“We speak with one voice today,” New York City mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani said at a press conference Friday morning, condemning the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James for mortgage fraud. “This is a blatant miscarriage of justice. This is a shameless act of political retribution.”

The chorus that delivered that message was chosen intentionally. The Mamdani campaign, which organized the presser, reached out to female elected officials and other leaders to stand in solidarity with James. (James was the first woman elected to the position of state attorney general in New York, and is the highest-ranking woman of color in the state.)

Participants included Rep. Nydia Velázquez, Assembly Members Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Phara Souffrant Forrest, Monique Chandler-

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