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Kathy Hochul’s calculation

New York’s top Democrat is still avoiding an endorsement. Gov. Kathy Hochul opposes some of Zohran Mamdani’s core promises, like raising income taxes on the wealthy.

She has also criticized his approach to rhetoric about Israel, which she said fosters a hostile environment for Jewish New Yorkers. In an MSNBC interview last month, Hochul said she told Mamdani , “You have a lot of healing to do with the Jewish community. Many of your words have been hurtful and hateful to people in their interpretation.”

But despite her concerns, current and former

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