As South Asian and Muslim immigrants transform a small New Jersey town, the five-term mayor has managed to keep the peace. What happens when he’s gone? Source: New York Times
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Mamdani is New York’s First Muslim and South Asian Mayor-Elect
By Gotham Rex on November 4, 2025
Zohran Mamdani’s ascent was powered by a relentless focus on affordability. Along the way, he energized South Asian and Muslim communities that rarely receive sustained attention from politicians. Source: New York Times
Vance Criticizes Mamdani’s Comments About Islamophobia After 9/11
By Gotham Rex on October 26, 2025
Zohran Mamdani said the vice president’s attack on social media was one in a series of “cheap jokes about Islamophobia.” Source: New York Times
Mamdani Says Rivals Are Pushing Hate as Mayor’s Race Enters Last Stretch
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2025
Zohran Mamdani’s opponents, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, denied accusations that they are stoking Islamophobia with their rhetoric and actions. Source: New York Times
After Remark About Mamdani and Sept. 11, Cuomo Faces Democratic Rebukes
By Gotham Rex on October 23, 2025
When a radio host suggested that Zohran Mamdani would celebrate another Sept. 11-style attack, Andrew Cuomo chuckled. Democrats denounced the exchange as Islamophobic. Source: New York Times
Far From Gaza, a Palestinian Enclave Thrives, Even as War Feels Near
By Gotham Rex on October 19, 2025
Fifteen miles west of Manhattan, in Paterson, N.J., a community is directly, and often painfully, connected to a conflict half a world away. Source: New York Times
Cuomo Tries to Tie Mamdani to Muslim Leader’s Anti-Gay Stance
By Gotham Rex on October 18, 2025
Andrew Cuomo, trailing in the New York City mayor’s race, sought to contrast his role in legalizing same-sex marriage with the views of some of Mr. Mamdani’s supporters. Source: New York Times
First Muslim Woman to Be Federal Judge Confirmed by Senate
By Gotham Rex on June 16, 2023
Nusrat Choudhury, a civil rights lawyer, will begin her lifetime appointment as a judge in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. Source: New York Times
Teacher at Center of Hijab Uproar Sues Olympic Medalist for Defamation
By Gotham Rex on October 18, 2022
After a New Jersey second-grader told her mother that her teacher had tried to pull off her hijab, the story went viral on social media. Source: New York Times
An Anti-Muslim Symbol From India Is Paraded on Main Street, New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on September 25, 2022
The bulldozer has become a symbol of oppression in India. Its appearance in a New Jersey parade has exposed fault lines between the region’s Hindu and Muslim communities. Source: New York Times
Why Ramadan Generates Millions in Charitable Giving Every Year
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2022
During the Muslim holy month, there is a strong focus on helping others. Source: New York Times
Yemenis in Brooklyn Reclaim High-End Coffee
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2021
Second-generation Yemeni entrepreneurs in Brooklyn want to reclaim their role as the purveyors of the original specialty coffee. Source: New York Times
Online Furor Over a Student’s Hijab Engulfs a Liberal Town
By Gotham Rex on October 22, 2021
A 7-year-old told her mother that she resisted a New Jersey teacher’s attempt to pull off her Muslim head covering. It spiraled from there. Source: New York Times
The Impact of Sept. 11, Twenty Years Later
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2021
A look at how the attacks and their aftermath changed New York City and its people forever. Source: New York Times
How 9/11 Shaped These Muslim Leaders in New York
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2021
“I watched the generation that was silenced and then I watch a new generation coming up now that is fearless,” one activist said. Source: New York Times