person since 1917 astatine 34-years-of-age. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Mamdani run repeatedly for remark connected this communicative but ne'er received a response.