Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday publicly stuck a pin into left-leaning City Council Member Chi Ossé's ballooning primary campaign against House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, saying it is "not the time" to bring such a challenge.

Mamdani, a democratic socialist, made the comments during a Nov. 19 interview on PIX11 two days after Ossé, a recently joined member of the Democratic Socialists of America, filed paperwork to run against Jeffries on Monday.

Ossé was a close ally of Mamdani's and a strong supporter of his campaign until they had a falling out over the notion of him running against Jeffries, The New York Times reported last week. There is also concern that the challenge could compromise Mamdani's efforts to deliver on his affordability agenda, the report noted.

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