House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday officially endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor, ending months of speculation about whether the top Democrat would back the socialist candidate or not. The endorsement came less than two weeks before the November 4 NYC mayoral election. In a statement to the New York Times, Jeffries acknowledged that he and Mamdani have “areas of principled disagreement,” but agreed to the fact that the Democratic Party must unite against what he called the “existential” threat from US President Donald Trump. “Zohran Mamdani has relentlessly focused on addressing the affordability crisis and explicitly committed to being a mayor for all New Yorkers, including those who do not support his candidacy,” Jeffries said. The 34-year-old Democratic

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