Linda Sarsour tells followers she will ‘hold Zohran accountable’ if Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race
Palestinian American activist says she'll stay outside City Hall to ensure pal fulfills campaign promises
By Asra Q. Nomani Fox News
Published November 2, 2025 8:12pm EST
Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour issued a thinly veiled warning Saturday night to New York City mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani, saying she will "hold Zohran accountable" to fulfill campaign promises, including dismantling an NYPD unit that polices terrorism threats, protests and riots.
In a livestream on Instagram, obtained by Fox News Digital, Sarsour told her followers that electing Mamdani doesn’t mean that the network that supports him will "let him do whatever the hell he wants when he gets to City Hall."
"I just want you all to know I'm not going to work for the Zohran administration," Sarsour said. "I'm not going to work in City Hall, because, guess what? There gotta be people like me willing to stay outside."
"Our friends on the inside need people on the outside to hold them accountable. To say, ‘We see you. We're paying attention.’"
Neither Sarsour nor MPower Action, the political nonprofit she co-founded, responded to a request for comment.
A member of the Democratic Socialists of America along with Mamdani, Sarsour has been like a political mentor to Mamdani. In 2017, they canvassed together for a city council candidate, Khader El-Yateem, endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, in a race he lost. Not long after, Mamdani joined the board of the Muslim Democratic Club of New York, which Sarsour co-founded. She endorsed Mamdani’s winning race for the New York General Assembly and was an early supporter when he announced his race for the mayor’s job.
MPower Action is one of 110 groups in a wide coalition of Democratic Party affiliates working with labor unions and Muslim and South Asian groups to elect New York City’s first Muslim mayor.
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