Overview

• Hochul told Fox News Sunday she and Mamdani agree on affordability measures needed to ease New Yorkers’ cost burdens.
• She emphasized that significant policy differences remain and she is withholding her endorsement in the mayoral contest.
• The governor pledged to cooperate with whichever candidate wins the New York City election.
• Mamdani praised Hochul for hosting Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state to oppose a GOP redistricting plan.
• The general election has splintered after former governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Eric Adams entered the race as independents.