New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has delivered her long-awaited endorsement in the New York City mayoral race, backing Zohran Mamdani in a New York Times op-ed on Sunday.

Her endorsement comes amid a string of polls predicting Mamdani’s victory with 50 days to the election. It also follows months of questions about how the governor, a moderate Democrat who calls herself a “staunch capitalist” and supporter of Israel, would approach a democratic socialist who plans to tax the rich and has vowed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits New York City.

Hochul said she reached her decision after months of conversations with Mamdani, which gave her confidence that overrode their “disagreements.” She emphasized that Mamdani had assured her of his commitment to Jewish New

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