Prime Democratic lawmakers and leaders from throughout New York convened to help 4 progressive mayoral candidates in a Sunday rally in Brooklyn geared toward uniting them towards former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell
Prime Democratic lawmakers and leaders from throughout New York convened to help 4 progressive mayoral candidates in a Sunday rally in Brooklyn geared toward uniting them towards former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
State Lawyer Normal Letitia James headlined the occasion — which drew over 450 supporters — alongside Metropolis Council Member Chi Ossé (D-36) as representatives of the Working Households Occasion (WFP), a progressive political group that endorsed a slate of 4 candidates: Queens Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani, Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander, Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Brooklyn state Sen. Zellnor Myrie. Mamdani, Lander and Adams have been on the June 22 rally.
The handfuls of audio system slammed Cuomo’s ties to Republican donors and billionaires, sexual harassment scandals and alleged corruption.
James’ look was one of the crucial high-profile within the mayoral marketing campaign, signaling a last effort towards Cuomo’s momentum. The legal professional normal, whose workplace was the primary to analyze and report on the sexual harassment allegations towards Cuomo (which he denies to at the present time), instructed supporters that Cuomo is a menace to New York Metropolis.
“We cannot have an individual who wants to dismiss the past, someone who wants to ignore the pleas of women, someone who wants to objectify women, and someone who has made money as a result of this scandal,” James stated. “We cannot engage in amnesia.”
State Lawyer Normal Letitia James headlined the WFP rally in Brooklyn on June 23, 2025.Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell
The three WFP-endorsed mayoral candidates in attendance inspired supporters to vote for one another — and never Cuomo — in New York Metropolis’s ranked selection system.
The group cheered loudest for Mamdani, the Democratic socialist who has been closing floor on Cuomo in current polls, as he repeated his calls to make New York Metropolis extra reasonably priced, together with free buses, free faculties, common healthcare and a lease freeze.
“What we have built in eight months, with so many in this room and so many of the incredible elected officials that are here, is something that is changing this city,” Mamdani stated. “Eight months after being at 1% we now stand just a few points away from toppling a political dynasty.”
Based on a June 23 Emerson Faculty ballot, 32% of voters help Mamdani, nearing Cuomo 35%. Nevertheless, in a ranked-choice voting simulation, the Emerson ballot has Mamdani besting Cuomo ultimately, 52%-48%.
In search of solidarity
The group cheered loudest for Queens Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist who has been closing floor on Cuomo in current polls, as he repeated his calls to make New York Metropolis extra reasonably priced, together with free buses, free faculties, common healthcare and a lease freeze.Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell
The audio system pitched solidarity as a approach to defeat average and conservative insurance policies, together with the distinctive politics of cross-endorsements within the crowded major subject.
Lander stated the candidates’ shared commitments to affordability and constructing a greater future overshadow their variations.
“We don’t agree on every platform, but we know every single family in the city needs a home they can afford, a neighbor they love and feel safe with, a great school for their kids and the childcare all working families need,” Lander stated.
Lander additionally highlighted the range of the WFP’s slate, together with Christian, Jewish and Muslim candidates.
“Jewish New Yorkers and Muslim New Yorkers are not going to be divided against each other,” Lander stated. “Our safety, our freedoms, our thriving are bound up together.”
Maurice Mitchell, WFP nationwide director, stated the marketing campaign was a time for “class solidarity,” noting how billionaires have been united round Cuomo regardless of ideological variations.
“They aren’t afraid that our ideas will fail,” Mitchell stated, referring to progressive insurance policies geared toward supporting working-class New Yorkers. “They are deathly afraid that our ideas will work.”
Progressive candidates have turn into more and more determined as Cuomo secures high-profile endorsements, together with former president Invoice Clinton, and tens of millions of {dollars} within the last stretch of the marketing campaign. However the newest Emerson Faculty ballot predicts a slim victory for Mamdani over Cuomo within the eighth spherical of vote tabulations, which is bound to construct on the momentum of Sunday’s rally.
Every of the audio system inspired rallygoers to canvass, hoping to cowl floor throughout town encouraging folks to vote on Election Day even in sweltering warmth.
Adams stated the election is an opportunity to make sure Metropolis Corridor is scandal-free and truly represents New Yorkers.
“It is the people’s house that City Hall stands on,” Adams stated. “It is the people that we stand on. We don’t stand on the power, we stand on empowering the people.”
