North of 10,000 people gathered in Queens, New York for three hours on a chilly Sunday night to rally around New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, whose openers included Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

While the night celebrated Mamani’s coalition of Democratic Socialist of America leaders, labor union heads, and activists, the rally also reflected how far Mamdani had come from an unknown, leftist state assemblyman, polling under one percent, to a darling of the Democratic mainstream.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who endorsed Mamdani in September , spoke at the rally in his favor, and on Friday, Mamdani received a late endorsement from House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.

While Mamdani has rece

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