Overview

• DNC members have pressed Chair Ken Martin to do more for Zohran Mamdani’s campaign, Axios reports.
• Executive director Roger Lau says the party supports primary voters’ choice and recently shared Mamdani organizing links on a volunteer call.
• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have not endorsed, while Gov. Kathy Hochul has offered her support.
• The Democratic Mayors Association has stayed mostly silent since a brief June acknowledgment, and New York State party chair Jay Jacobs declined to endorse.
• Andrew Cuomo is running as a third‑party candidate as Mamdani faces scrutiny for proposals on Israel, schools, public groceries, and rent; he has also tried to distance himself from a 2020 critique of the NYPD, with Election Day on Nov. 4.