Zohran Mamdani reveals morbid habit he picked up since his rise to fame in NYC mayoral race — and it’s drawing comparisons to his hero Bill de Blasio

Things are looking grave.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani said he’s taken up strolling through cemeteries in light of his newfound fame — a morbid habit pioneered by his mayoral hero Bill de Blasio.

Mamdani, in a Time Magazine profile released this week, griped about the loss of privacy he’s had to contend with since his stunning Democratic mayoral primary win in June.

“I already miss being outside,” he told Time.

“I now go to cemeteries a lot between meetings. because they are parks without people.”

Mamdani’s traipsing through graveyards quickly drew mockery from his opponents for its similarity to the rambling walks favored by de Blasio, who galumphed through cemeteries, heckler-filled Prospect Park and the South Street Seaport.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running for mayor as an independent, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa have recently started labeling Mamdani as “de Blasio 2.0.”

“NYC doesn’t need another Mayor who wanders graveyards to avoid people. Just bizarre,” Sliwa posted on X.

Cuomo’s longtime spokesman Rich Azzopardi likewise leapt on the comparison, posting side-by-side screenshots of Mamdani’s quote to Time and a 2020 New York Post story about de Blasio’s solo treks in Green-Wood Cemetery.

“Well this is weird,” Azzopardi deadpanned on X.

Mamdani praised de Blasio — who served from 2014 to 2021 — to the New York Times as “the best mayor of my lifetime” for delivering universal pre-K, ending stop-and-frisk and taxing the rich.

But he also noted he criticized de Blasio during his mayoralty and embarked on a 15-day hunger strike for taxi cab drivers’ debt relief.

Still, like de Blasio, Mamdani hasn’t been afraid to hoof it across the Big Apple.

While Cuomo was illegally parking his Dodge Charger — including in left-turn lanes — outside campaign events during the primary, Mamdani walked the 13.4-mile length of Manhattan, capturing the journey on video to share with his social media followers.