Bernie Sanders is endorsing Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral primary election. Sanders made the announcement Tuesday morning, saying in a statement, "We need a new politics and new leadership which is prepared to stand up to powerful corporate interests and fight for the working class.

After months of Andrew Cuomo topping the New York City mayor’s race while the organized left scrambled, progressive candidates are finally using ranked-choice voting to fight back. Whether there’s enough time to capitalize on Cuomo’s negatives remains to be seen — he continues to dominate most polls and is funded by a multimillion-dollar super PAC,

Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani bitterly clashed over age and experience Thursday in the final debate before New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, as Cuomo warned that electing the progressive state assemblyman is unprepared for the job and Mamdani hammered the former governor over scandals during his time in Albany.