Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, launched a tour Monday of the city’s five boroughs with a central message linking former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to President Donald Trump.

Mamdani appeared in Midtown Manhattan with US Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York and several other city leaders to demonstrate the breadth of his support ahead of the November election, even as top Democratic Party leaders have declined to endorse him. His allies used the gathering to seize on a report in The New York Times that Cuomo and Trump spoke by phone in recent weeks, which both men have denied.

“The truth is Cuomo and Trump are very similar,” Nadler said at the Monday event. “Both use their power to serve themselves and their wealthy donors, not the people.”

Both Mamdani and Cuomo, who

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