New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.

PeakMetrics research summary

Based on related reporting.

Research from related reporting describes Mamdani as a democratic socialist and says political opponents have portrayed him as a communist. It does not establish that he is a communist: one report identifies him as part of a democratic socialist movement, while another describes his platform as economic populism. [S1, S2][S1][S2]