The Democratic Socialist state Assemblymember has closed the gap between himself and Andrew Cuomo in the primary.

Zohran Mamdani could barely walk a few feet at Thursday’s Juneteenth festival in Queens without a crowd of selfie-demanding admirers trying to stop him.

Zohran Mamdani, the young democratic-socialist state assemblyman who has waged a surprisingly strong campaign for mayor of New York City, hasn’t just frustrated his opponents. He’s made them jealous.