Zohran Mamdani is poised to become New York’s first Muslim mayor in no small part thanks to a tight-knit team of young Jewish professionals who helped him beat a storied political dynasty. The team behind the youthful socialist’s shocking blow to the establishment is all the more remarkable,

Zohran Mamdani released a video of himself interviewing people on the street in Queens and the Bronx who had voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election the previous week. It was one of the first of the viral posts that propelled him into the spotlight and ultimately helped him all but capture the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York.