WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers voted in the city\u2019s mayoral election as democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani gained more support from Democrats.<\/p>\n
Early voting in New York began Oct. 25, drawing over 164,000 early voters, according to the New York City Board of Elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mamdani had a major rally on Sunday with 10,000 attendees, according to local media<\/a>. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., were in attendance to support him.<\/p>\n Mamdani also got the endorsement of Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.<\/p>\n She attended a rally to support him and was met with chants of \u201ctax the rich.\u201d<\/p>\n Mamdani thanked the governor for her endorsement<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cTogether, we’ll stand up to an authoritarian federal government and deliver a city we can afford,\u201d he wrote on X. \u201cThank you @KathyHochul, @AndreaSCousins and Speaker Carl Heastie.\u201d<\/p>\n He also got the endorsement of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.<\/p>\n “Zohran Mamdani has relentlessly focused on addressing the affordability crisis and explicitly committed to being a mayor for all New Yorkers, including those who do not support his candidacy,” Jeffries told the New York Times last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n “In that spirit, I support him and the entire citywide Democratic ticket in the general election,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n