The Times report that Mamdani identified as “Black or African American” on a college application prompted criticism of the candidate and the paper.

The paper reported that the New York City Democratic mayoral nominee marked himself as both "Asian" and "Black or African American" on an admissions form.

The New York Times rushed to put out its story on Zohran Mamdani claiming to be “African American” when he applied to Columbia University because the newspaper feared it would be scooped by right-leaning journalist Christopher Rufo,

The 33-year-old democratic socialist won New York City's Democratic primary in a stunning upset of former governor Andrew Cuomo.

David Paterson, New York's former governor, is calling on Mayor Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo and other independent candidates to unite to defeat Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor.

Patterson dismissed the Democratic primary, in which Mamdani trounced former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, as "politics."