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Top Cuomo Backer Endorses Mamdani in NYC Mayoral Race, Signaling a Leftward Realignment in City Politics
By: Fern Sidman In a striking political turn that highlights the Democratic Party’s evolving coalition in New York City, Representative Adriano Espaillat—the city’s most influential Latino lawmaker and a five-term congressman—formally endorsed Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist state assemblyman who recently emerged as the frontrunner in the race for mayor. The announcement, first reported by […]

