Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman representing northwest Queens, last month shocked the political establishment by trouncing the longtime front-runner, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose name recognition, experience and support of billionaires and corporations, made him the favorite.

Deriding Mamdani as a “communist,” Trump said he would take unspecified steps to intervene in the city’s affairs if the Democrat ousts incumbent Eric Adams in the general