NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s congressional candidates have a final chance to make their case Monday on the last full day of campaigning before a primary election in which an ascendant progressive left is taking on establishment Democrats.

The races have become bellwethers of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s political clout, testing whether the young democratic socialist can leverage excitement he ignited last year to reshape the city’s congressional delegation.

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