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Mamdani denies using AI in videos speaking Mandarin, Bengali to promote Broadway ticket giveaway

Nypost · · 662 words · By Craig McCarthy; Chris Nesi
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Mamdani denies using AI in videos speaking Mandarin, Bengali to promote Broadway ticket giveaway See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

Mamdani denies using AI in videos speaking Mandarin, Bengali to promote Broadway ticket giveaway See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Hizzoner is giving lip to critics who claim he used AI for city videos showing him speaking high-level Mandarin and Bengali.

Common ground

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team flatly denied that artificial intelligence was used in the pair of clips he released last week to promote the city’s giveaway of 2,000 free Broadway show tickets for high school students.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Doubt: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the Chinese language, spoken by over 1.1 billion people worldwide”
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Multiple sources (TRANSLIFE and another web search result) state that Mandarin/Chinese is spoken by over 1.1 billion or more than 1 billion people worldwide.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mandarin Chinese, spoken by over 1.1 billion people worldwide, is not a monolithic language. The differences between Mainland Chinese Mandarin (Putonghua) and Malaysian Mandarin represent one of the m…
https://www.translife.co/blog/mainland-chinese-vs-malaysian-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mandarin: Spoken by more than 1 billion people worldwide. It’s the language of business, education, and politics in mainland China and Taiwan. Most Chinese language schools outside Asia teach Mandarin…
https://www.lingoace.com/blog/cantonese-vs-mandarin/
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web search NEUTRAL — Mandarin is the most-spoken language in the world.
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/cmn/
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Claim 2: “another 52,000 communicate chiefly in Yiddish”
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No evidence was found after searching for the number of Yiddish speakers in New York.
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Claim 3: “Mamdani... was known for speaking to constituents in their native languages during his successful run for office, including Arabic, Hindi and Urdu.”
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Both Benzinga and another web search source explicitly state that Mamdani spoke Arabic, Hindi, and Urdu to constituents/voters during his campaign.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served since 2026 as the 112th mayor of New York City. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Arshad Madani (born 1941) is an Indian Islamic scholar and the current Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. He succeeded Asad Madni as the eighth president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. The organization sp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arshad_Madani
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable people with a knowledge of six or more languages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_polyglots
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Claim 4: “the mayor studied Mandarin at the elite Bronx High School of Science, where he graduated in 2010”
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Two independent web search results confirm he studied Mandarin at the Bronx High School of Science and graduated in 2010.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York metropolitan area has the largest ethnic Chinese population outside Asia: an estimated 924,619 in 2024. As of 2025, New York City proper had an estimated 635,355, the most by far of any c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_people_in_the_New_York…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a timeline of the history of New York City in the U.S. state of New York.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_New_York_City
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2010, Mamdani graduated from the Bronx High School of Science. He helped start the school's first cricket team. He also played soccer. He then went to Bowdoin College in Maine.
https://kids.kiddle.co/Zohran_Mamdani
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Claim 5: “Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and raised in New York”
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Multiple sources (Nypost, TRT Afrika, and a web search result) confirm Mamdani was born in Uganda and raised in New York (some specifying he moved at age seven).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mahmood Mamdani (born 23 April 1946) is a Ugandan anthropologist, academic, and political commentator. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political scien…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmood_Mamdani
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rama Sawaf Duwaji (born June 30, 1997) is an American animator, illustrator, and ceramist. As the wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, she has been the first lady of New York City since January 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_Duwaji
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served since 2026 as the 112th mayor of New York City. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani
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Claim 6: “According to city statistics, 330,000 New Yorkers speak Chinese at home as their primary language.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant adult content links and general Wikipedia entries about 'New Yorker', providing no data on language statistics for NYC.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New Yorker may refer to: A resident of New York: A resident of New York City and its suburbs List of people from New York City A resident of the State of New York Demographics of New York (state) The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yorker
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New Yorker Hotel is a mixed-use building at 481 Eighth Avenue in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1930, the building was designed by Sugarman & Berger in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yorker_Hotel
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Claim 7: “Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team flatly denied that artificial intelligence was used in the pair of clips he released last week to promote the city’s giveaway of 2,000 free Broadway show tickets for high school students.”
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Multiple independent sources (Louder With Crowder, US News) report that Mayor Zohran Mamdani's team denied the use of AI in the promotional videos for the Broadway ticket giveaway.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. July 4, 2026 was the 250th anniversary of the signing of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_the_United_States
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Micah Charles Lasher (born December 18, 1981) is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly for District 69 in Manhattan in New York City since 2025. He was previously t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micah_Lasher
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Claim 8: “Spanish, spoken by some 843,000 New York residents at home.”
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Claim 9: “roughly 71,000 households across the five boroughs [speak Bengali]”
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The provided evidence contains general information about NYC and the Five Boro Bike Tour, but no specific statistics regarding the number of Bengali-speaking households.
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web search NEUTRAL — What does $4,200 get in New York City's competitive rental market? WNYC and Gothamist housing reporter David Brand toured homes across all five boroughs to f...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mi9w43AliQ
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web search NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City, is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
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web search NEUTRAL — New York City Mayor also joined. #5borobiketour #mayormamdani #nyc #5borobiketour2026 #newyorkcity Five Boro Bike Tour 2026: A Cyclist's Journey Through NYC. Join the excitement of the Five Boro Bike …
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/five-boroughs-in-nyc
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Claim 10: “Bangla, or Bengali, the native language of Bangladesh, which is spoken by approximately 265 million people worldwide”
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Multiple sources (Polytranslator and Tomedes) confirm Bengali is the native language of Bangladesh and is spoken by approximately 265-270 million people.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bengali, also known as Bangla, is the official language of Bangladesh and is spoken by more than 230-240 million people globally.Portuguese is spoken by about 265 million people worldwide, mainly in P…
https://bunpo.app/blog/?p=397
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web search NEUTRAL — Bengali (also called Bangla by its native speakers) is spoken by more than 270 million people worldwide, with the largest populations in Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, and A…
https://www.tomedes.com/languages/bengali
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web search NEUTRAL — Approximately 265 million people speak Bengali worldwide. Bengali uses its own script, the Bengali-Assamese script, which is an abugida descended from the ancient Brahmi script.
https://www.polytranslator.com/english-to-bengali/
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Claim 11: “Roughly 109,000 New Yorkers speak Russian at home”
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No evidence was found after searching for the number of Russian speakers in New York.
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Claim 12: “Republican State Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz doubted the authenticity of two campaign videos showing Mamdani speaking Spanish and commissioned an independent analysis to determine whether AI was used.”
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