Where Mamdani stands on key issues has been the subject of repeated questions in interviews, which the mayor has often dodged. "I think if you have to work to pay your bills, I think that that is one definition of being a part of the working class," Mamdani said. "So someone making $250,000 a year is working class?" I think there’s only one majority in this country — it’s the working class." "So anyone under a million dollars a year in income is working class?"