The progressive Democrat who cross-endorsed Zohran Mamdani for Mayor, New York City Comptroller and former NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander, joins Mehdi on the show to talk about the race and the fallout from it.
Lander: “To add this dimension of trying to be able to have, you know, Jewish New Yorkers and Muslim New Yorkers be able to hear each other a little better, added something pretty special too.”
The billionaires who backed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s candidacy are now scrambling: Do they stick with Cuomo? Switch to current Mayor Eric Adams? Or support both?
Cuomo’s backers spent a lot of money trying to dissuade New Yorkers from voting for Mamdani and Lander. Mehdi also talks to the comptroller about ICE and Lander’s own recent arrest by DHS, that viral joint interview with Stephen Colbert, rising antisemitism, why Lander was attacked for tweeting in solidarity with Iranian New Yorkers, and whether we can expect to see him as deputy mayor in a future Mamdani administration.
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