Surging NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani tours Staten Island businesses, meets with local faith leader

Zohran Mamdani Friday, May 30, 2025

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks with Ael Loetterle, a clerk at the St. George Pharmacy, Friday, May 30, 2025.(Advance/SILive.com|Paul Liotta)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Staten Island politics got a bit more red Friday, but not in the Republican sense.

Self-described democratic socialist Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, 33, toured St. George businesses and drove with local supporters to Stapleton to meet with the Rev. Dr. Demetrius Carolina in a whirlwind day that saw the candidate touch down in all five boroughs.

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