Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other establishment Democrats are still holding out on endorsing Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor—even as new polling shows him running away with the race.
“We had a good meeting,” Schumer told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday. “We know each other well, and we’re going to keep talking.”
But so far, that “good meeting” hasn’t turned into an endorsement.
Schumer and other top Democrats are facing growing pressure from the party’s left flank to publicly back the 33-year-old democratic socialist, who is leading a four-way contest that includes incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted fellow Democrats last week for sitting on thei