The focus of Zohran Mamdani’s whirlwind campaign for mayor of New York City was on what he would bring to the city. Mamdani drew attention for his platform , which included creating city-owned grocery stores, raising the corporate tax rate, and creating a Department of Community Safety. But, save for one question during the first mayoral debate in which the candidates were asked which country they would travel to first as mayor—Mamdani said he would stay in New York—foreign-policy discussions