New York Democrat says mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani 'too extreme to lead'

A mean House Democrat from New York is criticizing New York City's presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

"Socialist Zohran Mamdani is excessively utmost to pb New York City. His full run has been built connected unachievable promises and higher taxes, which is the past happening New York needs," Rep. Laura Gillen, D-N.Y., said successful a connection Wednesday.

"Beyond that, Mr. Mamdani has called to defund the constabulary and has demonstrated a profoundly disturbing signifier of unacceptable antisemitic comments, which stoke hatred astatine a clip erstwhile antisemitism is skyrocketing. He is the implicit incorrect prime for New York."

It's the archetypal pushback from a Democratic authoritative to Mamdani's stunning triumph successful the archetypal circular of New York City's ranked prime voting superior tally.

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Zohran Mamdani, New York State Assemblyman and mayoral campaigner for New York City, came successful archetypal successful the ranked prime ballot tally. (REUTERS/Bing Guan)

Mamdani acold outpaced erstwhile New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo successful the archetypal round, winning 43.5% of the ballot compared to Cuomo's 36.4%.

Cuomo announced helium would bow retired of the superior but near it an unfastened question whether helium would articulation existent New York City Mayor Eric Adams successful moving arsenic an autarkic successful the race.

The erstwhile governor, whose ain issues see accusations of intersexual harassment that derailed his clip successful Albany, told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo that helium is not ruling retired moving again successful November.

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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo dropped retired of the Democratic superior for mayor. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Gillen is simply a Long Island Democrat who unseated erstwhile Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., successful the 2024 elections.

She's been known to interruption from her ain enactment connected issues similar instrumentality enforcement and amerciable migration during her little clip successful Congress truthful far.

Gillen is besides breaking from Democratic leaders successful her disapproval of Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-proclaimed antiauthoritarian socialist whose level includes city-owned and operated market stores.

Both House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said successful nationalist statements connected Wednesday that they had spoken to Mamdani since his victory.

Rep. Laura Gillen is simply a mean Democrat from Long Island. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"He ran an awesome run that connected with New Yorkers astir affordability, fairness, & opportunity," Schumer said.

Jeffries' connection said, "Assemblyman Mamdani ran a beardown run that relentlessly focused connected the system and bringing down the precocious outgo of surviving in New York City."

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