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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Io Dodds

New York Attorney General Letitia James endorses mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani: ‘He knows what it’s like to be attacked’

Under legal attack from President Donald Trump, New York's state Attorney General Letitia James has endorsed 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani to be the next mayor of New York City.

In a barnstorming speech at a mayoral rally in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan on Monday night, James struck a defiant tone as she praised Mamdani as a "courageous" leader who would rally New Yorkers to resist Trump and "fight for a better future".

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