Actor and podcaster Michael Rapaport ripped Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for eating at “one of the priciest joints in NYC” while living in a rent-stabilized apartment.
Rapaport posted a social media pic Wednesday of the election front-runner and proud democratic socialist as he ate at Manhattan sushi restaurant Omen Azen — which lists a kampai caviar app for $27 and a 12-piece sashimi combo for $50.
“How’s a ‘working class’ mayoral candidate like Zohran Mamdani eating at OMEN SUSHI — one of the most expensive spots in NYC?” the “Higher Learning” star posted on X.
“The rent-stabilized ‘man of the people’ from Queens is out here dining like a diplomat on a Qatari stipend,” he raged. “Who’s picking up the check, Zoron the Moron? You’re not working class — you’re fraud class.”
But Rapaport wasn’t done with Mamdani, who won a Democratic Party primary in June and has campaigned on affordability issues by promising free bus fares, pushing rent freezes and floating ideas like city-run grocery stores.
Mamdani said during a mayoral candidates’ debate last week that he spent $150 a week on groceries, but Omen Azen’s signature nine-course seasonal tasting menu goes for a cool $145 itself and comes with filet mignon, burdock soup and sashimi.
“Also do you think he took the train, bus, or an UBER back to his rent stabilized apartment in Queens?” said Rapaport in an Instagram post, adding he would be supporting Mamdani’s election rival Andrew Cuomo, the former governor who is running as an independent.
It wasn’t clear if Rapaport took the pic of Mamdani, who appeared to be dining with his wife at the restaurant, a Thompson Street staple that attracts celebrity diners like Yoko Ono.
The jab came just a day after Cuomo dismissed as a “child of wealth” unfit to run the city.
“He grew up in Uganda — basically in a palace,” Cuomo said on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast. “Moved to Manhattan, grew up in a West Side penthouse, went to private school, $60,000 a year and Bowdoin College.”
Mamdani’s family ties have drawn fire before. His mother, acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair, has had several projects bankrolled by Qatari state-funded cultural institutions — a connection Rapaport highlighted in his tirade.
A spokesperson for the Mamdani campaign did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
