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.

How worried is Team Cuomo about the rise of Zohran Mamdani? If recent contributions to Andrew Cuomo’s super PAC, Fix the City, are any indication, it’s clear they are starting to sweat the 33-year-old socialist assemblyman.

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,