NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the Democratic Party ‘lost its focus on working people’

Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, during a news conference on 2026 FIFA World Cup transportation at the MTA Rail Control Center in New York, on Thursday, June 4, 2026.(Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“I think that the party as a whole has lost its focus on working people.And I’m hopeful that we start to develop that,”Mamdani said.

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“You know, you look at the four freedoms, you look at the real core of the New Deal, there was a moment when this party was unabashed about its focus on working people.And I’m excited to bring it back there,” he said.

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Mamdani, who identifies as a democratic socialist, won theBig Apple’smayoral election last year while running as the Democratic candidate.

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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends the 2025 New York City Pride March on June 29, 2025 in New York City.(Noam Galai/Getty Images)

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“I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist,” he declared during his January 1, 2026 inauguration speech.