Adams and Cuomo rip Mamdani for identifying as African American on college application

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo are calling for an investigation into Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mamdani for identifying as racially “Black or African American” on a leaked college application despite being South Asian.

Mamdani identified as “Black or African American” as well as “Asian” in his 2009 application to Columbia University. He said he no longer considers himself to be black or African-American and says he is “an American who was born in Africa.” 

The mayoral candidate was born in Uganda but is of South Asian origin, though his father’s family came to Africa more than 100 years ago, he said. He justified his choices on the application by saying he wanted to capture the “fullness” of his background

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