Bronx Democrats endorse Mamdani for mayor, despite Cuomo's Bronx popularity

The Bronx Democratic party endorsed Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist candidate for NYC Mayor, during a press conference at Lou Gehrig Plaza on Tuesday.

Voting data from the mayoral primaries suggests that the assembly member from Queens will need the institutional support and perhaps more in November if he wants to sway Bronx voters away from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo who won the borough by 18 percentage points in the June Democratic primary.

Party chair and state Sen. Jamaal T. Bailey acknowledged the dissent within the borough and said that the Bronx Dems came to the decision after multiple meetings, phone calls and conversations. For the party, it came down to one thing that Mamdani seemed to offer that the other candidates did not: something new.

“This is what we need in this day and time: New, fresh ideas, bold ideas, boundless energy that cannot be harnessed for the city that we love,” Bailey said. “Now we’ve had tough conversations and we’re not going to agree on everything, but we’ve had tough conversations.”



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