Zohran Mamdani’s allies have a message for top Empire State Democrats as President Donald Trump works to block the democratic socialist’s path to City Hall: Get off the sidelines. Now.
Pressure is mounting on Gov. Kathy Hochul, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to publicly endorse the 33-year-old candidate’s mayoral run after Trump’s team dangled jobs in front of the deeply unpopular incumbent Eric Adams to get him to drop out — in an effort to ease the path to victory for ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
“We have a Democratic nominee,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told reporters. “Are we a party that rallies behind our nominee, or not?”
A quiet effort to remove Adams from the race and consolidate the field burst into public view this week after the scandal-scarred sitting mayor, mounting an independent bid, met with the president’s team in Florida. Soft landings in the Trump administration are being discussed for Adams, including a post at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, two people familiar with the conversations said.
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