Sen. Bernie Sanders is endorsing Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral primary election . Sanders made the announcement Tuesday morning, saying in a statement, "We need a new politics and new leadership which is prepared to stand up to powerful corporate interests and fight for the working class."

The Democratic Socialist state Assemblymember has closed the gap between himself and Andrew Cuomo in the primary.

Zohran Mamdani could barely walk a few feet at Thursday’s Juneteenth festival in Queens without a crowd of selfie-demanding admirers trying to stop him.