He’s gaining friends in high places — to a point.
Socialist Zohran Mamdani drew surprising praise this week from prominent national Democrats — but top New York pols are still silent on whether they will back their party’s mayoral nominee.
Moderate Reps. Pat Ryan (D-NY) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) endorsed Mamdani — with the later even loftily comparing the lefty Queens assemblyman to former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 3
“He really wants to rebuild an FDR coalition that is fundamentally committed to the success of the working and middle classes in his city,” Raskin told The New York Times , which first reported the endorsements.
Mamdani also drew praise from Democrat Rahm Emanuel — the former Chicago mayor widely loathed by progressives — indicating that some lingering intra-p