After months of speculation , Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday evening officially offered her endorsement of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor. Hochul penned an op-ed in The New York Times offering her thinking behind the endorsement, in which she made it clear that her backing of Mamdani doesn’t necessarily mean that he’ll have any easy wins in Albany – but that fighting back against President Donald Trump takes precedence.

In the op-ed, the governor highlighted areas of agreement between herself and Mamdani, the democratic socialist who shocked the city when he won the Democratic primary in June, calling affordability the “No. 1 concern” she shares with the candidate. And she emphasized the need to fight against policies coming out of Washington. “Zohran Mamda

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