NYC mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is expected to talk with NYC business leaders in a series of closed-door meetings next week.

The United Federation of Teachers’ endorsement was the latest major labor union to coalesce around the Democratic mayoral nominee.

At his campaign launch Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams had some tough words about the man coming for his job, presumptive Democratic challenger Zohran Mamdani. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff caught up with Mamdani to get his reaction to what his critics have been saying since his surprising primary performance.