Rep. Elise Stefanik issued a challenge to rival Gov. Kathy Hochul Tuesday over a member of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team who has voiced support for infamous cop killers.

Black Nationalist Lumumba Bandele was picked to serve on the incoming mayor’s Committee on Community Organizing on Monday despite previously aligning with Black Liberation Army members convicted of killing police officers in the tristate area.

Stefanik, a Republican looking to run against Hochul in next year’s election, quickly blasted the decision and called on Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to pressure Mamdani to push Bandele aside.

“Kathy Hochul’s endorsed Mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, just picked a man who supports the killers of cops in New York and New Jersey to serve on his transition team,” she sai

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