By Mike Magee
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And what would happen if that had not happened, but twice in the last century?
Certainly, the name Zohran Mamdani is already playing in your ears. More about him in a moment. But first let’s return to introduce another candidate for mayor whose life and career presided over the modern version.
His name was Fiorello La Guardia, and his remains were buried on September 21, 1947 in the Woodland cemetery, a short distance from his house on 5020 Woodbridge Avenue in the Riverdale section of Bronx. He died at age 64 for pancreatic cancer.
“The Little Flower” (a nickname that derives from its first name FIORADO – Italian for flower) described his height (5 feet 2 inches) but not necessarily his personality. The New York Times Obitary He described it “as part (or New York) as any of its public buildings” and “a bit of a fire brand.”
To any extent, he was one of New York’s own, winning the morning of his death in 1947 Fire Departments 5-5-5-5 Signal, a traditional bell code used to honor firefighters who have died in the fulfillment of duty.
An Italian immigrant, his father was raised Catholic in Foggia, Italy, and his mother (from Trieste on the Italian border/Croatian) was Jewish. Fiorello was born on the east side of Manhattan on December 11, 1882, two years after his parents’ marriage in Italy. His father He was a skilled musician and became the US army band teacher. UU. As a result, Fiorello grew up in multiple bases of the army and graduated from high school in Prescott, Arizona, to a stone shot of Fort Whipple. On the way, the father taught the son to touch the banjo, the bugle and the trumpet, and taught his sister, Gemma, play against the violin, mandolin and piano.
Skill in languages (Yiddish, German, French, Italian), at the age of 20, Fiorello was used by the United States Consulate in Europe, and on the return to the United States served as an interpreter on Ellis Island. In a few years, he managed a title in Nyu law in 1910, and in 1914, at 32, he ran for the United States Congress as a Republican, losing to the Democratic candidate of Tammany Hall. Two years later, he won the right seat although the Republicans initially supported another candidate. For 2018, he was re -elected, but this time with democratic support and declaring himself a “socialist.”
By 1933, Tammany Hall and his leader, the mayor of New York, Jimmy Walker, were out, cleaning the way for Fiorello. He ran with the support of a complex coalition of German Republicans, democratic reformers, socialists, middle -class Jews and Italians who in the past aligned with Tammany Hall.
Hey entered the Mayor’s Office in 1934 Well to go. He had promised labor relief for unemployed civil service, based on merits, corruption efficiency and an infrastructure focus, including expanded housing, transport and parks. Robert Moses He was the head of his parks department, a position held until 1960. His vocal roof support for FDR elections was worth it. 20% of the National Administration of Civil Works (CPA) was assigned by FDR to New York City. In return, he delivered to his support from labor parties (which helped organize) support for FDR in his Presidential elections in 1936, 1940 and 1944.
One of its main achievements was the maintenance of the price administration office that placed limits to the price of food, rentals and other needs. When he resigned December 31, 1945, “Tammany Hall had been reduced to a shadow.”
Eight decades later, an independent and talented mentality politician, also occasionally self -defined from a “socialist” who possesses the political establishment and deeply defeated the modern version of a democratic tammany and Puomits. His name is Zohran Mamdani.
Hey is the son of immigrants. They arrived at the New York coast at the age of seven, born of Indian parents and raised in their early years in Kampala, Uganda. His father, Mamood Mamdani, is Muslim from Gujarati, India, and currently a professor of Political Science at Columbia University. His mother is a Hindu Punjabi, outstanding filmmaker Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala; Monzonic wedding; Salam Bombay! and others).
Like La Guardia, Mamdani has been an active vowel and politician since his early years. Shortly after graduating from Bowden College, that voice touches the shape of his rap alter-ego, Young cardamom. In 2015, he became a fan of a hip-hop interpreter in Asia del Sur of Asian HIMANSHU SURI (HEEMS) and after reading a Vaice article about the artist/politician turned into a politician, he volunteered to help in the New York City Council campaign of Heems. Five years later, Mamdani sacrificed this self -assessment: “When you are a rapper from the C list, seijias to run your voice over your music, in many ways, you are using the same principles of being an organizer … We could have powerful, we must be, we want or where we want or where we want or where we should have to have to have to have a music. Reality of things.
His music and policy since 2015 have never moved away from the controversy. Pakistani vocalist, Ali Sethi, With whom he collaborated, he said: “He is talking about class divisions and the truth about them and overcome them. But it has so much sun, what I love.
By 2020, the Change in emphasis Clearly pointed out a politics career. But his time as an artist had been constructive. “Artists are the narrators of this world … it’s not just that we need to combine the arts with the need for dignity, we have to do it.”
Mamdani came out early And often in support of the Palestinian people, emphasizing pluralism and supporting a city of New York “where everyone can belong independently of religion.” Unlike the final greeting of the Guard by the NYFD, Zohran’s campaign is still in correction territory. Ash Journalist Sanya Mansoor Noticed, the South Asians “see their ascent as a sign of hope in a city where racism and Islamophobia exploded after the terrorist attacks of September 11”.
As the Democratic primary approached, some national leaders such as Bernie Sanders and AOC openly supported Mumdani. But Most remained silentJust although internal surveys showed the young dynamic candidate at the head. But young promising journalists like USA Today’s Sara small He did not hold. ash She wrote“The conservatives of reason are criticizing Mamdani are the reasons why people of my age voted for him. We believe in moving the financing of the New York police to areas such as mental health care and the construction of the community. We support Palestinian rights. Grave and rich corporations as something good.”
And the numbers attacked her. In neighborhoods with high populations in southern Asia, Mumdani won 52% Or the first choice votes. Duration The main campaign, Mumani’s campaign visited 136 mosques throughout the city and focused on three Muslim principles: justice, mercy and commitment to the community. But it was more than just values, said the defense organization of South Asia Battery rhythms: “You need a political program for people who talk about the serious inequalities of society.” And Mamdani had one. And as if the message needed any amplification, the ICE Maga campaign reinforced what was at stake. As a sociologist of Cuny Hunter College, Han GowayedHe wrote: “ICE was born from Muslim hatred.”
At the same time, Zohran proved to be an agile politician by forming a transverse shipping agreement with Jewish candidate Brad Lander, Comptroller of the city and Jewish official with the highest rank in the city. That led Lander’s voters to 2/3 to choose Mamdani as his second option.
Mamdani Victoria’s speech echoed the themes of “The little flower.” I have declared to ecstatic supporters, “I will be the major This works for you, this works for you, this works for you, this works for you, this works for you, this works for you, that works for you, for you, this works for you, this works for you, this works for you, this works for you, this works for you, this works for you, this works for you, this works for you, this works for you Thatte works for you.
The surveys seem to suggest that Mumdani, like the guard, had his finger on the pulse of the voters. A survey of July 29, 2025 found that “support for Palestinian rights” was important for 96% of voters and “the will to criticize the Israeli government” was important for 88%. The younger voters as predicted too supported by Mamdani, but in a much higher number than predicted. Voters under 40 represented around 40% of the early participation of voters.
Graduate of Journalism of UNC 2019 and columnist of USA Today, Sara smallHe said it better and suggests that we can be witnessing the emergence of a “small flower” or ours. She wrote, “I have personally seen the way in which my generation has reacted to Mamdani’s campaign. There is a palpable emotion remembered or Barack Obama’s first career for the presidency, an emotion fed by the idea that the Democratic Party can verify, despite it, despite it
Mike Magee MD is a regular medical historian and correspondent from THCB. Hey is the author of Blue Code: Inside the United States Medical Industrial Complex. (Grove/2020)
