Mamdani dances into final campaign stretch, pushing socialist affordability message ahead of NYC vote
Facing tightening polls and growing scrutiny of his progressive agenda, New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani spent Friday courting senior voters on the Lower East Side — even...
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Facing tightening polls and growing scrutiny of his progressive agenda, New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani spent Friday courting senior voters on the Lower East Side — even joining a tai chi class as he delivered his final affordability pitch. The self-described democratic socialist heads into the final weekend before Election Day with a double-digit lead. In the latest Fox News Poll, released Thursday, Mamdani has a 16-point lead: 47% back him, while 15% favor Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and 31% go for Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo . Mamdani, whose platform to freeze rents and expand city-run services has drawn fire from business groups and moderate Democrats, framed his campaign’s closing message around affordability. NEW POLL REVEALS MAMDANI'S LEAD IS SHRINKING AS CUOMO GAINS GROUND IN NYC SHOWDOWN "It's the same message that we opened with, which is that this is the most expensive city in the United States of America, and it's time to make it affordable," Mamdani told Fox News Digital on Friday. CUOMO NARROWS MAMDANI’S ADVANTAGE IN LATEST POLL AHEAD OF NYC MAYORAL ELECTION Mamdani's campaign agenda includes city-run grocery stores, rent freezes and free childcare, all of which he plans to pay for by raising taxes on corporations and the top 1% of New Yorkers. "When I stood there alongside hundreds of supporters in Long Island City on Oct. 23, last year, we said then what we say now: We're going to freeze the rent for rent-stabilized tenants. We're going to make the slowest buses in America fast and free. We're going to deliver universal childcare, and we're going to do it because at the heart of our struggle is for the working New Yorker who's been pushed out of the city," Mamdani told Fox News Digital. Less than 12 hours prior, Mamdani greeted hospital workers at Elmhurst Hospital, canvassed taxi drivers at LaGuardia Airport and met those working night shifts in Jackson Heights. It's a style of retail politics that Mamdani has emp…