New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a socialist, and City Comptroller Brad Lander endorsed each other on Friday, the day after the final debate for the New York City mayoral Democratic primary, in hopes that they can beat front-runner former Gov.

Cuomo — who earlier Thursday stunningly admitted to a long-denied claim that he saw a controversial report on nursing home COVID deaths while he was governor — tried to dodge by attacking Brooklynite Lander’s New York bona fides.

Going into the second New York City Democratic mayoral debate on June 13, the momentum was clearly with Zohran Mamdani. The socialist state assemblymember had secured a strong second place position even before the first debate on June 4,