New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a socialist, and City Comptroller Brad Lander endorsed each other on Friday, the day after the final debate for the New York City mayoral Democratic primary, in hopes that they can beat front-runner former Gov.

Bloomberg was never a great fan of Cuomo, and his own endorsement of the ex-governor wasn’t terribly enthusiastic. But Bloomberg is a strong supporter of Israel and firmly opposed to the progressive left. Mamdani, who is strongly pro-tenant and very critical of the finance and real estate worlds, represents all that Bloomberg loathes.

Going into the second New York City Democratic mayoral debate on June 13, the momentum was clearly with Zohran Mamdani. The socialist state assemblymember had secured a strong second place position even before the first debate on June 4,