Zohran

• Un risoluto candidato uscente di New York affronta sondaggi bassi e una base elettorale divisa, ma si rifiuta di cedere il passo a un altro sfidante centrista contro il progressista Zohran Mamdani nella prossima corsa elettorale. • La posizione del candidato persiste nonostante le pressioni interne al partito, citando una forte lealtà degli elettori nei distretti chiave. • La decisione potrebbe frammentare il sostegno moderato, aumentando le possibilità di Mamdani e segnalando un più ampio scontro interno ai Democratici.

Police forcibly broke up protest outside hospital where federal immigration agents took detainee for evaluationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and other local officials on Monday condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after federal officers dragged a man out of a hospital building where he had been taken following an arrest, prompting a crowd of protesters to gather outside, where they clashed with police.The incident over the weekend has also drawn scrutiny from critics questioning the New York police department’s response at the scene, in relation to New York City’s sanctuary laws, which bar local police from assisting federal immigration authorities in civil immigration enforcement. Continue reading...

New York mayor, ‘C-list rapper’ who went by Mr Cardamon and Young Cardamon, collected $1,643 in royalties last yearThe New York mayor Zohran Mamdani is still making money from his short-lived career as a multilingual rapper, tax filings show.But the 34-year-old Democrat’s meteoric rise as a celebrity politician has brought only a modest increase in hip-hop profits: he took home $1,643 in music royalties last year, up only slightly from $1,267 in 2024, according to the filings. Continue reading...