Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) stated Monday he’s planning to satisfy with Democratic New York Metropolis mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani subsequent week.
“I’m scheduled to satisfy with him subsequent week and we’ll have a dialog about his imaginative and prescient. He did run a marketing campaign that was really centered largely on affordability, and that was the precise concern to concentrate on as a result of New York Metropolis’s too costly. America proper now’s too costly,” Jeffries stated on ABC’s “The View.”
After Mamdani shocked political observers late last month by clinching the Democratic nomination for New York Metropolis’s mayor over political heavyweight and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, each Jeffries and Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) congratulated him, however didn’t endorse him.
“Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on a decisive major victory,” Jeffries stated in a earlier submit on the social platform X. “Assemblyman Mamdani ran a powerful marketing campaign that relentlessly centered on the financial system and bringing down the excessive value of dwelling in New York Metropolis.”
Jeffries later stated that Mamdani, who has handled criticism over stances on Israel and allegations of antisemitism as a result of public statements, must get ready to “aggressively tackle the rise in antisemitism within the metropolis of New York.”
The Home minority chief has also defended Mamdani after President Trump stated he was “not going to let this Communist Lunatic destroy New York.”
“Relaxation assured, I maintain all of the levers, and have all of the playing cards. I’ll save New York Metropolis, and make it ‘Sizzling’ and ‘Nice’ once more, similar to I did with the Good Ol’ USA!” Trump added last week.
“Cease mendacity about Assemblyman Mamdani. He’s neither a communist nor a lunatic. And New York Metropolis doesn’t should be saved by a wannabe King. In addition to, you might be too busy destroying America along with your One Huge Ugly Invoice to do anything,” Jeffries responded in a post on X.
The Hill has reached out to the Mamdani marketing campaign for additional remark.