Zohran Mamdani spent the last hours of his wedding celebration in Uganda huddled remotely with his team after learning of New York’s deadliest mass shooting of the last 25 years.

The killing of four people including a police officer in a Midtown Manhattan office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined.

Mamdani has a history of criticizing the NYPD, but said on Wednesday that he doesn't plan to defund the department

Freshly back from a vacation to Uganda, Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani visited with the family of slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam on Wednesday.

Back from Uganda, Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, sought to reassure voters concerned that his left-leaning policies would endanger the city’s safety.

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani met with the family of NYPD Officer Islam, as the city grapples with the tragic loss of one of its finest. The meeting, which took place Wednesday morning immediately upon Mamdani’s return from a vacation in Uganda,