{"id":125272,"date":"2026-02-06T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/125272\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:30:27","slug":"news-12-connecticut-nyc-mayor-mamdani-endorses-gov-kathy-hochul-in-2026-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/125272\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Connecticut | NYC Mayor Mamdani endorses Gov. Kathy Hochul in 2026 election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/zohran-mamdani-kathy-hochul-endorsement-essay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">penned<\/a> his endorsement of Gov. Kathy Hochul&#8217;s reelection in an op-ed in The Nation Thursday morning. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The era of empty promises ends,&#8221; he wrote, saying Hochul echoed the idea following their promise to deliver universal childcare to New York. <\/p>\n<p>Hochul and her running mate Adrienne Adams are expected to get the nomination at the state Democratic convention Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In the op-ed, Mamdani highlights recent victories, such as establishing a &#8220;new era in the relationship&#8221; between Albany and the city, protecting New Yorkers from ICE and more. <\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers deserve leaders who believe in transformation. Leaders who understand that hope is inspired by a vision, and sustained by change. Governor Kathy Hochul has earned my endorsement because she has chosen to govern in that spirit. And in this moment, that choice matters.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor also noted their differences, including taxing the wealthiest New Yorkers:<\/p>\n<p>We have real differences, particularly when it comes to taxation of the wealthiest, a moment defined by profound income inequality. I continue to believe that the wealthiest among us can afford to pay just a little bit more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani penned his endorsement of Gov. Kathy Hochul&#8217;s reelection in an op-ed in The Nation Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-125272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}