Rappming, camée as an actor in his mother’s film among the activities on Mamdani’s CV

Zohran Mamdani’s victory over the former New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, represents a victory for the new guard, the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, but his file in the public service could leave much to desire by the Democrats who hoped to see someone with substantial experience, like Cuomo, winning the Democrat primary for the mayor of New York.

“You should know how to operate the government, and if you have no experience in the government’s work, if you have never really had a job, you are a person twice that has adopted three bills – most of the assembly people adopt three bills by mistake,” Cuomo said about the Mamdani curriculum vitae while talking to reporters before he lost the primary race on Tuesday evening. “You missed more working days in two weeks than what I missed in 11 years (as governor). You have never dealt with the municipal council; you have never dealt with the congress; you have never treated with Donald Trump, but now are you going to direct New York?”

After having graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine with a baccalaureate in studies on Africana, where Mamdani helped launch the first students of the school for justice in Palestine, his CV, which was shared with the New York Times, shows “a patchwork of jobs” Mamdani worked before joining the State assembly.

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Zohran Mamdani shakes hands with a worker in a pizza during the campaign for the mayor. (Adam Gray / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In 2014, Mamdani made a four -month passage as an organizer for the left Moveon plea group in Seattle. He then spent two months organized with another Houston group called Texpirg, while also working a current tutoring concert.

In 2015, Mamdani began his foray after the cycle in political campaign works, but it is not clear if these have been paid or simply volunteer opportunities. He first doorstep For the candidate of the municipal council Ali Najmi and also did work on the campaign field for the campaign of the municipal council of Khader El-Yateem. Mamdani would have spent a little time as an organizer on the ground for the Tiffany Caban prosecutor campaign around 2019 also.

While engaging time in these campaigns, Mamdani would also have worked as a supervisor of music and “third assistant director” on a Disney film on a prodigy of Indian chess directed by his mother, Mira Nair, a filmmaker nominated with Oscars. He also received a cameo role on screen in the film.

“I actually created a playlist for Mira, who also happens to be my mother – you know, nepotism and hard work go very far,” joked Mamdani during a radio interview in 2016, at the time of the film’s release.

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Zohran Mamdani with her mother, director Mira Nair, on the red carpet for her 2016 “Queen of Katwe” film. (Jeff Spicer / Getty Images for Disney)

At that time, Mamdani would also have pursued a rap career, according to the nickname “Mr. Cardamom” and “Young Cardamom”. One of his songs was finally presented on his mother’s film.

Mamdani continued its rap aspirations until at least 2017, but according to recent income declarations by the mayor’s candidate who were examined by the New York Post, he still rakes a minor amount of music fees. As a member of the New York State Assembly, Mamdani obtained a salary of around $ 131,000, while his fees amounted to $ 1,200 last year, the position revealed.

Mamdani’s campaign work has become more serious when he became a campaign director for the Senate of the State of Ross Barkan in 2018. Mamdani also spent time that year working in a community prevention of foreclosure called Chhaya, where he worked as an advisor to the South Asian families and the Caribbean confronted with the potential seizure of their homes. Mamdani would have left after about a year to present himself for the headquarters of the New York State assembly in Astoria, New York.

Mamdani’s experience in the State Assembly did not escape criticism either.

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Mamdani seated in a green room on June 12, 2025, photo. (Vincent Alban / Pool / AFP)

He would have missed 50% of the votes of the assembly in 2025 while focusing on his mayor campaign, according to the New York Post. Meanwhile, during its three entire years in the New York State Assembly, Mamdani only had three bills that were adopted, according to the New York Times.

Although Mamdani’s public service experience can be lacking, according to criticism, he was congratulated for his ability to market digitally on social networks and other online platforms, the New York Times overwhelm him “a scientist Tiktok” during a profile piece they made in March.

During a debate earlier this month among all the candidates of the Democratic Party who present themselves as the next mayor of New York, the candidates asked if they had regrets during their stay in politics.

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“I regret not having run for the mayor in 2021,” replied the state senator Jessica Ramos. “I thought I needed more experience. But it turns out that you just need to make good videos.”

If Mamdani has won the general elections, he would be the youngest chief of the city since 1917 to 34 years old.

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