On Sunday night (September 14), New York Governor Kathy Hochul formally endorsed Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani in his marketing campaign to be mayor of New York Metropolis. In her visitor essay printed in The New York Occasions, Hochul acknowledged that the 2 have had “frank conversations” about coverage, however that they share comparable objectives. “I heard a frontrunner who is concentrated on making New York Metropolis reasonably priced — a objective I enthusiastically assist,” she wrote.
Hochul additionally highlighted the dedication they each shared in preventing antisemitism, in addition to “urgently and unequivocally” being dedicated to protecting New York Metropolis secure. She additionally wrote that she inspired him to work with the leaders of the New York Police Division, “making it very clear that our cops ought to have each useful resource to maintain our streets and subways secure.”
“Governor Hochul has made affordability the centerpiece of her work,” Mamdani stated of Hochul’s endorsement in an announcement. “I stay up for preventing alongside her to proceed her observe report of placing a refund in New Yorkers’ pockets and constructing a safer and stronger New York Metropolis the place nobody is pressured to depart simply to allow them to afford to boost a household.” She additionally took a swipe at unbiased candidate and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and present New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams, writing that Mamdani “won’t be somebody who would give up one inch to President Trump.”
President Donald Trump wasted no time in attacking Hochul in a submit on his Fact Social community early Monday morning (September 15), calling it “a fairly stunning improvement, and a really unhealthy one for New York Metropolis.” He additionally hinted at withholding federal funding for the state, writing: “Washington might be watching this example very carefully. No motive to be sending good cash after unhealthy!” Trump additionally denigrated Mamdani once more, calling him a “Liddle Communist.” (Mamdani is a Democratic Socialist.)
The 33-year-old state assemblyman from Queens receiving Hochul’s endorsement is large for his marketing campaign, and comes after weeks of stress on high-ranking Democrats to again the present chief within the mayoral race. Mamdani just lately obtained an endorsement from Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who he joined at his “Preventing Oligarchy” occasion held in Brooklyn final week. Trump is acknowleding Mamdani’s huge lead over the sector within the race. “And that’s a rebel,” he advised Fox in an interview. “It’s additionally a rebel towards unhealthy candidates.”
