Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday endorsed socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race just days before early voting kicks off.

“Assemblymember Mamdani has demonstrated a real ability on the ground to put together a coalition of working-class New Yorkers that is strongest to lead the pack,” Ocasio-Cortez told The New York Times in an interview announcing her endorsement. “In the final stretch of the race, we need to get very real about that.”

The move is sure to buoy those on the left who have coalesced around Mamdani as the best progressive alternative to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), the current frontrunner to succeed Mayor........

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