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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jake Offenhartz

Backing Israel was considered mandatory for New York politicians. Then came Zohran Mamdani

Letitia James Mamdani - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A few weeks before his stunning loss to Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic mayoral primary, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo put forth a political calculus long accepted as fact in New York: “Being a Democrat,” he said, “it’s synonymous that you support Israel.”

Mamdani, who would be the city’s first Muslim mayor, could be on the cusp of shattering that convention.

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