So let me see if I understand: You're going to uncritically accept the NYT's framing of a second hand account of what Zohran Mamdani said to a bunch of New York elites, where these journalists didn't even trust themselves to use quotes when describing what he said but rather just quoting individual words taken out of context from again, possibly unreliable sources.

In fact the only partial quote more than single words in the entire article from him on the subject is this:

Just two weeks ago, shortly after his primary victory, Mr. Mamdani said in an interview on “Meet the Press” that the term was “not language that I use” but that “I don’t believe that the role of the mayor is to police speech.”

This is deeply unserious posting from you and lacking any critical thought, or just completely dishonest.