Donovan Richards, a Democrat who has been serving the borough for over 13 years, urged the party to fall in line behind the 33-year-old mayoral nominee, as top New York Dems continue to drag their feet on publicly backing Mamdani.

Zohran Mamdani said he has spoken to Barack Obama “a number of times” since he trounced the Democratic establishment candidate Andrew Cuomo in the party’s mayoral primary.

al campaign in many ways — as Al Sharpton, Letitia James and other Democrats have noted — albeit on a much smaller political battlefield. But Obama and Mamdani also have the common experience of being Donald Trump’s bogeyman.

Democratic insiders say former President Barack Obama’s acknowledgement of Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy for New York City mayor is a major win for his campaign regardless if it leads to

The New York Times’ Mara Gay reports former President Obama picked up the phone for a “lengthy call” with Zohran Mamdani after his NYC mayoral primary win in June. Christina Greer and Max Rose join to discuss.

The Obama world is reportedly open the prospect of socialist Zohran Mamdani leading New York City including Obama ally Patrick Gaspard who is said to be advising the campaign.