Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) on Sunday announced she is endorsing socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race.
Hochul’s endorsement came in an op-ed for the New York Times in which she said that while the two “don’t see eye to eye on everything,” she now sees Mamdani as a “leader who is focused on making New York City affordable.”
“The question of who will be the next mayor is one I take extremely seriously and to which I have devoted a great deal of thought. Tonight I am endorsing Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani,” Hochul wrote.
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The endorsement follows initial hesitance from Hochul on Mamdani’s candidacy.
Last weekend, she dodged on endorsing Mamdani in a Fox News appearance, saying the race is “up to the
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