A South Asian candidate for the election of mayor of New York City is taking the Big Apple (and the world) by storm. Democrat and openly “socialist” Zohran Mamdani is currently making waves in the polls for the post of the city’s mayor because of his policies about the cost of living,

After months of Andrew Cuomo topping the New York City mayor’s race while the organized left scrambled, progressive candidates are finally using ranked-choice voting to fight back. Whether there’s enough time to capitalize on Cuomo’s negatives remains to be seen — he continues to dominate most polls and is funded by a multimillion-dollar super PAC,

Zohran Mamdani cross-endorsed Michael Blake Monday morning, his second cross-endorsement as he attempts to consolidate support in the later rounds of ranked choice voting.