{"id":2942,"date":"2025-10-15T04:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/2942\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T04:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:13:18","slug":"ny-dem-chairman-refuses-to-endorse-partys-mayoral-nominee-zohran-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/2942\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Dem chairman refuses to endorse party’s mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani<\/a> lost the endorsement of a longtime state party leader despite having the backing of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.<\/p>\n

New York State Democratic Committee (NYSDC) Chairman Jay Jacobs announced this week he will not back Mamdani for mayor despite Democratic voters selecting the Democratic socialist as the party\u2019s nominee.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Mr. Mamdani and I are in agreement that America\u2019s greatest problem is the continued growth of income disparity in our nation,” Jacobs said in a statement to The Hill<\/a>. “On how to address it \u2014 we fundamentally disagree.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

EX-MAYOR DE BLASIO TOUTS SOCIALIST MAMDANI AS NEW YORK CITY’S ANSWER TO TRUMP POLICIES<\/a><\/p>\n

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New York State Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs, left, refused to endorse Zohran Mamdani, center, for mayor despite New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, right, already doing so. (Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Barry Williams\/New York Daily News\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images;)<\/p>\n

The Hill reported that the NYSDC leader said he disagreed with Mamdani\u2019s stance on Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mamdani has been a vocal critic of Israel\u2019s actions throughout the war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza. His stance on the issue has become a major topic of the campaign cycle, particularly when he refused to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” which some view as a call for violence against Jews. Mamdani has since distanced himself<\/a> from the phrase, saying he would discourage his supporters from using it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While he would not back Mamdani for mayor, Jacobs dismissed “fearmongering” surrounding the self-described democratic socialist\u2019s campaign as “a gross over-reaction.”<\/p>\n

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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference in the Bronx, where he was endorsed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie Sept. 17, 2025. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

MAMDANI APPEALS TO NON-DEMOCRATS WITH GENERAL ELECTION PUSH, VOWS GOVERNMENT CAN MEET VOTERS’ ‘MATERIAL NEEDS’<\/a><\/p>\n

It remains unclear how the loss of Jacobs\u2019 endorsement will affect Mamdani\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

However, it could have an impact on Jacobs\u2019 position as a leader of the party. According to Politico,<\/a> Jacobs said he would resign from his post if Hochul were to request it.<\/p>\n

“If the governor should ever ask any state chair to resign, they should resign,” Jacobs told Politico.<\/p>\n

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Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party’s mayoral nominee in New York City, speaks to reporters Aug. 7, 2025.\u00a0 (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)<\/p>\n

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Hochul announced her endorsement<\/a> of Mamdani in an opinion piece in The New York Times on Sept. 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She shared the article on X and captioned the post, “New York City deserves a mayor who will stand up to Donald Trump and make life more affordable for New Yorkers. That\u2019s [Zohran Mamdani].”<\/p>\n

A recent Quinnipiac University survey showed Mamdani garnering 45% support among likely New York City voters. He was followed by former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at 23%, Guardian Angels co-founder Curtis Sliwa at 15% and New York City Mayor Eric Adams<\/a> at 12%. Cuomo and Adams are running as independents, while Sliwa is running as a Republican.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Jacobs, Mamdani and Hochul but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n

Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani lost the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[426,9,24,11,10,49,51,50,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-2942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-kathy-hochul","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-new-york-state","14":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-state-news","16":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942","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=2942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}