The mayor's call follows the hacked release of Mamdani's 2009 application where he allegedly identified as both Asian and African American. Mamdani was born in Uganda to Indian parents.

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani listed himself as Black on a Columbia application but later said he wasn’t, according to reporting from the New York Times.

Democratic socialist New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim immigrant, identified as both Asian and African American on his Columbia University application, a report claims.