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The Mayor of New York’s Playlist Is As Eccentric As You’d Expect, but This Throwback Took Us by Surprise

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani shared some of the records he plays when he’s not serving the city, one of which might surprise you.

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What do you listen to when you run New York City? Frankly, it’s hard to wrap your mind around any politician having the time to truly listen to music in the first place. Otherwise, you’d think a New Yorker sticks with distinctly New York music. The mecca of hip-hop holds a lot of all-time rappers that speak to the ethos of the Big Apple. Plenty of indie rock records like “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down” by LCD Soundsystem speak to certain subsections of the five boroughs. Maybe just classic Frank Sinatra. But what about country?

For Mayor Zohran Mamdani, there’s room for a little warm pedal steel guitar. Despite it largely being associated with the South, he connects a lot with........

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