New York Governor Kathy Hochul has endorsed Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City, a key affirmation for the 33-year-old frontrunner whose candidacy hasn’t yet been fully embraced by members of his own party.

“Tonight I am endorsing Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani,” Hochul wrote in an opinion piece published by the New York Times on Sunday.

“Zohran Mamdani and I will both be fearless in confronting the president’s extreme agenda - with urgency, conviction, and the defiance that defines New York,” she wrote.

The decision is a blow to incumbent Mayor Eric Adams and former Governor Andrew Cuomo, both of whom are running against Mamdani - a democratic socialist - in the general election on independent ballot lines. Bloomberg has reported that Adams is weighing the future o

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