At Wednesday night’s mayoral debate, Andrew Cuomo finally came face to face with the eight Democratic challengers trying to upend his candidacy. And on Thursday morning, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made her long-awaited endorsement in a clear effort to knock Cuomo off his front-runner perch.

The congresswoman announced Thursday that she would be endorsing Queens assemblymember Zohran Mamdani , placing him first in the ranked-choice primary. Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist who first entered the legislature in 2021, has consistently polled in second place behind Cuomo for months and has slowly begun to close the gap as the June 24 primary draws nearer.

“Assemblymember Mamdani has demonstrated a real ability on the ground to put together a coalition of working-class New Yo

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