Zohran Mamdani didn’t clarify his position on decriminalizing prostitution when asked about it at an unrelated press conference Monday morning. It’s an issue his opponents have repeatedly used against him, though his mayoral campaign hasn’t focused on it at all.

Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo have attacked the 33-year-old Democratic socialist in recent months for his history of supporting the decriminalization of sex work between consenting adults. Seeking an edge against Mamdani, the race’s front-runner, the two independent candidates have repeatedly claimed that decriminalization or legalization would harm women and increase crime. Both have made appeals to Muslim voters, arguing that Mamdani’s stance is antithetical to their faith. Most recently, that included a vid

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