Overview

• State party chair Jay Jacobs said he will not back Zohran Mamdani, citing disagreements over Israel, the Democratic Socialists of America, and how to address income inequality, while calling fearmongering about the nominee a gross overreaction.
• Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed Mamdani in a New York Times essay earlier this week, joining Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins in signaling support for the Democratic nominee.
• Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries have met with Mamdani but have not endorsed, as progressive activists delivered more than 80,000 petition signatures urging them to do so.
• Recent surveys from CBS/YouGov, Marist, Quinnipiac, Emerson, and the New York Times/Siena show Mamdani holding double-digit advantages over Andrew Cuomo, with Curtis Sliwa and Eric Adams trailing further behind.
• Some Democrats from competitive areas, including Reps. Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen, have said they will not support Mamdani, underscoring the party’s divide heading toward the Nov. 4 election.