Zohran Mamdani, a socialist candidate for New York City mayor, has amassed a significant war chest of $641,816 in just three months, raising concerns about the influence of his anti-Israel agenda on his fundraising success.
Socialist Zohran Mamdani , who was recently arrested at a pro-Palestine protest outside US Sen. Chuck Schumer's house, has raised $641,816 since beginning his mayoral campaign three months ago, the most of any candidate during this stretch in the heavily contested race. This staggering haul includes a jaw-dropping 1,426 donations totaling $97,254 from jobless supporters who declared themselves “unemployed” or “not employed,” a Post review of campaign finance records shows.
Mamdani, the 33-year-old son of a Columbia University professor of government and an award-winning Indian filmmaker, also raked in another $20,839 from over 200 donors who classify themselves as writers, journalists, reporters and editors at dozens of media outlets. He landed another 289 donations totaling nearly $30,000 from professors and other employees of Columbia University, New York University and the City University of New York – all targets of Mamdani. Mamdani — endorsed by the DSA — also scored a deluge of campaign funds from lefty unions and elected officials as well as their employees. This includes seven campaign staffers for fellow socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who gave a combined $645. Mamdani has branded himself as the champion for “working-class New Yorkers” since entering the increasingly crowded field, promising faster, free buses; a rent freeze for rent-stabilized apartments; and universal childcare. His pie-in-the-sky policies and slick campaign videos bemoaning $10 halal plates have positioned him to overtake city Comptroller and fellow socialist Brad Lander as the far-left’s hope and outdo other far lefties in the race, including Sens. Zellnor Myrie (D-Brooklyn) and Jessica Ramos (D-Queens). “There’s no question now that Zohran is the standard bearer of the far-left” in the race to unseat centrist Democratic Mayor Adams, longtime Democratic strategist Chris Coffey told The Post. “He’s out-raised all the other progressive candidates; he’s out-campaigned all the progressive candidates, and he’s run a good race,” Coffey said. Besides Adams, other high-profile Democratic candidates lean to the center, including former Comptroller Scott Stringer and potentially ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Including public matching funds, Lander’s campaign has raised $4.1 million and had $3.2 million in hand as of last week — the most of any candidate and slightly surpassing Adams’ war chest of $3.1 million, which was. A pair of recent polls showed nearly a third of potential voters would back Cuomo for mayor, despite him yet to officially declare his candidacy. Mamdani’s spokesman Andrew Epstein said their campaign is “proud” of its “vision for a more affordable New York City. Ours is a universal, humane vision for all New Yorkers.
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