ALBANY – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will throw his support behind Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s re-election bid ahead of the party’s nominating convention Friday, multiple sources confirmed to The Post Wednesday.
The Democratic socialist had dragged his feet in publicly saying whether he would endorse the moderate governor after she backed his bid for mayor last year.
It’s a bombshell show of support for Hochul, an establishment Democrat, from the progressive wing of the party’s most visible standard bearer in recent years.
Mamdani is expected to make his endorsement sometime this week, before Hochul is set to receive the party’s nod at the official nominating convention in Syracuse, sources said.
The little-known lefty state lawmaker shocked political elites when he bested ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the June Democratic primary for mayor.
Hochul endorsed him ahead of the November general election.
Mamdani’s planned return endorsement was first reported by Politico.
