The three candidates for New York Metropolis mayor every turned their consideration to Queens on Sunday, the place greater than 57,000 voters have solid ballots early over the weekend.
On Sunday night time, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani welcomed fellow progressives Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Queens/The Bronx) to a rally at Forest Hills Stadium. “This mayor’s race, my pals, is totally different,” Sanders instructed the gang. “It’s not simply the parents right here in New York Metropolis who’re paying consideration.”
Sanders steered that President Donald Trump “appears to be very, very involved about who wins this election.” Trump — a Queens native — has not endorsed any candidate. Mamdani, a state Meeting member representing Astoria, praised Sanders and steered that if he wins, “it is going to be due to the motion that Bernie constructed.”
Ocasio-Cortez slammed impartial candidate and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, condemning “an inadequate, eroded, bygone political institution.”
After a morning assembly behind closed doorways with Orthodox Jewish leaders in Brooklyn, Cuomo rallied in Kew Gardens Hills and unleashed on Mamdani, telling an viewers, “He’s a divider. He’s a zealot. He’s an extremist. He’s a radical. He’s harmful for New York Metropolis.” Cuomo accused Mamdani of glorifying a gaggle that was convicted of funneling charity funds to Hamas and different terror teams — a reference to lyrics in a Mamdani rap video — and mentioned Mamdani refuses to acknowledge Israel’s proper to exist as a Jewish state.
Mamdani has responded prior to now by saying that he believes Israel has a proper to exist, however solely as a state with equal rights. Cuomo spoke of concern in New York’s Jewish group, suggesting that some are “afraid to stroll on the road with a yarmulke, afraid to stroll on the road with a Star of David.” Polls have proven Mamdani profitable with greater than a 3rd of the Jewish vote within the metropolis.
Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa made a number of appearances in Queens, together with in South Richmond Hill, Whitestone, Flushing and on the School Level Halloween Parade. “After the 2 debates, they noticed I used to be a ‘regulation and order’ candidate, as I identified that Cuomo and Zohran share the identical factors of view on ‘no money bail,’ ‘Elevate the Age,’ and shutting Rikers Island,” Sliwa instructed Information 4.
Early voting will stay open in New York Metropolis by means of Sunday, Nov. 2. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4.
