Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign is powered by a South Asian political machine with ties to a Pakistani radical Marxist political movement — and that foreign influence may have provided the tipping point in his primary victory, research shows. For years, Washington has been alarmed about the prospect of foreign meddling in US elections stemming from online disinformation. Yet what if the foreign interference policymakers so fear actually ends up playing out not in dark recesses of the internet — but in broad daylight on the streets of New York City?