This is in conversation from Apple News. I'm Shemisa Basu. Today, how Zaharanam Dani's bid for New York

mayor has already changed politics.

Zaharanam Dani, the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, is currently leading the race by a double-digit margin. We believe in the wealthiest city, in the wealthiest nation, in the history of the world, that working people deserve a dignified life.

Just a few months ago, Mumdani, a Democratic socialist, was a little-known New York State Assemblyman.

Then in June, he stunned New York politics by defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic

primary, a win that catapulted him onto the national stage.

Now, Mamdani is back up against Cuomo, who is running as an independent, and Curtis Sliwa,

a Republican making his second run for mayor.

Mumdani has created a campaign centered on affordability, promising to freeze rents, make buses fast and free, and make

child care free for babies as young as six weeks.

And since his primary win, his campaign's energy has only gathered more momentum.

There's a certain level of Beetlemania moving around the city with this guy now.

That's Eric Latch.

He's a staff writer at The New Yorker who recently profiled Mumdani for the magazine,

spending time with him at campaign events and at home, delving into his background,

and trying to answer the question, if he gets elected, what's his path to delivering on his campaign promises?

This is a huge job. The city of New York employs 300,000 public workers. These agencies are enormous. The budget is $116 billion. It's a lot of decision making a lot of stuff that's going to have to get hashed out, and that's what's in front of them. And it's not only New Yorkers who are paying attention to this election. A recent U-Gov survey found that over 70% of Americans say they've heard at least a little about this race,

and 70% also said what happens in New York is very or somewhat important to the United States as a whole.

This idea of how city functions, what to expect of a city, questions of cost of living, questions of mass transit

and cars, questions of remote work and office buildings. What happens here and the political

decisions that get made here do end up reverberating out. We started by talking about Mumdani's unique biography and how his life has shaped his political

platform.

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