Chuck Schumer Meets With Mamdani but Doesn’t Endorse Him

“We had a good meeting,” Schumer told reporters at the Capitol. “We know each other well, and we’re going to keep talking.”

Chuck Schumer
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he met with Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, but declined to make a formal endorsement.

Mamdani, who won the mayoral primary by 12 percentage points over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has struggled to gain high-profile endorsements from congressional leaders despite mounting pressure from their progressive colleagues.

“We had a good meeting,” Schumer told reporters Tuesday at the Capitol. “We know each other well, and we’re going to keep talking.”