The last time Bernie Sanders headlined a rally in Queens it was 2019, he was trying to reenergize his presidential campaign after a heart attack, and Zohran Mamdani was asking attendees to sign petitions for his first assembly run.
On Sunday afternoon, the Vermont senator is expected to help fill a stadium in Queens for Mamdani in the hopes of powering him to a strong finish in his bid to be New York City mayor.
During his campaign, Mamdani has echoed the same working-class-focused message used by Sanders more than three decades ago when he first ran for mayor of Burlington, Vermont.
“He said when he was running to be the mayor of Burlington, that Burlington is not for sale,” Mamdani told CNN in an exclusive interview on Sunday.
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