Self-described “nepo baby” Zohran Mamdani declared a measly $2,000 in the bank on his latest state disclosures.
That’s despite his privileged upbringing and family money — and an annual salary of $131,000 as a state lawmaker, a job he’s had for five years.
The 33-year-old socialist Democratic nominee for NYC mayor did list one unusual asset — four acres of land in his native Uganda that he acquired about a decade ago, worth between $150,000 and $250,000.
He disclosed no US property or investments on the documents, released by the state this week.
The $2,000 on his form comes from a retirement plan from the housing-focused social-justice organization Chhaya, where he worked briefly as a “foreclosure prevention counselor” in 2019, before he was elected in 2020 to represent Queen’s 36th District in the state Assembly.
He’s declared the exact same amount of “less than $2,000” for five years in a row in filings to the state Legislative Ethics Commission.
“More drama from a guy who grew up with three silver spoons in his mouth,” quipped political strategist Hank Sheinkopf.
“If anybody believes that Mamdani is a poor person, they need to see a psychiatrist. This is a complete lie. He’s trying to sell people this nonsense that he’s this poor kid,” he told The Post.
State lawmakers are only required to report investments and retirement plans, and don’t have to disclose how much they have in regular savings or checking accounts.
They are also not required to reveal trust funds established by their relatives — and in Mamdani’s case that could be a windfall, observers have noted.
Mamdani’s mother, Mira Nair, is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated filmmaker, who has made movies for Disney and a series for Netflix, and whose productions have starred the likes of Denzel Washington.
Nair sold a posh West Chelsea 2-bedroom that she had owned for more than 10 years in 2019 for $1.45 million.
His father, Mahmood Mamdani, is a chaired professor of African history and colonialism at Columbia University who won multiple prizes and published more than a dozen books.
Professors in similar positions make an average of $308,000 a year, according to American Association of University Professors data.
The Harvard-educated couple still live in the stylish Ivy League and taxpayer-subsidized 3-bed, 3-bath corner apartment on Riverside Drive — with weekly maid service — where Mamdani grew up while he attended elite $66,000-a-year Bank Street School.
“This is all nonsense and an attempt to show that he’s a man of the people when he’s about as close to the people as Nelson Rockefeller was,” said Sheinkopf.
Critics pointed to Mamdani’s recently resurfaced hand-eating stunt as proof of the “tax the rich” socialist trying to sell his narrative.
“A perpetual theatre kid who’s pretending to be ‘Third World.’ It’s all so, so performative + stupid,” railed Manhattan Institute fellow Renu Mukherjee on X.
“He looks uncomfortable eating with his hands,” she noted.
Mamdani was a self-described “B-list rapper,” performing under the stage name “Mr. Cardamom” before he went into politics.
He also sometimes went by the moniker “Young Cardamom,” like in the song “#1 spice” that was part of the soundtrack for his mother’s Disney movie.
The former rapper turned politician disclosed up to $5,000 in royalties in 2024 from his musical stint.
Mamdani’s office declined to comment.
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