New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx mosque in New York on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

US House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday endorsed Democratic Party nominee Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayor election. Jeffries joins the likes of Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as high-profile Democratic leaders who have endorsed the Indian-origin candidate.

Others including New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, New York representatives Jerry Nadler, Adriano Espaillat and Yvette Clarke have also endorsed Mamdani.

Jeffries endorses Mamdani

“Zohran Mamdani has relentlessly focused on addre

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