Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Thursday endorsed state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City, in a push to bring progressives together to fight former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s candidacy and potential return to political power. 

“Assemblymember Mamdani has demonstrated a real ability on the ground to put together a coalition of working-class New Yorkers that is strongest to lead the pack,” Ocasio-Cortez said in her endorsement, reported The New York Times.

“In the final stretch of the race, we need to get very real about that,” she added.

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