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Zohran Mamdani: Why I'm endorsing Kathy Hochul
The Nation via MSN.com ^ | February 5, 2026 | Zohran Mamdani

Posted on 02/07/2026 11:05:11 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Exclusive: New York City’s mayor explains why he’s backing New York’s governor in the 2026 election.

Zohran Mamdani

“The era of empty promises ends.”

That’s the vision that drove our mayoral campaign. It’s the foundation of my administration. It’s also what Governor Kathy Hochul said as we celebrated an agreement to deliver universal childcare—one of the largest expansions of the social safety net in our city’s history.

It is as consequential a policy victory as our movement has seen in quite some time. A burden of more than $22,500 lifted, the difference between whether or not a family can stay in the city they love with the children they want to raise. It was made possible by the nearly 100,000 volunteers who talked to millions of New Yorkers at their doors. But it would not have happened, just eight days into our administration, without Governor Hochul moving to provide more than $1 billion in state funding.

We delivered this historic win together. Together, we have fought to protect New Yorkers from ICE. Together, we have defended our party, our democracy, and the ability of working New Yorkers to raise a family in the city they love. And together, we have forged a new era in the relationship between Albany and City Hall after too many years defined by pettiness instead of productivity. At a moment of crisis, we chose a different path. We respected one another’s perspectives and committed to the idea that government should, and must, work — even when it’s hard.

The Governor and I do not agree on everything. We have real differences, particularly when it comes to taxation of the wealthiest, at a moment defined by profound income inequality. I continue to believe that the wealthiest among us can afford to...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: commielikeme; madmani; mandummy; zoltarspeaks
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1 posted on 02/07/2026 11:05:11 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Turds of a feather...


2 posted on 02/07/2026 11:12:21 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They’re going to follow the Somali model of childcare.


3 posted on 02/07/2026 11:12:52 AM PST by dljordan (Yeah, I'm a Boomer and it's all my fault you whiny little bitch.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Universal child care” = give us those kids so we can raise good little communists….


4 posted on 02/07/2026 11:23:44 AM PST by Reddy (BO stinks)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Looks like MSN.com doesn’t allow comments on their articles.


5 posted on 02/07/2026 11:28:16 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Same criminal organization. Why wouldn’t he endorse her?


6 posted on 02/07/2026 11:28:39 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
MSN is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps provided by Microsoft. The main home page provides news, weather, sports, finance and other content curated from hundreds of different sources that Microsoft has partnered with. MSN is based in the United States and offers international versions of its portal for dozens of countries around the world. Its dedicated app is currently available for iOS and Android systems.

The first version of MSN originally launched on August 24, 1995, with the release of Windows 95, as a subscription-based dial-up online service called The Microsoft Network; it later became an Internet service provider named MSN Dial-Up Internet Access. Also around this time, the company launched a new web portal named Microsoft Internet Start and set it as the default home page of Internet Explorer, its web browser. In 1998, Microsoft renamed and moved this web portal to the domain name msn.com, where it has remained since.


7 posted on 02/07/2026 11:31:55 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: BenLurkin
Same criminal organization. Why wouldn’t he endorse her?

Because he can't raise taxes without her cooperation, and she is withholding that, at least for the time being.

Without Hochul's help, Mamdani's grandiose plans for free buses and free healthcare and government-run grocery stores aren't going anywhere.

8 posted on 02/07/2026 11:33:49 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Commie supports commie. It’s pretty simple to figure out.


9 posted on 02/07/2026 11:35:30 AM PST by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Why I'm endorsing Kathy Hochul

Maybe because somebody dropped some coins in your slot:

/sarc

10 posted on 02/07/2026 11:37:23 AM PST by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Is it tit for tat, or tat for tit?


11 posted on 02/07/2026 11:39:37 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

New York City voters must have an IQ of 2.


12 posted on 02/07/2026 11:46:39 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Why I’m endorsing ..”

A - Because you need help and money and cover for your already massive failures.
B - Because shes as evil and as installed into NY politics as you are.


13 posted on 02/07/2026 11:48:39 AM PST by captmar-vell
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To: Frank Drebin

Both are continuing proof, as if it were needed, that Deep State doesn’t hire the front office appearance types for brains.


14 posted on 02/07/2026 11:50:08 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: Frank Drebin

Yaeh but it’s more about the $$$$$$


15 posted on 02/07/2026 11:50:49 AM PST by dblshot
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To: Steely Tom

“”Looks like MSN.com doesn’t allow comments on their articles.”””

Some. Never on crossdresser articles. But they only allow liberal viewpoints.


16 posted on 02/07/2026 11:59:48 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He picked his horse face and it wasn’t AOC.

Sandy will have to wait until she’s called to the gate.


17 posted on 02/07/2026 11:59:50 AM PST by Biblebelter
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The mayor has discovered, and this is apparently a shock, that he does not have the power to do even a tenth of what he promised. The people of New York have hired a political idiot. (He does have great hair, so there’s that.)

He must have an alliance with the governor to accomplish anything he wants. Even then, the governor has severely limited ability to accomplish what the mayor wants even if she was willing to do so. I can’t imagine why she’d get into a sinking political ship that’s smaller and less attractive to the one she’s already in.


18 posted on 02/07/2026 12:00:57 PM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud. Sorry. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Because you’re a leftist Marxist idiot that admires horrendous dental work?


19 posted on 02/07/2026 12:02:26 PM PST by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The era of empty promises (never) ends.


20 posted on 02/07/2026 12:02:41 PM PST by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words?)
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