Socialist Zohran Mamdani aims to win his New York City mayoral campaign by harnessing the strength of his volunteer army, which has set out to break the single-day canvassing record of over 200,000 doors knocked.
Mamdani has a robust ground game with support from the Democratic Socialists of America, which also helped Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) win election in 2018. His campaign had reached at least 5,500 volunteers on Monday, 1,000 short of their set goal of 6,500 for Sunday.
The 34-year-old wants to spread the word of his candidacy far and wide.
“Every single minute of the day, I am looking to speak to as many New Yorkers as possible. That means New Yorkers across the five boroughs and that means sometimes even in multiple languages,” Mamdani told reporters at a canvass launch in Harlem.