"In the Bronx's Morrisania neighbourhood, you often hear a familiar refrain: Mamdani, Mamdani, Mamdani. Home to a fast-growing West African community - including many new-immigrant Muslims - Morrisania is among many areas where identity issues of race converge with the needs of the working class ahead of New York's November 4 mayoral election. Many in this community are counting on 34-year-old candidate Zohran Mamdani to win."
"But for Aicha Donza, a shop owner in Morrisania, the Bronx, where annual incomes are half the city's average, it is the avowed Democratic Socialist's message of affordability - ambitious pledges for free buses, rent freezes on certain buildings, and universal childcare, paid for, in part, by increasing taxes on the wealthy - that has won her support. He says he's going to make things easier, Donza told Al Jazeera, showing off the wares in her store:"
Morrisania is a Bronx neighborhood with a fast-growing West African and new-immigrant Muslim population where identity and working-class needs shape mayoral preferences. Many residents support 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani, whose potential victory would be the city's first Muslim mayor, first mayor born in Africa, and first person of South Asian descent to lead New York City. Residents cite entrenched Islamophobia and xenophobia alongside economic hardship. Annual incomes in parts of Morrisania are about half the city's average. Local shop owner Aicha Donza supports Mamdani for his affordability proposals: free buses, rent freezes on certain buildings, universal childcare, and taxes on the wealthy to fund programs.
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