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In emotional speech, Zohran Mamdani defends Muslim identity against ‘racist and baseless’ attacks

(24 Oct 2025) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4613068 ++THUMBNAIL ID: 25297661822577++ ++SHOTS SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASHES++ ++EDIT ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS New York - 24 October 2025 1. Wide of Zohran Mamdani walking out from the Islamic Cultural Center and towards reporters 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Zohran Mamdani, (D) New York Mayor Candidate: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "Yesterday, Andrew Cuomo laughed and agreed when a radio host said that I would cheer another 9/11. Yesterday, (New York Mayor) Eric Adams said that we can't let our city become Europe. He compared me to violent extremists." ++WHITE FLASH++ 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Zohran Mamdani, (D) New York Mayor Candidate: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “And I thought that if I behaved well enough, or bit my tongue enough in the face of racist, baseless attacks, all while returning back to my central message, it would allow me to be more than just my faith. I was wrong. No amount of redirection is ever enough.” 4. Mamdani walking back inside the building, end of press conference 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Cuomo, (I) Former New York Governor: UPSOUND (English) Reporter: "Governor, do you in retrospect do you wish you had either corrected or disagreed with Sid (Rosenberg) on the radio yesterday when he said if there was another 9/11, Mamdani would be cheering? The criticism is been that you laughed and seemed to agree with it." Cuomo: "No, I - I didn't take it seriously. I was on a radio show, it was his comment. I had nothing to do with it." ++WHITE FLASH++ 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Cuomo, (I) Former New York Governor: "I didn't take it seriously." UPSOUND (English) Male Reporter 2: "But will you denounce the remark? There are people who are offended by that. Would you denounce him for saying that? I understand you didn't take it seriously." Cuomo: "I didn't think - I didn't take the remarks seriously at the time. And of course I think it's an offensive comment." ++EDIT ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++ STORYLINE: Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, pledged Friday to further embrace his Muslim identity in response to growing attacks by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his surrogates that he characterized as “racist and baseless.” “I thought that if I behaved well enough, or bit my tongue enough in the face of racist, baseless attacks, all while returning back to my central message, it would allow me to be more than just my faith,” Mamdani said. “I was wrong. No amount of redirection is ever enough.” The tone of those attacks have amped up in recent days, drawing allegations from some Democrats that Cuomo’s campaign is leaning into Islamophobia in the final stretch of the campaign. Appearing on a conservative radio station Thursday, Andrew Cuomo appeared to laugh along at the host’s suggestion that Mamdani would “be cheering” another 9/11 attack. Hours later, at an event endorsing the former governor, Mayor Eric Adams invoked the possibility of terrorist attacks in New York City, seeming to suggest — without explanation — they would be more likely under a Mamdani administration. “New York can’t be Europe. I don’t know what is wrong with people,” Adams said, standing alongside Cuomo. “You see what’s playing out in other countries because of Islamic extremism.” At a news conference Friday, Cuomo accused Mamdani of “playing the victim” for political purposes and denied that Islamophobia existed in New York. “What he is doing is the oldest, dirtiest political trick in the book: divide people," Cuomo said. AP video by Ted Shaffrey & Jake Offenhartz. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...