Mayor weighs in key NY-7 congressional primary

BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (PIX11) -- Mayor Zohran Mamdani has thrown his support behind Assemblymember Claire Valdez in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez. Mamdani endorsed Valdez, a Queens-based assemblymember, union organizer, and fellow Democratic Socialist, on Tuesday. He backed her over Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. Velázquez, who represents New York’s 7th Congressional [...]