Mamdani Receives Long-Awaited Jeffries Backing for NYC Mayor (2)

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorsed New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, throwing the weight of one of the highest-ranking party members behind the Queens assemblyman.

“Zohran Mamdani has relentlessly focused on addressing the affordability crisis and explicitly committed to being a mayor for all New Yorkers, including those who do not support his candidacy,” Jeffries said in a statement Friday.

The Brooklyn native’s support, which was not guaranteed, opens a pathway for other Democratic lawmakers to endorse Mamdani — who has described himself as a democratic socialist — in the final weeks before the Nov. 4 ...