Muslims Move to Assert Political Power in New York City

Nytimes reports that Zohran Mamdani’s ascension to mayor has prompted Muslim organizers and faith leaders to seek more formal political alliances and networks. A group made up mostly of Muslim organizers and faith leaders in the Bronx voted to join the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, one of the nation’s oldest nonpartisan organizing networks.

About 2,000 people filled a Fordham University auditorium to formalize the Bronx First coalition, which brings dozens of churches and community centers and more than 40 mosques into the foundation’s New York cohort; the self-funded coalition raised nearly $160,000 that evening.

Leaders said the group will focus on policy goals and accountability, including public safety, affordable housing and mental health resources, and some speakers criticized Mayor Mamdani for not attending. Muslim engagement increased during the mayoral campaign as Mr.

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