# @hyperallergic on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQpT-7blMh_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36592583-hyperallergic-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-04T19:00:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) — https://gondola.cc/hyperallergic

## Caption

As New Yorkers cast their ballots in today’s mayoral election, valentina.diliscia spoke to artists about why they’re voting for Zohran Mamdani. The 34-year-old state assemblymember’s signature proposals include universal childcare, free and fast buses, and city-owned supermarkets to address the rising cost of groceries, which increased by 56% over the last decade. 

“NYC is special in that we have a density of arts and cultural spaces like no other city in the country,” Natalia Nakazawa, a Queens-based artist and educator, told Hyperallergic. “We cannot do this, however, without a continuation to invest in a cultural plan for NYC — or with censorship, and the invasion of our sanctuary city by the likes of ICE.”

“As a visual artist, I want to live in the city I love and actually afford it instead of constantly feeling like I’m being priced out,” said Samhita Kamisetty, a member of the Greenpoint-based Flower Shop Collective. 

Hear from more artists voting for Mamdani in the article by News Editor Valentina Di Liscia at the link in bio.
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Kristine Michelsen-Correa’s signs and cutout at a rally for Zohran Mamdani in Greenpoint (photo by Emilio Herce, courtesy Kristine Michelsen-Correa) 

#Vote #ElectionDay #MayoralElection #NYC #ZohranMamdani

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