Fahad Solaiman | Prominent Bangladeshi Business Leader | 10-27-25

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🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Fahad Solaiman, a Prominent local Bangladeshi Business Leader, calls into Sid's show to discuss his journey from supporting to opposing mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. Fahad initially supported Mamdani due to their shared South Asian and Muslim background. However, he grew disillusioned due to the Socialist's policies on taxes, minimum wage, affordable housing, decriminalization of prostitution, and gender identity issues, which he believes are detrimental to the community. Solaiman emphasizes that his change of heart is based on policy disagreements rather than ethnicity or religion, and highlights the need for unity among New Yorkers beyond racial and religious lines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Duran Duran, don't say a prayer, save a prayer.
0:04.2	Simon Laban, lead singer is 67 years old today.
0:09.0	We've had two great guests already this morning, the former GOP leader of the city council, Joe Borelli.
0:15.8	He's endorsing Cuomo.
0:18.0	And we just spoke moments ago to Gordon Chang, this amazing visit by President Trump,
0:24.6	Malaysia yesterday, Japan today, all leading up to his big meeting with President Xi in China
0:30.7	coming up on Thursday.
0:33.2	But I do want to talk to this gentleman.
0:35.3	He's a prominent Bangladeshi business leader living in Queens. At one point, he was all for Mamdani. That is no longer the case. Fahad Suleiman. Fahad, good Monday morning, buddy. How are you? Good morning, good morning, Sid. How are you? I'm doing good. How about you? I'm doing great. Nice to have you. So what I've been told is that Queens businessman, big time guy in the Bangladeshi, we love that community. We love you guys. A big time member of that community. And at one point, you were in Mamdani's corner. So I guess it's a two-part
1:13.2	question. Is that true? And what happened? Yes, I walked in the Mandanis campaign and I was,
1:21.5	I was with him during the primary. I supported him in every aspect. But slowly and slowly, the more I
1:29.1	understand him, more I know him, more I got a chance to know him when I go through his agendas.
1:36.3	It's, you know, the problem is I was one of those victims who has been biased by ethnicity
1:42.4	and religion. So that's the thing.
1:45.3	So I was the same.
1:46.8	I was supporting him because of the same thing.
1:49.3	He's South Asian and then he's Muslim and all these things put me together to support him.
1:55.2	But when I saw the agendas, like what he has, what he's going to do for the city that's what surprised me and slowly and slowly
2:03.8	I changed my things and I changed my support from him I said no this man will win the city
2:11.0	this man will really not going to be good for the city what he's talking being a businessman
2:16.6	being a businessman I cannot go with him the way he's talking, being a businessman, being a businessman, I cannot go with him
2:19.8	the way he's talking. He's going to put the taxes to every business owner, a business owner
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