The Democratic Socialist Mamdani shocks the Establishment of the NY in the primary of the mayor

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Zohran Mamdani’s main night success shocked the political establishment this week, exhibiting a generational gap between New York Democrats.
The representative of the New York Democrat, Tom Suozzi, approved former governor Andrew Cuomo in the race for the town hall on Tuesday evening. The moderate democrat confirmed on Wednesday that he “had serious concerns about the deputy Mamdani before (Tuesday), and this is one of the reasons why I approved his opponent. These concerns remain.”
While his other self-proclaimed democratic socialist, representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Dn.y., threw his political weight behind Mamdani before his main victory, the Democrats of the National Congress, the head of the Minority of the Senate Chuck Schumer and the leader of the Hakeem Jeffries minority, did not make Mamdani, Minority.
“He led an impressive campaign that linked New Yorkers to affordability, fairness and opportunities,” said Schumer on Wednesday. When he was pressed by journalists from his non-Endossement, Schumer refused to develop what Mamdani’s victory meant for the future of the Democratic Party.
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Zohran Mamdani, New York town hall candidate, arrives for a press conference in Astoria Park during the New York Town Hall Democrat in Queens on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Christian Monterrosa / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Jeffries congratulated Mamdani for his “decisive primary victory” and confirmed his plan to speak with the alleged candidate the next day after declaring the victory. However, the Democratic leader of the Chamber refused to officially approve Mamdani.
The New York Democrat says that the candidate of the town hall Zohran Mamdani “too extreme to direct”
Mamdani, whose campaign has galvanized supporters on the ground and on social networks, proposed what the conservatives consider radical ideas, such as grocery stores managed by the government, the free bus service, the universities of the city without school fees, rent gels and free daycares, among others.
Schumer and Jeffries did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s investigation into their non-support and if the Democrats in New York plan to come together behind Mamdani in November.
The moderate Democrats of New York, including Senator Kristen Gillibrand and the representatives Ritchie Torres, Adriano Espailt and Pat Ryan, have not yet approved Mamdani. These Congress Democrats, as well as Suozzi, did not immediately respond to Fox News’ digital investigation as to whether they were planning to approve Mamdani.
Torres had also approved Cuomo in primary. And Espailt congratulated Mamdani on Wednesday but did not approve squarely.

The head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., is seen at the Capitole in Washington on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (APO photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
Representative Dan Goldman, who approved the state senator Zellnor Myrie in the Democratic primary, has not yet approved Mamdani since his main victory and has not immediately responded to an investigation as to if he would.
Meanwhile, the member of the New York Democrat Congress, Jerry Nadler, clearly approved Mamdani on Wednesday, comparing his victory on Tuesday at the political rise of President Barack Obama.
“Zohran is someone who will be a partner with me in Washington to face Donald Trump. I told him today about his commitment to fight against anti-Semitism, and we will work with all New Yorkers to fight against any bigotry and hatred,” said Nadler, in an apparent reference to accusations that Mamdani is anti-Semitic, in particular on his refusal to condemn the controversy controversial, “.
Like Suozzi, New York Democratic representative Lauren Gillen refused to approve Mamdani, Write Wednesday on social networks“The socialist Zohran Mamdani is too extreme to direct New York.”

The minority head of the Hakeem Jeffries room, Dn.y., speaks during a press conference in Capitol in Washington on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (APO photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
“All of its campaign was built on unrealizable promises and higher taxes, which is the last thing New York needs.
Fox News Digital contacted Mamdani to comment.
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Sources confirmed to Fox News Digital Thursday that Cuomo does not drop from the race. The former governor will keep the place where he obtained earlier this year on the “Fight & Deliver” voting line. But the sources said that Cuomo had not yet committed to carrying out an active general electoral campaign throughout the summer and in the fall.
And Mayor Eric Adams announced its re -election campaign on Thursday on the marches of the New York City Hall. He decided to run as an independent in the middle Low approval notes And his accusations of federal corruption that have been suspended.
Former federal prosecutor Jim Walden also presents himself as an independent, and the founder of the Guardian Angels, Curtis Sliwa, will again be the Republican candidate in the Mayors of November.