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New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating death threats against New York City mayoral candidate and Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani reportedly received multiple death threats in recent weeks, including a threat to blow up his car. At least four threats were left via voicemail in the assemblyman’s Queens office and included Islamophobic statements, …

Gothamist reports Early voting turnout in the Democratic primary election for mayor has doubled compared to four years ago — and experts say there’s a possibility the numbers signal a “transformative” shift in New York City’s electorate. A Gothamist analysis of data from the Board of Elections shows that 131,434 people cast ballots at their poll sites in the first …

Gothamist reports: Zohran Mamdani’s meteoric rise from progressive state assemblymember to a leading candidate for mayor of New York City has been accompanied by an alarming rise in threats, his campaign said. Mamdani’s campaign paid nearly $8,000 this month to Advance Security & Investigations, Inc., a New York-based security firm, campaign finance disclosures show. Mamdani said his concern has only …

Angry White Men reports: On Friday, a day before early voting began in New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor, white nationalist and Trump ally Laura Loomer smeared one of its candidates, Zohran Mamdani, as a “communist and jihadist.” And she claimed that if Mamdani were to win, the United States will be “in store for another 9/11 terror attack.” …

Gothamist reports: A pro-Andrew Cuomo super PAC produced a flier featuring a manipulated photo of Assembly member Zohran Mamdani with a darker, thicker beard, prompting the mayoral candidate to accuse the former governor of Islamophobia. The super PAC, Fix the City, said the design was “proposed by a vendor” and rejected, but still made the rounds on social media. Cuomo …

The New York Times reports: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York City’s most prominent progressive leader, endorsed Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani for mayor on Thursday, throwing her clout behind an upstart socialist who has galvanized young voters. The endorsement, shared in an interview with The New York Times, represented perhaps the most significant attempt yet to push fractured progressives toward a single …

“Let’s just talk about how insane it is to elect someone to any major office who hasn’t even been a US citizen for ten years—much less a radical leftist who actually hates everything about the country and is here specifically to undermine everything we’ve ever been about. Deport.” – New York City Council member Vickie Paladino, above a 2019 tweet …

Politico reports: The Working Families Party ranked state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani in the top slot for its mayoral primary slate Friday night, following hours of closed-door deliberations. The progressive organization picked City Comptroller Brad Lander second, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams third and state Sens. Zellnor Myrie and Jessica Ramos fourth and fifth in the hopes of defeating frontrunner Andrew …

Emerson College Polling reports: A new Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey of New York City’s Democratic Primary for Mayor finds 35% of voters support former Governor Andrew Cuomo on the first round of the ballot, 23% support State Rep. Zohran Mamdani, 11% support Comptroller Brad Lander, 9% former State Rep. Scott Stringer, 8% City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, and 5% …

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: An event to endorse mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was held at Coop City on Wednesday. “If you want a new vision, you want a path forward, you will vote for Zohran Mamdani,” former Congressman Jamal Bowman said. Mamdani represents Astoria for the State Assembly. He’s a progressive, a democratic socialist, and is focused on …

The New York Post reports: Escándalo! Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was accused Wednesday of using AI to fake his Spanish-language prowess for a campaign ad — but the Democratic socialist laughed off the claims as totally loco. A Spanish-language ad posted to social media earlier this week showed Mamdani making his campaign pitch to Latino New Yorkers inside and outside …