The president of NY Dem refuses to have the candidate for the mayor of the Zohran Mamdani party approved

The Democratic candidate for New York town hall, Zohran Mamdani, has lost the approval of a long -standing party leader in the New York governor Kathy Hochul.

The president of the New York State Democratic Committee (NYSDC), Jay Jacobs, announced this week that he would not support Mamdani for the mayor despite the Democratic voters who choose the Democratic socialist as a candidate of the party.

“Mr. Mamdani and I agree that the biggest problem in America is the continuous growth in the disparity of income in our nation,” said Jacobs in a declaration to the hill. “On how to solve this problem – we are fundamentally disagreed.”

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The president of the New York State Democratic Committee (NYSDC), Jay Jacobs, on the left, refused to have Zohran Mamdani, center, for the mayor despite the fact that the governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, on the right, was already approached. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, included via Getty Images; Barry Williams / New York Daily News / Tribune News Service via Getty Images;)

The hill reported that the chief of the NYSDC said that he disagreed with Mamdani’s position on Israel.

Mamdani was a vocal critic of Israel’s actions throughout the war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza. His position on the question has become a major subject of the campaign cycle, in particular when he refused to condemn the expression “globalizing the intifada”, which some consider as a call to violence against the Jews. Mamdani has moved away from the expression, saying that he would discourage his supporters from using it.

Although he does not support Mamdani for the mayor, Jacobs rejected “fear” surrounding the campaign of the self -proclaimed democratic socialist as “an excessive brute”.

The candidate for New York town hall, Zohran Mamdani, attended a press conference in the Bronx, where he was approved by the assembly of the Assembly, Carl Heastie, on September 17, 2025. (Spencer Platt / Getty images)

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We still do not know how Jacobs’ loss of approval will affect Mamdani’s campaign.

However, this could have an impact on Jacobs’ position as party leader. According to in Politico, Jacobs said he would resign from his post if Hochul should ask.

“If the governor should ask a state president to resign, he should resign,” Jacobs told Politico.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, the candidate of the mayor of the Democratic Party in New York, talks to journalists on August 7, 2025. (AP photo / yuki iwamura)

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Hochul announced his approval as Mamdani in an opinion article in the New York Times on September 14.

She shared the article on X and legend the post: “New York deserves a mayor who will resist Donald Trump and make life more affordable for New Yorkers. It is (Zohran Mamdani).”

A recent survey by the University of Quinnipiac has shown that Mamdani has obtained 45% support among probable voters in New York. He was followed by former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at 23%, the co-founder of Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa at 15%and the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, at 12%. Cuomo and Adams work as self -employed, while Sliwa runs as a republican.

Fox News Digital contacted Jacobs, Mamdani and Hochul, but did not immediately hear.