House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani will meet next week, the congressman announced on Monday.

During an appearance on ABC’s “The View,” Jeffries said he is “scheduled to meet with him next week and we’ll have a conversation about his vision” for New York City.

The congressman, whose district covers much of Brooklyn, added that Mamdani ran “a campaign that was actually focused largely on affordability, and that was the right issue to focus on because New York City’s too expensive. America right now is too expensive.”

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