Among the Democratic candidates running in this month’s primary for mayor, three are children of immigrants and one is an immigrant himself.
New York is both the largest city in the country, and among those with the longest immigration history.
In 2024, immigrants made up almost 40 percent of the city’s population, according to the most recent report from the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), which has been reporting on the city’s immigrant population since 2017.
Among the Democratic candidates running in this month’s primary for mayor, three are children of immigrants and one is an immigrant himself…