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House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, DN.Y. confirmed on Sunday that he still doesn’t support him. Zoran Mamdani For the mayor of New York City, he faced questions about why he still doesn’t support the progressive candidate in his hometown.
Jeffries spoke to Jonathan Carl on ABC’s “this week,” adding that he spoke with Mamdani on Wednesday, congratulating the campaign “being obsessed with the cost of living in New York City and the economy.”
When asked what prevents him from supporting the mayoral candidate, House Minority Leader He and Mamdani said, “I don’t know each other very well.”
“Our districts don’t overlap. I’ve never had a substantial conversation with him,” he said.
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Zohran Mamdani will lift his sleeves completely at his campaign event in New York on Monday, June 23, 2025. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg)
Jeffries said they agreed to sit down soon “In Central Brooklyn.”
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Senate minority leader Charles Schumer and House Minority Leader Hicombe Jeffries will speak at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on June 11, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Zohran Mamdani will be taking part in an event at the National Action Network House of Justice in Harlem, Manhattan on June 28, 2025. (Kyle Mazza/Anadoru)
Mamdani faces controversy over many of his statements and positions. The Democratic sociralist website contains housing policy documents that say if he is elected, his administration will “remove tax burdens from the tax burden in the outer borough to more expensive homes in richer, whiter neighborhoods.”
He also faces scrutiny of anti-Israel positions, including support for “boycotts, sale, sanctions” movements targeting the Jewish state. He also said that if he is elected mayor, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be arrested if he visits the city.
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Despite this, Mamdani came to the top in last week’s Democratic mayoral primary, beating rivals such as former governor Andrew Cuomo. In the general election, he will face Republican Curtis Swawa and Mayor Eric Adams, who runs an independent.
