Zohran Mamdani’s Mayoral race New York
New York, (September 19, 2025) — Mayor’s race Zohran Mamdani’s rally with state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
Zohran Mamdani is unraveling New York’s Democratic Party, and Republicans are ready to pick up the pieces.
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani completed the “trifecta of Albany support” with an official endorsement from state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins on Friday afternoon.
The Queens Assemblymember and Democratic Socialist already won the backing of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Gov. Kathy Hochul earlier this week. If he is elected in November, all three leaders will play key roles in advancing Mamdani’s agenda at the state level.
On Sept. 19, Sen. Stewart-Cousins, speaking outside the Amsterdam Houses public housing complex where she grew up, said she had offered tentative support in July but gave Mamdani what she called a “ringing endorsement” after weeks of conversations.
The state’s three most important leaders — Gov. Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins — have now all endorsed the 33-year-old leftist for NYC mayor.
They’re opening the floodgates for Mamdani’s extreme agenda to take root across the state.
But standing in the way is Jay Jacobs, the party’s state chair and a sworn enemy of its socialist wing.
Nassau County Reps. Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen likewise refused to back Mamdani.
