Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s camp Friday said the fact that mayoral foe Zohran Mamdani claimed to be black on a college application could be “just the tip of the iceberg” in terms of potential “fraud.’’
The socialist Mamdani marked both “Black or African American” and “Asian” on his 2009 app to Columbia University, which had affirmative-action policies at the time. Both of Mamdani’s parents are of Asian Indian descent — and the pol even admitted to the New York Times when it outed him that he does not consider himself black or African American.
“This should come as no surprise as Mamdani, his proposals, his funding, and his background received absolutely no scrutiny from the press,” Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi seethed of the leading mayoral candidate’s old college application.
Socialist Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who is of Asian Indian descent, has stirred up controversy for marking himself “black” on his college application to Columbia University.AP
“This issue must be fully investigated, because, if true, it could be fraud and just the tip of the iceberg,” the rep said.
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Mamdani, 33, who was born in Uganda, told the Times he didn’t make the selections on his application to try to get a competitive advantage but rather because he didn’t feel what was available fully captured his racial makeup.
