Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani publicly launched his 700-plus SAT II scores on Wednesday in a jab at critics who’ve seized on his school profession, together with his resolution to determine himself as each African American and Asian on a Columbia College utility.
Talking on the headquarters of the United Federation of Lecturers union, Mamdani revealed he obtained 710 on his SAT II English examination and 740 on his world historical past check.
“I know now that’s of great interest to Eric Adams and many others,” Mamdani stated with a smirk, standing alongside UFT President Michael Mulgrew, whose highly effective union endorsed the democratic socialist’s mayoral bid Tuesday.
Michael Mulgrew, UFT President pronounces the union’s endorsement of Zohran Mamdani for mayor throughout a press at UFT headquarters Wednesday, July 9, 2025 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
Mamdani’s feedback about school check scores got here after Adams and his supporters have made Mamdani’s school profession a serious goal for political assaults over the past a number of days.
The controversy began when the New York Instances reported final week that information hacked from Columbia College confirmed Mamdani had on an utility to the faculty recognized himself as each African American and Asian. Mamdani, who was born in Africa to Indian mother and father and later moved to the U.S., has stated he checked each containers as a result of he felt neither possibility absolutely defined his identification.
On the heels of the appliance fracas, extra details about Mamdani from the Columbia hack leaked out, together with information exhibiting he netted a 2,140 out of two,400 rating on his common SAT, the decrease finish of the median for college students admitted to the Ivy League faculty.
“We can tell,” the Adams conflict room account tweeted about his SAT rating.
Zohran Mamdani speaks throughout a press convention asserting the UTF’s endorsement of Mamdani for mayor at UFT headquarters Wednesday, July 9, 2025 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
Adams and others have additionally attacked Mamdani for social media posts he put out whereas in school, together with messages espousing socialist views.
“This is horrifying,” the conflict room account not too long ago wrote on X a couple of publish Mamdani put out years in the past saying industries ought to be “worker owned.”
Because the Democratic Occasion’s mayoral nominee, Mamdani is rising as the favourite to win November’s basic election. The UFT endorsement marked one other influential union backing Mamdani following his win over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo within the main.
In a brand new ballot of the November contest launched Wednesday, Mamdani led with 35%, Cuomo trailed at 25%, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa at 14% and Adams positioned fourth with 11%.
Addressing the backlash over his tweets and school document throughout Wednesday’s UFT press convention, Mamdani stated he believes Adams is specializing in these points to distract from “the record at hand.”
“What I hear from New Yorkers is they can’t afford their rent, they can’t afford their ConEdison bill, they can’t afford even a metrocard … If I was Eric Adams I would rather talk about SAT scores than the fact that he raised the rent by 9% over the first years in his mayoralty and increased it yet again this year,” he stated, referring to the mayorally-controlled Hire Tips Board’s will increase on stabilized tenants.
Initially Printed: July 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM EDT
