New York mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani was boosted by prominent US leftists at a get-out-the-vote rally Sunday, as the Democratic socialist and Donald Trump foe closed in on the city's top job.

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke ahead of Mamdani, who has gone from an outsider to the unpredictable race's frontrunner -- and a standard bearer with them on the Democratic Party's left.

Sunday's rally at a Queens stadium came after early voting in the city of 8.5 million began the day before, with Election Day scheduled for November 4 and the new mayor taking office in the New Year.

Ocasio-Cortez, whose congressional district contains portions of Queens, said that on election day "we will send a loud message to President Donald Trump that his authoritari

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