Mamdani, socialist allies face first electoral test in battle for NYC House seat

Mamdani, socialist allies face first electoral test in battle for NYC House seat

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his allies in the Democratic Socialists of America are set on contesting congressional turf home to one of the city’s biggest Hasidic Jewish communities — setting up a battle royale in the 7th Congressional District that could either blunt Mamdani’s brand of socialist politics, or bolster the new mayor and his far-left supporters. Mamdani was only days into his term when he endorsed New York state Assemblym…